Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
11:41 PM, Saturday July 11th 2020
Hi, I hope I can improve over time.Someday maybe
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3:53 PM, Saturday July 18th 2020
So, starting from the top and working my way down. The super imposed lines are good. Be sure to take your time lining up your starting point (you improved this as you went in the exercise). You'll get better at landing the ending point with time. As for the ghosted lines, you should always prioritize a straight line over the final location. Many of your lines curve to reach the end point. You can work with a straight line that's slightly off but a curved line will cause issues. So as the lesson said, go for a straight line first, then line up the ends. There is also a little bit of wobble in your lines. Just practice confident strokes and you'll be able to iron that out. The ghosted planes are good and already demonstrate improvement in terms of drawing straight lines from the ghosted line exercise.
Moving onto the ellipses, similar to the lines, prioritize a consistent stroke (avoid wobbling) over the shape of the ellipse. You want to force that consistency into your muscle memory. This is why drawing with the shoulder is so helpful, its easier to draw long, consistent lines. I do notice that you do not draw through all of your ellipses. You should draw through every ellipse at least twice to build muscle memory. On the funnels exercise, in addition to prior remarks, be sure to keep your semiminor axis alligned. Some of the ellipses tilt away from the proper orientation.
For the box related homework, your rough persepctive exercises show marked improvement as you go. This should get even better as you complete the 250 box challenge. Just take your time ghosting and you'll get closer and closer to that VP. Good work. The rotated boxes look really good. Finally, your organic perspective shows you have a feel for the concept. As you work through the 250 box challenge these will become much easier.
Overall, good work on this homework. There are a few things to improve but these should come naturally as you practice. Definitely focus on avoiding wobbling and prioritizing a straight line over one that reaches the endpoint. You do need to draw through your ellipses though, it's for your own practice. Otherwise I believe you're ready to start the 250 box challenge.
Next Steps:
You should proceed to the 250 box challenge. Additionally, when you warm-up before drawing, you should be sure to include some ellipse drawing where you draw through the ellipses.
4:15 PM, Saturday July 18th 2020
Thank you so much for taking the time to see my homework. I really appreciate it.
It still makes it difficult for me to draw with my shoulder but I try my best to do it for at least 15 minutes before and during the challenge boxes.
I will try to make my lines more confident and straight, and take more attention to the alignment of the ellipses. Well, ellipses in general with ghosting technique.
I will take your criticism very seriously, thank you very much again.You help me a lot.
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