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Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants

8:30 AM, Wednesday April 22nd 2020

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I think the hardest part of this lesson is drawing the ellipses along the paths. You really have to be paying attention to multiple things during this process. I mean sure, you've already set out the flow of the object with your line but the ellipses that you're putting down determine both the thickness of the object and the perspective of the viewer. I feel like because of this my perspective work has suffered because I'm focusing on the shape and overall form of the object. I'm pretty new to these techniques so please let me know if I'm approaching this wrong, otherwise I'll just assume that this no longer becomes a problem with experience.

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