To make sure I’m understanding you correctly, blocking youtube means that you didn’t watch our videos at all, or simply watched them first, and then didn’t a second time? If the former, I definitely recommend finding a way to watch them (maybe download them all, that way if you do get distracted it only happens once, and then you’re good for the whole lesson?) The videos are important because the information that we impart onto you in this course is dense, and it’s necessary for it to be delivered in a number of different ways for it to make sense. It’s similar to how watching an art lecture amounts to an art history course, and nothing else, but watching it and practicing what you were taught amounts to learning. Similarly, by only reading the text you only begin to understand the concepts; it’s seeing them applied in practice (and later, applying them in the same way yourself) that makes them stick. Disregard this if it’s the latter, of course! Anyway, let’s take a look at your submission. (Oh, and, to answer your question, you always plot points on the page – never ghost from points in your head.)

Starting with your superimposed lines, these are well done. They’re smooth, properly lined up at the start, and of a consistent trajectory. Some of the longer ones tend to fray a little too quickly, but that’s not too big of a concern. I suppose one thing you can do is check if perhaps you’re not drawing a little too fast. The ghosted lines/planes are quite confident, too. That said, try to be a little less conscious of your end points, if you can. Sometimes your lines will arc as they approach them (in an effort to hit them), but that’s not necessary, especially if it causes your line to change trajectory. What is necessary is that the line is smooth, and straight; accuracy is secondary.

Moving on to your ellipses, the table of ellipses exercise looks great. Your ellipses are confidently, almost effortlessly drawn to be smooth, rounded, and properly drawn through. I’m especially happy to see how comfortable you are having them overshoot their frames in pursuit of said confidence – keep that up! The ellipses in planes do a solid job of maintaining that same level of confidence. Not only that, but they make an effort to conform to the perspective of their planes, which is not something we require (or even expect!) from students at this stage. Finally, the funnels look good. I’d have liked a more obvious range of degrees here (starting from a very thin ellipse, and gradually increasing until you’re left with a full circle), but what’s here is good. Consider, however, lifting your pen off the page at the end of your rotations, rather than flicking it off – it should help get rid of those tails at the end of your ellipses.

Onto your box section; the plotted perspective exercise is well done, if its hatching lines a little scratchy. You seem to have drawn these freehand – actually, you should’ve used a ruler.

The rough perspective exercise is a little mixed. The convergences are well done – they start off strong, and show some nice improvement throughout the set. The linework, on the other hand (though it also improves!) leaves a little to be desired. Here, too, your lines are scratchy, as if you’re drawing roughly (in the fine art fashion) and trying to find the correct line. That’s not how we roll, however. We know what the correct line is, because we’ve plotted points telling us, and when we execute it, we do so confidently, and once. A line that’s confident, but wrong, is fine. One that’s scratchy, is wrong no matter what. Keep that in mind.

The rotated boxes exercise is nicely done. It’s big (huge positive), and its boxes are snug, and though only succeeding slightly, they make a solid attempt at rotation. I also like how proactive you’ve been with this exercise, from how different each quadrant looks. Rather than finding something that mostly works and sticking with it, you’ve tried to improve in every attempt, which is an attitude that will serve you well in this course.

Finally, save for those dang scratchy lines, the organic perspective exercise is well done. The boxes themselves are well constructed, and they flow well, as a result of their size, and foreshortening.