Good job on getting through the first lesson, I'll be checking your homework today.
Lines
Lines are overall confident which is great, there is a bit or curving at the start and ends of some of them, as long as you're aware of this when drawing marks and correct yourself you'll be fine.
Ellipses
Ellipses are good but its sometimes hard to tell how many times your went around, mainly because they were done in pencil
Boxes
On rought perspective your outside boxes aren't hitting the mark because they are not distorted enough, to give the illusion of depth, the sides of the boxes will look more like trapezoids than squares, you did a great job ghosting lines on previous exercises so maybe you didn't go all the way to the vanishing point, keep in mind that when it comes to 1 point perspective the only "normal" looking shapes are the ones facing the viewer.
Next Steps:
You can move on to the 250 Box Challenge while waiting for the badge for this lesson, congratulations, just make sure to use a pen for future homework submissions, even if its not a fine point, its easier to spot mistakes for those checking your work and as things get more complicated, that helps you in the long run
The following are my personal recommendations and NOT part of the Draw-A-Box program
Your pen control is decent enough for me to recommend gesture drawing at this point in your journey, I believe you are ready to focus more on the details and general shapes of other subjects, if you can learn to observe as an artist, you will improve much faster than simply doing warm-ups.
Tackle on the many 30-day drawing challenges to refine your understanding of the fundamentals, Marc Brunet has a video on youtube on this, it helps with understanding perspective.
You can also take a gander at one of the PDF library websites and find some drawing books that catch your eye, focus on the sections that mention line art and trace if you need to, its a good way to understand more complex shapes and strokes.
This is a remarkable little pen. Technically speaking, any brush pen of reasonable quality will do, but I'm especially fond of this one. It's incredibly difficult to draw with (especially at first) due to how much your stroke varies based on how much pressure you apply, and how you use it - but at the same time despite this frustration, it's also incredibly fun.
Moreover, due to the challenge of its use, it teaches you a lot about the nuances of one's stroke. These are the kinds of skills that one can carry over to standard felt tip pens, as well as to digital media. Really great for doodling and just enjoying yourself.
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