Hello RoboLobo!
Overall, solid job!
Lines
Your lines are overall pretty confident with smooth and continuous flow. There are just a couple of instances where some lines waver a bit as you draw towards the targeted point.
Ellipses
Ellipses are off to a solid start and are generally confident. There are a few instances where you end the ellipse with a straight tail. As you’re coming to the end of drawing the ellipse, try to lift your pen while you continue to motion the ellipse instead of away from the ellipse. Ellipses in funnels are generally aligned to the minor axis, with a couple of exceptions. As you continue to practice funnels in your warm ups, experiment with varying degrees of the ellipse. For example, start with a narrower degree towards the center of the funnel and draw wider degree ellipses as you move towards the opening of the funnel. Otherwise, nice job drawing through your ellipses appropriately, 2-3 times.
Boxes
As you continue to go through your boxes, I notice your lines generally remain confident. However, there are repeated/corrected lines. No matter how tempting it is to correct an errant line, do not correct or repeat over it to correct it. To help prevent this, take your time with planning with dots. The great thing about dots is you don’t have to commit to the very first dot(s) you place. They can be moved around as you see fit before you commit to a line. But once you draw the line, stick with what you have even if it’s wrong.
When applying line weight, draw over the original line (similar to how you did in the superimposed lines exercise) confidently, just once over. It’s ok that it will be subtle.
Rough perspective
A couple of things to keep in mind for this exercise:
Horizontal lines should be parallel to the horizon line
Vertical lines should be perpendicular to the horizon line
While there are plenty of evidence you are doing this (which is certainly a challenge in itself!), there are some lines that stray off diagonally
Rotating boxes
First, kudos on getting through this exercise! The boxes are generally rotating along the vertical and horizontal axes; nice job.
Organic perspective
As the boxes get slightly smaller on the path, you’ve effectively conveyed a sense that they move slightly away from or towards the viewer. In terms of perspective, there are some sets of parallel lines that diverge away, making planes that are further away appear to get larger instead of slightly smaller. But no worries, you’ll get to work on this more in the 250 box challenge! Also to note, when hatching in lines, remember to keep them consistent and confident, drawing them as you would with any line.
With that, congratulations on completing lesson 1!
Next Steps:
Continue to use these exercises as part of your warm ups (about 10-15 minutes)
Feel free to move onto the 250 box challenge
Don’t forget to take breaks and draw for fun!
Also, now that you’ve completed Lesson 1, I encourage you to critique some Lesson 1 community submissions. Not only will this help the community, but it will also solidify and reinforce your understanding of the material. Of course, this is optional (but we’d be especially grateful!). If you’d like to give it a shot, see this guide that was created by one of our community members on how to go about critiquing Lesson 1.
Hi RoboLobo!
I read CLUMSY PENGUIN'S critique and I agree with him. You did a good job.
I loved the confidence and flow you had in your lines and ellipses. In the boxes exercise, take your time on putting your dots on the paper. In the Rotating boxes exercise, I see that you understand how the boxes are rotated. Good start keep working.
¡Buena Suerte! / Good Luck!
Next Steps:
Keep with that confidence and work hard in that challenge.
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