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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

7:03 PM, Sunday June 20th 2021

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Hi my name is Adrián, and im from Perú. Thanks for the lessons I really was lost about how to approach drawing, and waste so many years running around without not knowing how to properly do a mark on a paper. I'm truly grateful for the content that you make. Sorry if I grind a little some exercises, I was trying to get used to using my shoulder muscle but eventually, I just stop and accept the result of my work. I still find a little bit confuse about why my muscle sometimes "jump" even if I use a lot of ghosting method the result it's some curved line but I'm trying to correct that, you can notice it, especially on the rough perspective and in the last exercises.

Next I'm gotta do the 250 boxes challenge.

I hope I can get a critic of my work and get rid of all my doubts on the mark making process.

Thanks for your time.

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10:20 PM, Sunday June 20th 2021

  1. Lines. Your lines are very straight and confident. However, your ghosted lines are the only thing I would say that requires improvement is your accuracy your lines stop short or are just shy the end point but that's a minor mistake.

  2. Ellipses. Your ellipses are both confident very tight however you have shown this noticable trait of breaching their boundries. While the larger ellipses seem to consistantly touch at the edges the smaller ellipses you place next to them show a habit of overlapping.

  3. Boxes. Your boxes are very good some minor hicups. You show some issues with perspective which isn't uncommon but those will be ironed out during the 250 box challenge.

Overall I'd say you are good to move on

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5:49 PM, Monday June 21st 2021

thanks a lot for your review ! i will go on with the challenge :D

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