Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

8:07 PM, Sunday October 18th 2020

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it's been already a week and a few days since i last drew for fun and i forgot to scan these, but oh well, i finally did it and here they are, getting them out might do something good

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2:55 PM, Wednesday October 21st 2020

Lines

Your 'Superimposed Lines' look good. There is no fraying at the beginning so that means you took your time planned your lines and then drew it. Although there are frayings at the end, this will be fixed with more exercises.

In 'Ghosted Lines' there is a lot of wobble and arching. Try to focus on more straight and confident lines and less about accuracy for now. Our main purpose is here to draw more straight and confident lines. The accuracy comes with more practice. Don't worry about over or undershooting lines. And don't forget to apply the ghosting method and draw from your shoulder (if you are not doing already). In your planes and boxes, your lines improved but, still, there are wobble and arching so try to be more confident.

Ellipses

Your ellipses look good, they are confident, sitting snuggly in their allotted space and evenly shaped. 'Ellipses in Planes' was done well. They are inside the boundaries. You made a good job aligning your ellipses with the minor axis in 'Funnels'. Keep drawing through your ellipses 2 or 3 times like this, and they will tighten up. Don't forget to apply the ghosting method here as well.

Boxes

In 'Rough Perspective', it is important to remember that horizontal lines should be parallel to the horizon, and vertical lines should be perpendicular to the horizon. While drawing through your boxes, pay attention to the vertical and horizontal lines. Take your time with the lines that should go to the vanishing point and use the ghosting method to find their angles. I saw that you repeated your lines, and kept fixing them. Try not to do that. Even if the line you drew seems off, don't draw it again. It draws more attention to the mistake.

In 'Rotated Boxes' try to keep the gaps between the boxes equal. Don't forget to use the neighboring edges to figure out the angels of your new box's edges. To do that, you should keep the gaps between the boxes even and close together. The neighboring lines of different boxes, when drawn very close, they run parallel to each other. This way you can determine where will be your new box by using the already existing ones. You can look at Uncomfortable's explanation and see it more clearly. Your vertical and horizontal rotation looks good. In the middle part, your lines seem more confident and straight, but as you reached the corners, they look a little bit rushed. Try to take your time with them.

I liked your Organic Perspective in general. But the size of the boxes was close together. Start with larger boxes, and as they go further, make them smaller and smaller. You can also add more boxes and overlap them. There are some perspective issues that you can work on in the '250 Box Challenge'.

Overall, your homework was good. Keep doing them as your warm-ups. Good luck. :)

Next Steps:

I am glad to mark this as complete. You can go ahead and start 250 Box Challenge. Don't forget to do your warm-ups.

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12:50 PM, Tuesday October 20th 2020

Hi QUANTICMORGAN. Your Organic perspective homework is not included. If you include it, I will gladly give a critique.

1:41 PM, Wednesday October 21st 2020

Thank you for the notice, the album has been updated with my organic perspective homework

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