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3:08 AM, Wednesday February 5th 2020

Hey there, good job completing lesson 1! I've got a few things to point out for you

Lines - Keep practicing using your shoulder and finding a speed that you can control and keep a confident, smooth stroke. With your ghosted lines try lifting the pen when you get to the end of the line instead of stopping against the momentum of your arm.

Ellipses - You are drawing through a few too many times, so try to reign it in. They are nice and confident so keep that up. With your funnels exercise be mindful of your alignment of the minor axis to the funnel axis.

Boxes - Rough perspective is looking good. Lines are pretty confident, keep up the ghosting. Your converging lines will improve with time and practice, and you do a good job keeping your horizontal lines parallel to the horizon and verticals perpendicular.

Good job finishing the rotated boxes. You kept your lines in check and your hatching neat. I suggest going back and reading the exercise page again now that you have some context. You could have afforded to keep your boxes packed tighter together and rotate your boxes more. Give [this gif] (https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/rotation) another watch and study how the rotation is driven by the motion of the VP along the horizon.

Organic perspective is looking good. You have a good sense of scale and depth with the varying sizes of your boxes. Perspective is off to a good start, and will keep improving.

Again, good job on completing lesson 1!

Next Steps:

Move on to the 250 box challenge.

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1:13 PM, Wednesday February 5th 2020

Thanks a lot for your critique ! This is very helpful !

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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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