Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

5:13 PM, Wednesday July 22nd 2020

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I found those exercises fun to do, even the majority of people kinda get bored with.

I feel I still strugle with:

1) Ghosting lines and get it right; I feel I get a bit tense;

2) Placing the ellipses on the right spot;

3) And last but not least, drawing the boxes on perspective, even though in my mind I can visualise it.

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2:33 AM, Tuesday July 28th 2020

First let me comment on an issue that I saw in the super imposed lines. They are a bit frayed at both ends, maybe sure when you are doing that exercises, whether as a warm up in the future or if you return to it at any point, to take you time to start at the same point each time. Other than that everything looks great!

With the three points you brought up, you will improve with practice. I find stretching before I draw helps with tenseness, but also think that at this point when you are not use to using your shoulder or don't have as much experience being tense is understandable. But you will improve! The 250 box challenge will really help with the drawing boxes in perspective!

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Move onto the 250 box challenge!

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10:37 PM, Tuesday July 28th 2020

I notice a similar issue in tensing my whole body when I work on ghosting in the lines, especially if I focus on "locking" my wrist and elbow to draw from the shoulder. I say "lock" even if it's not a HARD locking of the joints. But I think it simply takes practice in getting your body to operate how you want it to. Whenever you notice yourself tensing up, take a moment to breathe and relax your body and then try again. It may slow things down a bit, but eventually you'll tense up less and less.

I'd say your rough perspective boxes are impressive!

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