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4:53 PM, Tuesday August 16th 2022
Hey, congrats on making it to the end of this lesson. Here's my critique:
Lines
There's a bit of wobble and inconsistency to your lines, but this is to be expected and it'll be something you get better at as you go. The accuracy also isn't perfect, but always remember that drawing a smooth, confident stroke is more important than being 100% accurate. Continue doing these exercises as warmups, maybe with emphasis on superimposed lines to reduce the fraying.
There were a few instances where the lines were faint, so the possibilities are that you were pressing too hard, your ink was running out, or the lines just weren't picked up that well in the photo.
Ellipses
In the table of ellipses, the degrees look consistent and you had most of your ellipses touching the edges or each other. A few slightly deformed ellipses here and there but that's ok. Your ellipses in planes showed signs of trying too hard for accuracy, because many of them seem deformed to touch the edges better or could use tightening up. In the funnels exercise, similar problems persisted, and some of the ellipses don't quite align to the minor axis. A few ellipses also look drawn through one too many times, so make sure you're only sticking to two or three times maximum.
Boxes
Plotted perspective looks good, and the hatching is consistent, but just be careful drawing very big or tall boxes like in the bottom panel because they're likely to look too dramatic or distorted. The correction lines in rough perspective are a bit hard to make out, and again your lines had some wobble, but it looks like you made good attempts at placing all of the lines properly. The main objective of the rotated boxes exercise seems to have been understood and the boxes look like they're rotating, although there were some minor errors with convergences. Organic perspective also looks ok, but if you try this one as a warmup, try to draw more of your boxes at different orientations or with slightly different dimensions. This'll be something you'll get a lot of practice with in the 250 box challenge.
One last thing, you probably already know that lined paper isn't recommended for this course, but I HIGHLY suggest you find or buy a big stack of printer paper to use in future lessons and challenges, as it'll be easy on your fineliners and there'll be no extra lines to distract you or the viewer (and you're going to need a LOT of paper for the box challenge).
Next Steps:
250 box challenge (and find printer paper if you're able to)
10:27 PM, Tuesday August 16th 2022
Thank you for the help, I appreciate it greatly.
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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.