Hello!
Congratulations on finishing your first lesson!
Now to the critique!
Lines: In the superimposed lines i see some arching so remember to execute your lines confidently and use your shoulder when drawing. There is some fraying on both ends as well so remember to focus on starting the lines from the same one dot. In the ghosted lines and ghosted planes exercises I see little wobbling so remember to ghost your lines enough times and once executing the line focus on just getting it straight and smooth. Your lines seem to overshoot and udershoot as well so practice lifting your pen off the paper in the exact place you want the line to end. In the future I would recommend addressing these things in your warm ups.
Ellipses: In the ellipses the only thing I would point out is that in the ellipses in planes exercise the sides of the ellipses don't always meet all the four edges of your planes or they go over them. This is a common thing to happen since your accuracy gets better overtime as you practice more. I would recommend practicing accurate ellipses that are still smooth and evenly shaped in your warm ups.
Boxes: Your perspective is not accurate on most cases but the point of those exercises was to understand the concepts which you seem to have done!
Overall you did your exercises well and seem to have understood the concepts taught in this lesson so feel free to move on to the boxes!
Well done! :)
Next Steps:
Start the 250 box challenge.
So, it looks like some of these are digital and some are on paper? And some are done in pencil (or it appears that way from the scans)
If you're mixing the type of media you're using, I think this is going to make it difficult to rate your work.
These are not bad; in fact rotated boxes looks really great, and that is a difficult assignment. You're probably ok to move on to 250 Boxes, so long as you are following the instructions:
-Try to stick with the .5 mm pen on A4 (8.5 x 11) paper, or use black ballpoint pen if you absolutely cannot get .5 mm felt tip pens.
-Rulers are generally for your setup only; Don't draw the subject itself using a ruler. All our your lines besides frames, guidelines, or marking vanishing points, should be freehand unless the lesson says otherwise.
I only mention these things because there looks like a lot of inconsistency in your lines throughout your homework - this could just be a result of the different types of media you are using which, again, makes it difficult for us, and for you, to see where you are doing well and where you need more work.
These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.
Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).
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