Hello! I'll be critiquing your work today so let's get started :) No worries, ballpoint is fine for the first lesson (although of course we recommend that you find a fine liner for the lessons after this one https://drawabox.com/lesson/0/4/whatabout)

Lines

Super Imposed Lines - The strokes look nice and smooth, and you have a good variety of both long and short lines as well as curves. It looks like there is some fraying on both ends in some of the strokes, especially in the second page. See if you can take a second longer to ensure your pen starts at the same place before starting the stroke. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/superimposedlines/fraying Also a side note, when using ballpoint pens, the tip can clog up if you don't occasionally clean it, usually I keep a piece of scrap paper to wipe off the tip so it doesn't leave odd blobs when I draw.

Back to lines, there is also some wavering in the lines, usually this happens because we are getting used to using our shoulders when drawing and this improves with time and practice. Remember to lock in and draw confidently to the end once you start a stroke, and you should be good to go for future warmups :)

Ghosted Lines - Again, we have some smooth confident looking lines. There is the tiniest bit of wobble in a few lines, but overall this doesn't look like an issue at all.

Ghosted Planes - You took your time constructing the planes without rushing, and it payed off. These ghosted planes look like you really thought them through and then executed the strokes confidently. Good job!

Ellipses

Table of Ellipses - Ellipses are drawn through twice, you correctly prioritized the confident stroke over accuracy. Some boxes look like they have gaps between the ellipses, but overall it looks like you understand the concept, so I'm not worried about that at all.

Ellipses in Planes - Your ellipses touch all four corners and are drawn through twice. These look like they were a bit trickier for you as some of the ellipses start looking a bit deformed https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/17/deformed. Remember to prioritize the smooth even shape, even though that does make it harder to get all four corners.

Funnels - Ellipses are drawn through, generally touch the sides of the funnel, and are pretty well aligned. Just some additional food for thought, but in this exercise, it's also good to start thinking about the shifts of degrees https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/5/degree This means that as the ellipses move father out from the center, they generally get wider as well. You'll tackle this in more depth in lesson 2!

Boxes

Plotted Perspective - Looking good, you used a ruler, your verticals are perpendicular to the horizon line, and you plotted the lines back correctly. Overall, you have a solid understanding of how two point perspective works :)

Rough Perspective - Overall, this looks fine. The vertical and horizontal lines are perpendicular to each other, and the line extensions are plotted back correctly. However, just a reminder to still take your time and think through and ghost each line. Even though we're building up complexity, we still want to ensure each individual line is given the care it needs similar to the ghosted planes exercise https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/15/purpose

Rotated Boxes - The core steps of the exercise were followed, and all the boxes are there, the gaps are fairly consistent, and the boxes are rotating nicely. Just a note, even if we make a mistake, try not to redraw a line, this only brings unnecessary attention to the spot. I am going to ask one thing before moving you on to the box challenge, and that is to finish drawing through the boxes in the far corners.

Organic Perspective - The boxes gradually get smaller as they go back in space. It looks like the boxes have a tendency to lean towards more dramatic foreshortening, so thats something to keep in mind when moving on to the 250 box challenge. Also a reminder to avoid redrawing lines. I'm going to wrap up with throwing this diagram in here https://imgur.com/Kqg6uMX that is helpful with different rotations to experiment with.

Overall really solid work! Let me know if you have any questions, or if there was anything that wasn't clear

Greetings, I'm Arthur and will be reviewing your Lesson 1 :)

1. Superimposed lines:

First of all you did a good job of drawing your lines confidently and committing to the stroke once you started it. And absolutely no starting fraying on sight! Good job.

2. Ghosted lines:

Well done, your Ghosted lines do not wobble. Your lines remain straight, that's good. In the future, keep the habit of drawing with your whole arm and having a smooth transition between ghosting and executing so you have long confident lines! You did a good job of having your lines end up near or on the final dot, keep practicing this exercise (and the others) in your warmups to get even better at it!

3. Ghosted plains:

I have absolutely nothing more to say than what I have already said! But in smaller squares there is a little bit of wobbling, so remember to always draw with your shoulder and confidently.

4. Table of ellipses:

Good job on drawing through every ellipse twice! And fitting them snugly in each box! But it seems like there is a little bit of hesitation on some of them, creating straight lines. Remember confidence over accuracy, take your time ghosting the circle completely and always with your shoulder. Getting a perfect ellipse is a really hard job but you'll have time to work on it through your warmups.

5. Ellipses in planes:

Exactly the same thing from the last one. Take your time ghosting the lines, and don't change anything about the movement when you ghost to when actually doing the line.

6. Funnels:

The same things from the previous exercise apply here. I’d recommend you to redo the page with more variety of ellipse degrees.

7. Plotted perspective:

As mentioned in the exercise you used a ruler to draw your boxes, that's all good. You kept the first lines of your boxes perpendicular to the horizon as you should've, well done. You made sure to plot every single line back to the right vanishing point so good job, even though some back corners don't come out perfectly, that's completely fine :)

8. Rough perspective:

Most of your lines do try to reach the center point, that's good!(it is really difficult to do that in the start). And you seem to have used the ghosting method for every stroke, that's good! But you seem to have drawn additional lines over some, trying to correct them, remember confidence over accuracy. Even if you did all the steps to raise the perfect line, you plan its purpose, you ghosted it countlessly, you did the smoothest transition when actually doing the line, and if it turns out to be a furry, you have to except that and move on, there will be plenty of more opportunities to do a perfect line. But if you insist on that mistake, all that will do is just clatter your drawing and make it more confusing to look at.

9. Rotated boxes:

The setup of your rotated boxes is well laid out with the cross and the 4 cubes to strive for in each cardinal direction :) You kept the gaps between each box tight and consistent. That's a key to having a good result with this exercise. You seem to understand how to rotate your boxes, but don’t seem to rotate them enough, that’s fine since it still shows that you understood the assignment but if you can I’d like you to try this exercise once more while keeping an eye on the side squares you drew at the start as a goal for you 2nd box on each side. Drawing through your boxes is also a key part of the exercise and is also making you start practicing this skill that will be used for every box in the 250 challenge. You drew every single box well done! Many people forget some boxes in the corner but you didn't!

10. organic perspective:

Once again using the ghosting method for every single stroke of this course is a crucial part into getting good habits for your whole drawing journey! Some of your boxes seem to have parallel or diverging lines, that's a common mistake when drawing shallower foreshortening boxes and the only way to get better at it will be through taking the time to place each stroke carefully while drawing your boxes, take your time. And there isn't so much of a dramatic perspective on your big boxes, and a shallow perspective in the small boxes. Remember, when objects come close to the viewer they begin to have more tapering and when they get far away they get fewer, not adding this will make the drawing less believable. You will also improve on this as you move through the 250 boxes challenge!

great job overall! always remember to take time reading all of the lessons.

Also I strongly encourage you to go review some submissions on the website :) You can review some lessons 1 and once you've completed future lessons review those as well. Don't hesitate to do a review every so often. It really benefits you so you don't forget the point of the previous exercises and helps other people who are waiting on a review, just like you!