I'm currently doing the 250 box challenge and I have done 50 boxes so far. I've had many, many mistakes, but the one that I can't just seem to avoid is using too much foreshortening. The box looks noticeably bigger on one end while it looks smaller on the other. I was wondering if you guys had any tips that would help me create boxes with shallow foreshortening rather than dramatic foreshortening. Thanks for reading.
Yep, think it's one of the issues we have to learn,handle from this challenge.
I'm getting to 40th now and similar situation.
But I already see if my box will be broken when I made some edge too short,too long. So when I begin to estimate place for another corner= for drawing later another edges of given side,face of the box, I'm trying to draw lines almost parallel (little angle of covergence to the existing lines) to them. And ofc I try to imagine if resulting edge wont be too short/long in comprasion to the existing,parallel (almost) one.
Not sure if it is correct,and if I explained it clear,but I think that it works good for me.
My main problem is AFTER estimating new corner.Even if I have it nicely placed,it's nothing if seconds later I draw some curvy or wabbling line,not getting to that point;/ my boxes is almost broken then,looks bad
I do try to make some of the boxes have a little bit of convergence. It's more like I forget that there's a vanishing point, but I've started to realize that I have to try and converge them to a single spot around the 40th box. For the last part, even around the 50th box my lines are also still wobbly and even curvy a lot of the times. It's like this exercise puts your shoulder into overdrive. It really made me think about what angle I should be approaching from and how the page should be rotated to comfort me more so than I have on the other exercises. Try doing that and see if it helps, as it did somewhat help me get straighter lines.
The amount of foreshortening the box has is dependent on the angles between each set of converging lines. Bigger angles give less foreshortening, smaller angles give more. Try to make the angles between each converging line a bit bigger to make the foreshortening more shallow.
Like the Staedtlers, these also come in a set of multiple weights - the ones we use are F. One useful thing in these sets however (if you can't find the pens individually) is that some of the sets come with a brush pen (the B size). These can be helpful in filling out big black areas.
Still, I'd recommend buying these in person if you can, at a proper art supply store. They'll generally let you buy them individually, and also test them out beforehand to weed out any duds.
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