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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

3:33 PM, Saturday November 15th 2025

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Look, I don't know how this works here, but could you please evaluate my exercises and tell me if everything is ok and if I can already do the 250 boxes challenge? Thank you ;)

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7:19 PM, Saturday November 15th 2025

To answer your question, almost everything is ok. Ellipses are smooth and evenly shaped. Lines were still a little wobbly in the first Ghosted Lines exercise, but got more confident as you progressed. You seem to have understood all of the exercises and will only get better at them as you practice in your warmups

The only thing that seems to be missing are the 4 absolute corners in the Rotated Boxes exercise. Those are usually the most challenging to draw, so don't worry about trying to make them perfect or "ruining" the page. Mistakes are expected in these exercises as long as you complete them

Next Steps:

Complete the 4 remaining corner boxes in the Rotated Boxes exercise, then move on to the 250 box challange

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
10:55 PM, Sunday November 16th 2025

I've finished the last 4 corners of the exercise, and now I'll proceed with the challenge. Thank you very much for your support.

https://imgur.com/a/gE8mMWE

12:07 PM, Monday November 17th 2025

Great job! Make sure to draw every box whenever you're redoing this exercise in your warmups as well. Since it also takes a lot of space on the page, drawing the boxes a litlle smaller next time might make it easier for you.

Next Steps:

Proceed to the 250 box challange

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