Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

10:20 PM, Friday July 28th 2023

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There are two funnel exercises instead of only one sorry!

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1:25 PM, Wednesday August 9th 2023

Hi. that's fine if you simply misread the amount you were supposed to do. just remember not to grind.

I highly recommend getting printer paper. Sketchbook paper kills fineliners.

I hope this critique will be of use to you.

For your lines

Superimposed lines are drawn confidently. Fraying on the other end is expected. For the longer lines arcing when doing these in your warm ups, make a conscious effort to arc to the opposite direction to stop the arcing.

You did well on ghosted lines. The accuracy will come in time.

Onto ellipses

Your markmaking on the ellipses in planes exercise improved. Remember to keep the ellipse smooth and confident, even if it misses the intended mark entirely. Prioritize confidence over accuracy.

You did well in the tables of ellipses exercise. Remember not to draw through the ellipses more than 3 times though.

Don't deform the ellipses to fit within the boundary, once you put down the pen, go through with the mark, even if it misses the intended mark entirely.

Your ellipses in the funnels exercise are within the boundary, but the minor axis (line through the middle) needs to cut the ellipse in 2 symmetrical halves, I can see on the second page you took note of that actually. you did well.

Boxes

You did well on the plotted perspective exercise, although, you didn't draw through some of the boxes.

For your rough perspective pages, they're looking really, really good. Just remember not to repeat lines. once you put down a line pretend it's correct even if it's off, it'll help you in the long term.

Your page of rotated boxes show a good understanding of perspective. This is a really hard exercise.

Good job on the organic perspective pages. Some boxes do have diverging lines, but the 250 box challenge will come in to help with that.

All of these will go into your 10 - 15 minutes warm ups pool.

I wish you lots of patience on the 250 boxes challenge. and if you need help with anything the discord is extremely helpful.

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250 boxes challenge

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6:49 PM, Wednesday August 9th 2023

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