Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
3:40 PM, Monday April 20th 2026
Thank you!!
Welcome and congrats on completing Lesson 1 of Drawabox! I’m Mada and I’ll be reviewing your submission here.
You’ve done a really great job overall, though there are a few points worth going over. I'll be highlighting important things in bold for you to easily refer to.
Lines
Your superimposed lines have no problems here. The ghosted lines and planes are also clearly planned out and executed with confidence with very little arching. Some sways and inaccuracies are of course expected, but this is something you'll need to keep doing with your warmups. You also tend to overshoot a bit, so make sure to keep it in mind!
Ellipses
In the tables of ellipses, you showed a clear understanding of how to draw them smoothly and confidently. I can see that you're not having much problem with your ellipses in planes either.
Your funnels are also well done; they’re aligned properly to the minor axis and fit snugly within the guideline. Nothing much to mention here as your skills (in confidence and accuracy) will naturally improve with more practice. This is optional as an extra challenge, but you can try varying the degrees of your ellipses as they move outward in your warmups as mentioned here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/18/step3.
Boxes
You've shown a good understanding of how to make 2 point perspective in the plotted perspective. I did see some skewed back vertical lines here and there, which is usually caused by an accumulation of human error as you plot more and more lines. I assume that's the case and you understand that every vertical line is straight in 2 point perspective. Even if the points are not aligned correctly, try to find a middle ground and draw it as vertical as you can.
You’ve applied the ghosting method and line extensions properly in the rough perspective. Some of the back faces of your boxes aren’t quite rectangular, which means that the horizontals should stay parallel to the horizon line and the verticals are perpendicular to it. It’s important to avoid any guesswork or random angles when rules like this exist for the 1 and 2 point perspective. Again, keep in mind that rectangular front and back faces is an important characteristic of 1 point perspective.
You're actually doing very well with the rotated boxes! You've made the lines converge as they go further to the side, which correctly creates that sense of rotation. The main goal of this exercise is focused around using that rotation and neighboring elements to deduce the placement for the next boxes, which you've executed well here.
Finally, your organic perspective also looks great. The boxes feel like they exist in the same space, and the lines converge as they move away from the viewer. Some boxes look a little wonky with their perspective, but this is exactly the main thing we'll train during the box challenge.
Throughout these exercises, I believe that you’ve understood the main concepts of this lesson and ready to reinforce them in the warmups. Keep practicing your lines & ellpses confidence and good luck on the box challenge!
Next Steps:
Move onto the 250 box challenge.
Do the lesson 1 exercises as your regular warmup and don't forget your 50% rule art.
A lot of folks have heard about Scott Robertson's "How to Draw" - it's basically a classic at this point, and deservedly so. It's also a book that a lot of people struggle with, for the simple reason that they expect it to be a manual or a lesson plan explaining, well... how to draw. It's a reasonable assumption, but I've found that book to be more of a reference book - like an encyclopedia for perspective problems, more useful to people who already have a good basis in perspective.
Sketching: The Basics is a far better choice for beginners. It's more digestible, and while it introduces a lot of similar concepts, it does so in a manner more suited to those earlier in their studies.
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