Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

1:11 PM, Sunday October 18th 2020

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Ive included sketches I completed in order of which they were done in relation to the lessons.

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8:36 PM, Sunday October 18th 2020

Lines: A good chunk of the superimposed lines are fraying on both ends, even some of the curved ones. Good job on some of the ghosted lines, but in some of the longer ones there's wobble. The accuracy is excusable but I recommend placing your pen properly on point A. Point B is not as important to hit but of course try more. Nice sketch of the Big Ben. It's a big piece and commendable but again there are a lot of wobbly lines. It would've probably helped you to make your outline with a ruler, and to apply less pressure in the structures that are further away. A lot of your planes' diagonals miss the center, but overall nice job with your freehand lines, the improvement is there!

Ellipses: All your ellipses in your planes are drawn twice over so that's good, though in a lot of them the second pass gets wobbly and distorted. This is more noticeable in your tables of ellipses and funnels. Some of your funnels aren't smooth, so if you have a compass or a round object, that should help you draw your ellipses better. Nice boat! Those kinds of boats are tough to draw.

Boxes: Solid plotted perspective. The wobbly lines returned in your rough perspective and it looks like there is some guessing, evidenced by some of the edges being curved. A solid rotated boxes, though! On your organic perspective there are some occasional moments where boxes get distorted, and you should try to avoid drawing over your lines multiple times, but your linework has improved and it does look like you're ghosting over your lines. Good job finishing Lesson 1!

Next Steps:

honestly I don't know what you should do next... the 250 box challenge? It'll help you with your box construction. Keep drawing ellipses and keep doing lines, you're improving well!

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9:59 PM, Sunday October 18th 2020

Thanks for the the detailed critique. I feel I definitely need to keep practicing my ellipses as they are where i currently struggle the most. ive noticed an improvement in my linework so im happy its noticeable to others! im for sure going to tackle the 250 boxes, wish me luck.

10:02 PM, Sunday October 18th 2020

Thank you for posting your exercises. This was my first time giving feedback, so I'm happy it went well. Good luck and have fun! :)

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8:59 PM, Sunday October 18th 2020

First off, congrats on making it this far! The first thing that stood out was the line quality. Your line quality on the ghosted line and planes looked pretty good! They were often smooth with the occasional wobbly one, which happens to everyone. When it came to your rough perspective however, the lines were mostly wobbly. These boxes are the same as the planes and lines. Don't think of the box itself, just each line as its own task and you'll do great. The ellipses in planes were a bit wobbly at times, which is a problem I also had. Really ghost them and try to draw from your shoulder. Imagining drawing from your shoulders and focussing on the feeling of it really helped me with that. My next suggestion is to not include your seperate drawings on a lesson post, as it is off topic. It's great to see you drawing as well as practicing, but it is just not what the post is meant for. I suggest going to the 250 box challenge as it will be valuable to you ability to imagine the page as a 3-d space. Good luck and keep drawing!!!

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10:03 PM, Sunday October 18th 2020

Thanks for the feedback! I definitely feel i need to improve on my ellipses, also making sure i focus on one line at a time when drawing boxes. Im going to do the 250 box challenge as it looks very helpul!

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