Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
9:29 PM, Saturday August 1st 2020
The first few assignments were completed with a ballpoint pen, but the rest are in fineliners! I'd appreciate any feedback!
Hulla, RHINO192! I've looked through your assignments, and hopefully these notes below would be helpful to you:
Superimposed Lines: Your work is splendid, although there are some lines that are frayed on both ends (don't worry too much, 95% of your lines are well-drawn, with good accuracy.)
Tables of Eclipses and Eclipses in Planes: You've pointed out almost everything I want to say about your work, so there's not much to say except your eclipses are beautiful! One crucial note here is, a few of your eclipses are quite distorted and loosely-drawn.
Ghosted Planes and Rough Perspective: You have confident strokes, great accuracy and most of your lines are smooth, though I've noticed some lines that are quite arched and wavy.
Funnels: Besides every mistake you have circled in the assignments, I just have one little suggestion for future practice: I think you shouldn't put the funnels too close to each other, it would be harder to evaluate and notice mistakes.
Plotted Perspective: No comments here, your work is awesome!
Rotated Boxes: You have the same mistakes that I've listed above in "Ghosted Planes and Rough Perspective"; other than that, your boxes are aligned perfectly, distances between boxes are equal, 'chef kiss' ahh just beautiful.
Organic Perspective: On the first page of this assignment, especially the top and middle panels, except for the boxes at the very front and at the very back, the other boxes have very similar size; hence it is quite hard to know which boxes are in the front (if there is no trajectory line).
Little note: I don't see your Ghosted Lines exercise in the link, I would mean a lot if you could let me or the others check it!
Next Steps:
In the end, your assignments are outstanding! I think by the time you're reading this, you've moved on to the 250 Box Challenge and Lesson 2, but if you haven't, then be sure to complete the 250 Box Challenge before starting Lesson 2. Regular practice of Lesson 1 (ideally, you should spend 10-15 minutes drawing any exercise from Lesson 1 before starting a new lesson/challenge) would improve your accuracy, stroke confidence! Keep going!
This is a remarkable little pen. Technically speaking, any brush pen of reasonable quality will do, but I'm especially fond of this one. It's incredibly difficult to draw with (especially at first) due to how much your stroke varies based on how much pressure you apply, and how you use it - but at the same time despite this frustration, it's also incredibly fun.
Moreover, due to the challenge of its use, it teaches you a lot about the nuances of one's stroke. These are the kinds of skills that one can carry over to standard felt tip pens, as well as to digital media. Really great for doodling and just enjoying yourself.
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