Here is my submission for Lesson #1. I had to change pens while working on it. Therefore, I'm not expecting this to be my greatest work. Please send me your feedback, no matter how critical it is. I am really enjoying Draw-A-Box and I can't wait to take the 250 Box Challenge!
I think it's better to avoid long ellipses for now. It's too hard to aim with this distances. Ironically, you aim too much with tables of circles, trying to avoid other lines or touch them. Try to forget about that stuff for now and do whatever will come out after ghost ellipse just to get the motion your elbow should be doing. At this stage you should go for the form rather for the size.
But take my advice with a grant of salt, i just finished my lesson 1 so i'm clearly not an expert. Keep up a positive attitude and don't burn yourself out with 250 boxes (I myself hated boxes at the end of last exercise but with cooling off i'm good). Try to draw something fun before that, like, some robot (mechanics often have basic shapes like boxes so this can help you somewhat)
Thank you for the helpful feedback! I drew some long ellipses because I wanted to push myself and that was probably a mistake considering that Lesson 1 was for beginners. I think that taking a break before the 250 Box Challenge is a good idea. However, I will try drawing some robots like you've suggested in addition to other cool stuff. I hope you are having a great day!
Here we're getting into the subjective - Gerald Brom is one of my favourite artists (and a pretty fantastic novelist!). That said, if I recommended art books just for the beautiful images contained therein, my list of recommendations would be miles long.
The reason this book is close to my heart is because of its introduction, where Brom goes explains in detail just how he went from being an army brat to one of the most highly respected dark fantasy artists in the world today. I believe that one's work is flavoured by their life's experiences, and discovering the roots from which other artists hail can help give one perspective on their own beginnings, and perhaps their eventual destination as well.
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