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3:22 PM, Tuesday September 1st 2020
Lines: They look good, though the first ghosted plane exercises has those weird scribbled over things, and one that wasn't complete on the bottom left. The second page is better, despite the small blotch at the bottom. The majority of your lines are straight and clean, and that's good.
Ellipses: The lines of the second and third pass stray somewhat from the first, i believe you end doing this to correct the previous' errors (I still do the same). While this isn't doesn't look too bad on the table of ellipses, it really shows on the planes with wide angles, where your ellipses get a bit off mark. On the funnels you did a good job, the majority is properly halved by the middle line and they don't stray from the arc borders.
Perspective: While your lines remain straight for the most part in the rough perspective, you got off with a good portion of the angles. When it's only a single viewpoint, two faces will always be rectangular, all its internal angles will be 90º. I cannot tell if you put in dots before completing the lines, but if you didn't, do feel free to use them, like in the ghosted lines exercise.
On the rotated boxes, you didn't complete the diagonals. Given the angle, the "front" and "back" faces would be hidden, but you still should've drawn them. The angles of the back faces of the boxes along the vertical axis are badly aligned. Again, I cannot tell if you did these lines like in the ghosted lines, but you certainly should make use of your best, most precise arm movement for these lines.
The scratching done on the bottom box, please avoid it. If you make mistakes, don't try to correct them, just go along with them and try to avoid them in the future.
On the organic perspective, you probably noticed yourself that some of the boxes are badly aligned or with a face looking off. That happens. You did make them follow the line and give the impression of depth, so that's good.
Next Steps:
Onwards to 250 box challenge.
You can use the challenge as an exercise on your lines, making each line of the boxes a ghosted line. Set the dots and make the line once you're confident the motion is ideal.
Remember to also draw for fun in the meantime!
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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.