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9:50 AM, Saturday July 25th 2020
Superimposed lines: There's some fraying in both ends of your lines, you should take more time to line up your pen at the start.
Ghosted lines/planes: Most of the lines are good, but there's some slight wobble in some, so just keep practicing confidency in the stroke.
Ellipses: Many of them are drawn through more than 2 times, some drawn only once. The instructions clearly states that you should draw through your ellipse 2-3 times. This also makes harder to determin how wobbly they are, but it looks like you need to focus more on smooth and confident strokes and less on accuracy as you still can see the wobble.
Boxes: You've redrawn some lines, which is a no-no. Some of the rotated boxes are not rotated, just subjected to the vanish point. Organic boxes are a good start, you'll work on more consistent convergence and such in next step.
Overall you did good, but remember to read the instructions carefully.
Continue to practice being confinent in the execution of the stroke. No redrawing lines or drawing through an ellipse more than 2 times.
Next Steps:
Continue to use these exercises as part of your warm ups (about 10-15 minutes), focus on not redrawing any lines and be confindent in your stroke. Remember to read the instructions carefully for each exercise.
Feel free to move onto the 250 box challenge
Don’t forget to take breaks and draw for fun!
Also, now that you’ve completed Lesson 1, I encourage you to critique some Lesson 1 community submissions. Not only will this help the community, but it will also solidify and reinforce your understanding of the material. Of course, this is optional (but we’d be especially grateful!). If you’d like to give it a shot, see this guide that was created by one of our community members on how to go about critiquing Lesson 1.
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Staedtler Pigment Liners
These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.
Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).