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10:49 AM, Sunday November 1st 2020

Thank you so much for your feedback, I really appreciate it. I'm sorry for not replying sooner, but I've been very busy with my studies lately.

Ahhh I know Imgur seems to be a better option for uploading my homework, I had decided to go with Google Drive as I had been more familiar with it. But I will definitely take your advice into consideration, I think I will give Imgur a try.

In terms of my lines looking a bit wobbly - I can assure you that I was trying my best to use my shoulder while drawing those lines, but I'm still learning and my arm's muscles are not quite used to such movements. I am a little hesitant whenever I attempt to draw from my shoulder, and that might be the reason why my lines aren't as straight as they should be. Or maybe I need to pay more attention while drawing, so as to avoid using my elbow and wrist. So thanks for pointing this out to me, I'll try to be more careful next time.

I agree that it is a great idea to look around my surroundings and observe how foreshortening works in real life. After all, the "real world" is the one we can always refer to in our drawings.

Thank you again for critiquing my homework, when I finished the challenge I didn't realise that my convergences had actually improved - I thought I had been making the same mistakes over and over again. And good luck to you too, I hope you're taking care of yourself in these uncertain times we're experiencing now.

6:29 PM, Tuesday November 3rd 2020

Hi GrumpyOwl,

My pleasure and thanks for getting back to me, I appreciate it. No worries at all, I know how it is to juggle the drawing practice with study along with life's problems.

Just about your line-work looking wobbly, mine was very wobbly too and is still far from perfect. It seems unnatural to draw from the shoulder and for a long time it feels that way I think.

You mention about paying more attention awhile drawing and I think you are on to something there. I find that during practice, consciously choosing which pivot you use each time you practice drawing a line you are training yourself so that you will eventually do it unconsciously, automatically. It's really a matter of repetition.

One of the exercises that I find helps is combining the ghosting between 2 points exercise with the super-imposed lines exercise. For example, if you ghost a few lines on a page first and then go back and super-impose them at the end 7 times, if you do this for a few minutes each day, that muscle memory will develop for sure.

Anyway, I wish you luck GrumpyOwl, take care and keep drawing, we'll get there!

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