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9:45 AM, Tuesday July 6th 2021

Hi! Thank you so much for this detailed critique.

You are right about my having used the elbow as my pivot, I believe. I had caught myself inadvertently relying on it than my shoulder while doing the first few exercises of this lesson. But the most I did struggle with were the ellipses, the rotated boxes and the organic perspective. I shall make use of the warm-up time in future to work on the same, and then as per your suggestion, go back to the funnels exercise as well. I shall also read up and re-watch the videos on the perspective section.

Thanks again for the critique!

5:32 PM, Tuesday July 6th 2021

No worries;

On perspective;

I primarily recommend going back to the rotated boxes and organic perspective exercises AFTER you complete the 250 box challenge as an extension exercise.

Don't worry too hard about getting these things down right now, just move on to the 250 box challenge as you'll get the mileage you're looking for there.

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