Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
4:14 PM, Friday July 17th 2020
[The first few exercices were done with a red finliner because that is all I had at the time] Thanks you for reviewing my work !
Hello there, Ellothere! :)
It appears 1 page of superimposed lines is missing, but I'll go ahead and take a look at the submission.
Overall, you have done a nice job!
Lines
Your lines are overall pretty confident with smooth and continuous flow. There are some that wobble a bit as you draw towards the targeted point. To note, confidence should take precedence and be prioritized before accuracy. It’s ok that the lines aren’t fully accurate, as it is imperative to first develop the shoulder muscle memory to draw out smooth, confident strokes. So continue to ghost and execute every line with your shoulder. Essentially, a confident stroke that is slightly inaccurate is better than an accurate but wobbly line.
Ellipses
Ellipses are off to a fairly decent start with a pretty good share of confident ellipses. There are some that wobble. Just as with lines, focus first on confident smooth strokes. Then work on maintaining its roundedness, and then accuracy last. Ellipses in the funnel are generally aligned to the minor axis. Just be careful when planning out the alternative funnels (in the corners, but particularily on the top right) that you have one minor axis line going through the ellipses. Nice job drawing through each ellipses appropriately (2-3 times).
Boxes
You maintain some nice, confident lines, but there are some that still wobble. The great news, however, is I'm not really seeing any lines (except a couple) that are automatically reinforced, which is what happens when a line doesn't go the way we want it to and we try to fix it by drawing a new/corrected line over it. Basically, you stuck with the lines you drew and didn't fall into the temptation of correcting it, which is awesome!
Rough perspective
A couple of things to keep in mind for this exercise:
Horizontal lines should be parallel to the horizon line
Vertical lines should be perpendicular to the horizon line
While there are plenty of evidence you are doing this (which is certainly a challenge in itself!), there are some lines that stray off diagonally.
Rotating boxes
First, congratulations on getting through this exercise!
The boxes are generally rotating along the vertical and horizontal axes, though try to push to rotate the boxes a little more on the horizontal axis by shifting their vanishing point over more. Otherwise, the boxes are well neighbored to each other, and you are drawing through your boxes, which is great.
Organic perspective
As the boxes get slightly smaller on the path, you’ve conveyed a sense that they move slightly away from the viewer. In terms of perspective, you're off to a good start. There are some sets of parallel lines that diverge away, making planes that are further away appear to get larger instead of slightly smaller. But no worries, you’ll have plenty of practice in the 250 Box Challenge!
With that said, keep up the good work! (Although there's a page missing, I think you're heading towards the right direction, so I'd say keep going.)
Next Steps:
Congratulations on completing lesson 1!
Continue to use these exercises as part of your warm ups (about 10-15 minutes)
Feel free to move onto the 250 box challenge
Don’t forget to take breaks and draw for fun!
Also, now that you’ve completed Lesson 1, I encourage you to critique some Lesson 1 community submissions. Not only will this help the community, but it will also solidify and reinforce your understanding of the material. Of course, this is optional (but we’d be especially grateful!). If you’d like to give it a shot, see this guide that was created by one of our community members on how to go about critiquing Lesson 1: https://pastebin.com/dYnFt9PQ
Like the Staedtlers, these also come in a set of multiple weights - the ones we use are F. One useful thing in these sets however (if you can't find the pens individually) is that some of the sets come with a brush pen (the B size). These can be helpful in filling out big black areas.
Still, I'd recommend buying these in person if you can, at a proper art supply store. They'll generally let you buy them individually, and also test them out beforehand to weed out any duds.
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