Hello, ChristianExodia, congratulations on completing Lesson 1 for DrawABox. I will be critiquing your lesson 1 today.
Lines
Superimposed Lines: Good job on making your lines confident, though they tend to curve a little from what I'm seeing, so try to consciously arch back a little to make the lines straighter. Make sure you set your pen correctly to avoid fraying at the beginning of the line. Remember that it's okay to fray at the end but not at the start. Note that in this lesson the focus is on confidence and not accuracy. Keep practicing drawing these lines with that in mind: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/13/fraying
Ghosted Lines: You've done well here, ghosting when necessary for these lines and are accurately putting your pen down at the starting point.
Ghosted Planes: Your planes are fine as well, though there are some subtle lines that tend to be wobbly. Make sure you don't hesitate with your lines, and practice. Keep that in mind when using this exercise as a warmup.
Ellipses
Tables of Ellipses: While your ellipses are confident, try to contain your ellipses inside the boxes. They shouldn't be overlapping, either. I am unsure whether you are ghosting enough to do so, but it needs work.
Ellipses in Planes: Most of your ellipses do meet the bounds of the plane, but there is some overlap. Once again, ghosting and some practice should help with keeping it inside.
Funnels: Your funnels need the same work as above, and you need to draw your ellipses such that the minor axis (the line in the middle) is cutting an ellipse into two relatively symmetrical halves.
Boxes
Plotted Perspective: Everything here looks good.
Rough Perspective: Good job on keeping the lines either perpendicular or horizontal to the horizon. Also, you've accurately used the line correction method, though I can see that you've messed up a little. Also, there's a little wobble/curving to your lines.
Rotated Boxes: Don't worry about messing up this either, as this is also a hard exercise. It is clear that your spatial awareness is good as you've rotated your boxes quite accurately, though the distance between each corner of the boxes should be a little more closer. A little bit of curving and wobble can be seen here too in your line work but I'm sure this will improve over time.
Organic Perspective: Some of your lines wobble and your boxes need to rotate as more distance occurs.
Overall, this is a good submission, but it needs some work.
Next Steps:
1 page of Superimposed Lines
1 page of Table of Ellipses
1 page of Organic Boxes
Please take the time to ghost more, as it willl help with most of the line mark-making you will do.
I have not yet completed the exercises; I fell off as a result of some real life matters, but I am slowly practicing again to get to a point of confidence to try again with the last three. I will try to have something for you in the next couple of days.
These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.
Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).
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