Thank you for making this course! I have been drawing for some time now but my fundamentals are still bad so I decided to follow this course. There few mistakes in my submission so idk whether to continue to the next lesson or redo this lesson. Thank you for the critique!
Hi! Congratulations on finishing lesson 1!
I'll be going over each exercise individually, if at the end you're left with any questions don't hesitate to ask.
Superimposed lines
These look pretty good, but there's the slightest bit of fraying going on on both sides, so make sure to place the pen carefully at the starting point when putting down your mark.
Ghosted lines
These are great, there's a bit of wobbling here and there but with time that'll go away.
Ghosted planes
It's great to see you take the confidence over accuracy advice to heart, again, your lines are very confident.
Table of ellipses
In general these are well-drawn, the problem, however, is that the position of a lot of these is off. You want your ellipses to fit in snugly between each other and touch but remain within their boundaries. Make sure to take your time ghosting not only the shape of the ellipse, but also in the right position.
Ellipses in planes
There's a lot of improvement here, your ellipses fit much more snugly within their respective planes. Not much else here to say, good job!
Funnels
The only problem I can see here is that a number of your ellipses don't touch each other, but other than that they look good.
Plotted perspective
These look great.
Rough perspective
In this exercise you want to make sure to keep your width/height lines parallel/perpendicular to the horizon respectively, which is something I don't see being done continuously, and is something to keep in mind. The perspective looks accurate and is well done.
Rotated boxes
These look quite accurate, and in the box challenge you'll improve even further.
Organic perspective
All in all these look great, but keep in mind to make a darker line as it is closer to the viewer and make it gradually lighter as it falls back in space.
You did an excellent job here, you're definitely ready for the box challenge. Good luck!
Next Steps:
On to the box challenge!
Hey thank you so much for the input! It's very thorough and helpful. I will continue to the box challenge but I'm gonna redo the first lesson as a warmup so that I get better at accuracy, haha!
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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