Hello,
Congratulations on completing Lesson 1! Hopefully what you’ve learned will serve you well in the lessons ahead.
Let’s start with your lines. Overall, there aren’t many instances of your lines wobbling, which suggests you’re already beginning to understand the fundamentals of drawing with confidence. I do, however, see a few recurring themes. Many of your lines tend to arc from their start point to their end point. You can counter this by rotating your page to a more comfortable angle, utilizing your shoulder more, and consciously arcing your lines in the opposite direction. Lastly, there are a few times where you repeat or redo your lines in situations where the first one wasn’t quite how you wanted it to be. Even if the line is way off, don’t worry about repeating it.
Moving on, I’d like to suggest taking some time to reread the assignment pages covering ellipses. You put effort into completing your work, but there are a few noticeable oversights that are covered in the lesson notes. When drawing your ellipses, make sure you’re going over them specifically 2-3 times. In addition, do your best to keep the ellipses touching, but not overlapping. They should be densely packed into their tables, but not projecting into their neighbor’s space.
Finally, boxes. Your rough perspectives look good. The only minor thing is that there are a couple lines that didn’t get extended out to the horizon. You’ll be practicing something similar to this a lot in the 250 box challenge, so don’t worry too much yet about any inaccuracies. As for your rotated boxes, there are some boxes that didn’t get drawn through, and it looks like the top left and bottom right corner boxes are missing. This exercise is brutal, so I can understand any struggle with it. Don’t be afraid to refer back to the lesson page if you find yourself getting lost. Lastly, the biggest thing about your organic perspective exercises is that it feels a little “light” on boxes. This isn’t a gigantic issue as, once again, you’ll be doing something similar in the 250 box challenge.
Well, that’s my critique! Just make sure you’re slowing down and taking the time to really focus on your work. I’d like to advise taking 10-15 minutes before each session to warm up with your choice of ellipses or boxes exercises from lesson 1. I hope it helps you on your journey to being a better artist! Congratulations again, and good luck!
Next Steps:
Make sure you're doing warm-ups before each session with the exercises you struggled with the most. Take your time, and good luck with the 250 box challenge!
Aw thank you so much!
I'm going to keep all of this in mind going forward, it means a lot.
For the rotated boxes exercise I didn't realize there were boxes missing, I got too confused by that point and probably didn't notice:( I'll keep an eye on that too.
Again, thank you so much
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.
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