Hi HorseRadish420!

I'll be working on your critique today! :)

LINES

• Super Imposed Lines - Your superimposed lines are looking good! You've managed to start at the same starting point with little fraying towards the end as well. You've drawn some confident strokes but there is a little bit of wobbling in some of the lines. This shows that you're not exactly confident in your lines and you slow down to make sure that your line is accurate. Note that in this lesson the focus is on confidence and not accuracy. However, you've done well to make sure each line starts at the starting dot as there is no fraying at the beginning which is an important aspect of this exercise.

• Ghosted Lines - Once again your lines here show a little wobbling. It is very clear you're not confident in your stroke. Do take your time to ghost and once you've ghosted a few times, just let loose! We're not trying to be accurate in this lesson, it's ALL about confidence! I sense you're focusing on trying to reach the end dot too much. When you ghost, let your hand move over the two points a few more times than you have when you did this exercise and then mark the paper. You'll do better the more you ghost. :)

• Ghosted Planes - Your planes also exhibit the same issues I explained previously, i.e. the wobbling/confidence issue. However, there is also another small thing I'd like to mention which is the overshooting of lines. It can be seen here a little where your line goes past the end point you have marked. While having it happen sometimes is fine, you can counter this during your practice. It may help to lift your hand up once you reach the end point to prevent the pen from overshooting that point. Again, with practice, this will come to you. Keep these points in mind when doing these exercises during your warm-ups.

ELLIPSES

• Tables of Ellipses - Your table looks good! You've done a good job of ghosting your ellipses and I can see you have a little more confidence here as there isn't any obvious wobbling. In addition, you've correctly maintained the 2-stroke ellipse and you've ensured that each ellipse is drawn within its borders. There are a few ellipses that don't touch the ellipse next to it but I think with a little more practice, you'll be able to get it right. Also, one IMPORTANT point here is that some of your ellipses only are drawn through once. You must try to draw through them twice or maybe thrice. Twice is preferable. Don't be lazy about this as doing this will help you get cleaner-looking ellipses.

• Ellipses in Planes - Again here there is a slight wobble in your ellipses so once again, I'll remind you about ghosting. That will greatly improve how 'round' the ellipse is as your stroke would be a lot smoother (i.e. shows confidence in your stroke) and you'll also notice the two strokes for each ellipse getting closer together. This is all fixed by ghosting a little more! I get the feeling you focused more on the ellipse touching all 4 sides of the plane than actually getting a nicely drawn smooth ellipse. Keep in mind, in this case, it was getting a smooth ellipse on the paper that mattered. Once again you've only drawn through some ellipses once.

• Funnels - There is a relative symmetry with the minor axis cutting the ellipses so that looks fine. However, the same issues I've mentioned above are seen here. I won't repeat it but keep those issues in mind.

BOXES

• Plotted Perspective - Everything looks good here, no issues at all!

• Rough Perspective - There's a little wobble to your lines but we've already covered this before so I won't go into it again. Good job on keeping the lines either perpendicular or horizontal to the horizon! Also, you've accurately used the line correction method and drawn through your boxes. Some students go past the horizon or don't line up the correction lines to the corner 'dots' when they draw their correction lines. All in all, good job here!

• Rotated Boxes - Really good job here! Some students really struggle with this exercise. It is clear that your spatial awareness is good as you've rotated your boxes quite accurately while maintaining quite a close distance with each corner of the boxes. 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. However, I don't see some of the boxes drawn through. I see faint lines but you haven't exactly drawn through every single box. E.g. the middle row, 1st from the left. One rule of this whole lesson is to draw through your boxes. In addition, I've seen repeated lines being drawn for the same 'single' edge of a box. We focus on 1 single stroke for each edge of the box and no more. Please avoid this in the future. This is very important to remember. This forces us to think about and then ghost each stroke before we mark the paper. No chicken-scratching allowed! :)

• Organic Perspective - The organic boxes look good! You've kept a good sense of rotation as well as perspective here too so good job! Once again though the wobbling lines can be seen and it's even seen in the main swoopy line you've drawn before you drew the boxes.

Looking at your work as a whole, this is a good submission and I'm confident you'll improve over time. Keep in mind to ghost more and work on that wobbling of your lines. One thing I want to add is that, as you get confident in your lines, there is a chance you'll start curving your lines. Keep in mind that this can be prevented when you ghost from the shoulder and not from the wrist. Using your wrist limits how straight your line can be.

With practice, I'm sure you'll do well! :) However, I'd like to see a little more work from you as I'm not 100% confident you've understood the concepts taught in this lesson.