Looking good, nice work on your first lesson submission!
Looking at your homework, I definitely see that you have understood all the tasks and their meaning. Now, some improvements that you could keep working on while using the exercises from Lesson 1 to warm up:
Lines
You don't have a lot of wobble or arches, in fact, your lines look very confident and there is barely any dangerous overshooting. You have stuff under control. There are some line clusters with fraying on both ends but it looks like you have corrected this later. Fraying on one end is expected and something that will slowly improve over time as you keep doing lines as warm-up. Keep making sure that it doesn't happen on both ends.
Overshooting lines becomes more apparent in the Ghosted Lines exercise. But even here I see good control and shoulder usage so just keep going, making sure to place the pen carefully at the start. To correct overshooting, it helps focusing on the end dot while letting your shoulder move, and lifting the pen earlier than you think.
Ellipses
Your ellipses are made according to instructions. Accuracy is a problem in all your exercises with ellipses, but this will improve with time, and the lessons states that confidence and fluent motion is more important than accuracy at this stage. For me, I helped myself by visualizing the extremes of the ellipse while letting my shoulder do the work. This also helps develop the eye-hand coordination needed to consistently hit the extremes of the ellipse that you imagine on the paper. While your ellipses in funnels are sloppier than in the other exercises, they still adhere to the rules and are symmetrical enough.
Of all the submissions, I'd say this is the one for you to keep working the most on as you do your daily warm-ups.
Boxes
This is a very hard exercise, prone to a lot of mistakes which creates extra lines and wobbles everywhere but you seem to have avoided them. If this is your first try it is extremely good! Congratulate yourself!
You are drawing through like you should, rotating and doing exactly what is expected. I appreciate that you are not too timid with the organic perspective boxes, and I can understand your idea of rotation from the largest to the smallest boxes. You are also applying line quality to the boxes which is perfect in preparation for the coming box challenge. In the first of the two Rough Perspective boxes, your line quality suffers but you seem to correct yourself quickly as it already looks much better in the second.
Overall, your submission has good quality, so just keep practicing these as a warm-up before! Soldier through the box challenge and remember that you can always ask for support when it feels impossible and hard. Good luck!
Next Steps:
Move on to the 250 boxes challenge.
Thank you for this critique, as well as some extra tips on tackling those pesky ellipses.
I did have one question. When it comes to warm up exercises, how much should I draw? Do I make a page or two combining all the past lesson 1 exercises, or warm up until I feel that I am ready?
Thanks again, wish me luck in the 250 box challenge!
Edit:
Don't worry about the question. I found the answer under the Lesson 0 tab 'Warmups'.
Basically pick 2-3 exercises and to as much as you can in 10-15 mins before each session.
Good that you found it. The box challenge will be tough and boring but believe me it's worth it! I wish you strength end endurance, if you struggle ask for help sooner that later so that you don't burn yourself out.
(Don't forget to ask for agrees on this submission if you notice that some time has passed without)
Good luck ????????
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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