As stated in Lesson 0, as a lesson or challenge is marked as complete, its exercises become a part of our "pool" of warmups, which we pick two or three from to do for 10-15 minutes at the beginning of each sitting. I don't believe I've ever stated that your warmups would only consist of exercises from Lesson 1, though if you find any point where I have said that, please call it out to me.
I confirm that you didn't say that only exercices from lesson 1 should be the one from lesson 1. Hence my question. So how deep goes the "pool of warmup" exercices?
Lesson 3's eight pages of plant drawing and lesson 4 arachnids drawing also does not look like warm up exercices. But the 250 boxes challenge and the cylinder challenge and even the wheel does seem to feet into that category.
On the draw a box course, what would be the complete list of the exercices intended to become warm-up exercices after beeing understood sufficientily and validated by a Teaching Assistant?
As always thanks for you answer!
Unfortunately I don't have a list on hand of all the exercises, although I'm sure you could compile your own by going through the homework sections of each lesson you've completed.
When it comes to the actual plant/insect/animal/object/vehicle constructions, while I don't strictly demand that students include those in their warmups, this is mainly out of feasibility. I prefer to leave the door open in that regard, rather than creating a clear separation between the those constructions and the things that are more obviously exercises (everything from lessons 1 and 2, the challenges, lesson 3's leaves and branches, etc). Constructional drawings certainly are exercises - or rather, they're a singular exercise in which we take an object of whatever sort, break it down into simple forms, and push our brain to consider how those forms relate to one another in 3D space. What differs is the subject matter, but it is the actual process of "solving" the 3D puzzle that is the actual exercise in question.
Ultimately I leave it to students to work that into their own schedules, and leaving that door open but not specifically stamping them as exercise or not allowing students to consider how they might integrate them into their schedules themselves.
I see. Indeed when you browse the internet, you notice that artists have a lot of advise. My art teacher for example recommands the one-line silhouette drawing as a warm-up so that you wrist muscles can be flexible and ready to make curves.
It is said to have been created by Picasso himself!
As I validated lesson 2, I think I'll add the organic for and the contour form exercice to the warm up on top of those from lesson 1.
As I still need training with the texture exercice I'll also add it when I have enought positive feedback on the discord.
Thanks for the answer!
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.
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