Sweat, I’m hoping… Hello! Welcome to drawabox, and congrats on completing lesson 1. I’ll be taking a look at it, giving you a few pointers, and moving you right along to the box challenge. Let’s begin!

Staring off, your superimposed lines look good. They’re smooth, and properly lined up at the start, though you’ll occasionally alter their trajectory – try not to! The ghosted lines/planes are at times a little wobbly. 2 things could be happening, here. One, you could be drawing too slowly (one thing I recommend you do, regardless of whether this is the case, is draw a few lines each at a different speed, so as to find the one that best suits you). Two, you could be, same as before, altering the trajectory of your line (course-correcting) on the fly. Do your best to resist that urge; more so than accuracy, what we’re concerned with is the confidence of your lines.

The table of ellipses exercise looks fairly solid. Upon closer inspection, it seems like your second rotation is at times a little lacking. What’s likely happening is that you’re stressing over it matching up with the first one, but this is not necessary. If the ellipse is smooth, and rounded, it’s, by default, correct. If it’s not, then it’s incorrect, and all the accuracy in the world can’t help it then. While you’re at it, you may consider experimenting with your speed here, too. The planes are a step in the right direction, though not quite there yet – continue pushing! The funnels are more of the same. A few things regarding them: rotate around your ellipses here 2 full times (rather than 1 and change), and make sure that the minor axis extends through all of them (I’m looking at the ones at the edges, in particular).

The plotted perspective exercise looks good (though I don’t understand why the lines extend beyond the boxes).

The rough perspective exercise is fairly well done, as far as its convergences are concerned. Linework is a little more mixed. The boxes themselves are a little lacking in confidence, I notice – likely, you’re getting a little overwhelmed. The hatching lines, on the other hand, seem rushed. Hatching is optional, so either be patient with it, or don’t bother. Choppy hatching lines will have the opposite effect, unfortunately.

The rotated boxes exercise has a few issues (missing reminder boxes, missing diagonal boxes, bad pivot for the hatching lines), but the gist of it looks good: your boxes are snug, and they rotate nicely. I would recommend a little more patience here, though, particularly when you’re working on the back side.

The organic perspective exercise, too, is a little mixed. For one, you’ve got a lot of repeat lines. Remember that each line is drawn once, and only once, regardless of how it turns out. Second, it seems like you’re not plotting start/end points for all of your lines (if the overshooting is any indication) – try to. Finally, the increase in size is a little inconsistent at times, which throws off the flow. The foreshortening is shallow, however, and that carries quite a bit of it.