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8:24 PM, Tuesday January 18th 2022

Hey! Congrats on completing lesson 1! Overall, things looks great.

Superimposed lines: You did well in being careful about your starting place, and the lines look confident. Continue to incorporate this into your warmup; you will get better with superimposition over time. Although, I'll admit, I am still not perfect either.

Ghosting: The lines look mostly fine. There is some slight wavering, so make sure that you continue to draw from your shoulder. As for your planes, they look confident. There is some overshooting and undershooting, but that is to be expected for the first lesson. One thing to do is to keep your eye on the dot as you draw towards it, and then release when you get there. If you already heard this advice, continue doing it.

Table of Ellipses: This is some really nice work. I like how you were not afraid to vary the sizes and orientations of hte ellipses. There is some mild wavering, so make sure to draw from your shoulder. Also, I noticed a few ellipses where it looked like you drew over them more than three times. Make sure to only draw through your ellipses twice or thrice, no more than that.

Ellipses in Planes: There is a little bit of wavering, almost as though you were trying to avoid going outside the plane. While that is good, remember that it is more important to draw confidently than to draw correctly. There may be some overshoots or undershoots, but once again, that is to be expected at this stage. It will improve over time. Also, as I stated before, make sure to avoid drawing over your ellipses more than thrice.

Funnels: These funnels looks very confident and snug, so great work. On the second funnel, I noticed that you went from circles to ellipses. I know I've said this already, but there are instances where you draw over your ellipses more than three times here, too. In your warm ups in the future, keep in mind to only draw over your ellipses twice or thrice.

Plotted Perspective: I see good confidence in the lines, and it seems that you understood the exercise well. However, remember that it is very important to conceptualize how the lines connect back to the VP. Therefore, they should be drawn fully. You don't have to do this again, but keep this in mind for future warm ups if you decide to do this as a warm up in the future.

Rough Perspective: It looks like you understood this exercise well, too. While you missed the VP in some panels, that is fine. As you move into the 250 box challenge, you will get better at aiming for the VP, or at least making more confident boxes that have a single VP. Continue to confidently draw your lines from your shoulder.

Rotated Boxes: Overall, nice work! This looks really clean and confident. There are some boxes where the lines don't completely connect to each other, leaving a gap, so keep that in mind when drawing boxes in the future.

Organic Perspective: You did well in conveying perspective, both in how the boxes overlap on each other, as well as the varying sizes. There is some wavering of the lines, and I also see a couple of scratched-out or ignored lines, as though there were accidentally placed there. I know that it is hard, but try to work with those lines, even if you placed them there by mistake. It will help in being more confident in your marking.

Overall, nicely done! You are ready for the 250 box challenge. Continue to work on being confident in your line strokes, and make sure to only draw through your ellipses twice or thrice. Feel free to move on to the box challenge.

Next Steps:

Go forward to the 250 box challenge.

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9:41 PM, Friday January 21st 2022

Thank you Lupursian for taking the time to look over these exercises and providing a thorough review. It is a great encouragement and I really appreciate it.

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