Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

7:16 PM, Sunday October 31st 2021

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Hello all

Here is my attempt for lesson 1.

What do you think?

It was not easy but I will try to continue the lessons.

All the best,

Leo

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8:30 PM, Sunday October 31st 2021
edited at 8:33 PM, Oct 31st 2021

Hey there Leo, congratulations on completing lesson 1. Amazing work, you have gotten through noticeable improvements.

Here's what you can take away from this lesson:

First, your line quality. Starting with the Ghosted Lines exercise, seems like you caught on very quickly, the lines are primarily smooth and straight. It seems that still you prioritize placing your line accurately between the points over the line quality, I observe this in the still occasionally reoccurring wobble in your lines. Remember - line quality first, accuracy second, even if both are important.

Just keep this in mind and move on - your lines are very good, and as long as you are mindful, they will only improve with time.

Note that in your Tables of Ellipses exercise, the ellipses in the middle and on the sides go over the edge of the panel. That is not supposed to happen, you need to adjust the ellipse's shape in order to fit within it's boundaries. The exercise needs you to draw ellipses that fit their environment, not necessarily form a consistent pattern.

Other than that, they are both accurate and fit snuggly within their set boundaries (with the exception of the mentioned before), very good work.

Notice that in the Plotted Perspective exercise, there are 3 boxes (one per panel) where you have forgotten to draw the back line (the first box among those seems to have a back line, but it doesn't go all the way.) Be patient and make sure to get all those details right in those types of precision exercises.

During your Rough Perspective and Organic Perspective exercises, you had a tendency to draw over a single line multiple times. This happens to many students, especially after their line exercises take a break while drawing all those ellipses, however remember the instruction during the lines explanation - draw once, and you are done.

If you see that you have made a mistake with your line, just move on even if it's wildly wrong, and get it right with the next line. You'll learn faster this way, and it won't muddy your work.

Amazing job Leo, take a moment to congratulate yourself, you have done really well. I see no need in revising any of the exercises, just keep the things I mentioned in mind when doing warm-ups and going forward.

Next Steps:

Move on to the 250 box challenge!

Remember to use the exercises from lesson 1 as warm-ups before each session, as described in lesson 0.

Also remember the 50% rule described in lesson 0, it makes sure that the journey will be smooth and prevents burn-out.

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edited at 8:33 PM, Oct 31st 2021
2:19 PM, Saturday November 13th 2021

Thanks a lot for the review

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2:33 PM, Tuesday November 2nd 2021

Hey Leonard,

first of all congratulations on completing lesson 1! As I recently finished mine I would like to offer a few comments in addition to Gekki's observations:

Funnels

Optionally widen the minor axes of your ellipses the further you move away from the center to get more out of this exercise, as written here.

Rotated Boxes

The lines you drew through the boxes don't sit parallel to each other which in turn screwed with your alignments. When you use this exercise as a warm-up you should try to keep adjacent lines of different boxes almost parallel.

Organic Perspective

Remember that we are not drawing cubes but boxes, just wanted to reinforce this point in case it was unclear.

Great work, keep on keepin' on!

Next Steps:

You should tackle the 250 box challenge next!

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