Congratulations on finishing the lesson! Let's take a look:
Lines: In the superimposed lines exercise, there is no fraying on both ends (which is good) but they do fray a lot.
Mostly due to the fact that there are a lot of curved lines instead of straight ones, which are harder to execute consistently. The ghosted lines initially wobble and miss, which is fine at the beginning. Especially since we can gauge the progress with the ghosted planes (it's almost the same thing, really).
The planes share the same rough nature at first but really improve! Looking at the planes in the "ellipses in planes" exercise, the planes seem to be newly drawn and not the ones from the first homework. The lines are, first and foremost, more confident but also more accurate! So good work!
Ellipses: Overlapping and leaving the bounds here-and-there are common mistakes, so it's good to see an effort in avoiding them. The shape of the ellipses varies a lot, so consider drawing ellipses a bit slowly than straight lines (that's what works for me at least). The ellipses in the funnels exercise show that you improved, so good work!
Boxes: The plotted perspective exercise looks good at first glance but off looking at it closely. Because some of the bolded edges don't align with the boxes underneath and some of the lines seem to miss the vanishing point. Not sure what's going on.
Rough perspective looks alright. Some line correction going on, which you should try to avoid doing but nothing major (I also do that sometimes).
The actual major thing is that the overextending lines don't match with some boxes on the second page. It's not expected for the student to nail the vanishing point but to be close enough and that is the case here. Also don't forget to ghost the lines to avoid wobble.
The rotated boxes exercise is actually pretty good! The gaps aren't all consistent but that's probably the most common mistake. Good work.
The organic exercise also looks pretty good. Some wandering lines and line correction going on, watch out for that. Making uniquely rotated boxes is tricky but it's important that you pulled through here and did the change in size well (which you did). General box construction and rotation is something you get better at in the 250 box challenge.
The biggest thing to take from this is to take your time with markmaking and try to approach ghosting more carefully. 2 more people need to look at this as well but, overall, I think I can mark the lesson as complete! Keep up the good work.
Next Steps:
I think you can move on to the 250 box challenge (if you haven't already, since the homework was posted in February).
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.
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