Thank you for your in-depth critique. I better understand what my shortcomings are. My line confidence is still very weak and construction still perplexes me at points. One of my problems still lies in leaf construction. While I get the gist of it, when it comes down to creating a believable perspective I can't seem to grasp it
Hello Bluefrog23, thank you for getting back to me with your work.
Starting with your leaves they are looking quite fluid and energetic, but don't remember that when making use of edge detail you should prioritize building it on top of the structure that you've already drawn, rather than cutting back inside of it.
Your branches are looking good but there are still too many ellipses close together which causes a lot of visible tails to appear in your branches. Don't forget to limit the amount of ellipses in your branches, the marks you do for your edge segments must be long enough for you to be able to comfortably execute them from the shoulder.
When it comes to line confidence I can see that you're still struggling and going over your marks more than once, such as in the edge of this leaf, here and here. Your lines already look quite smooth, this is not a matter of becoming more confident as in how you literally put the marks on the page, but rather a matter of simply putting down a line and leaving it as it is, even if you feel you can "fix it" or "make it better" or that you could have made it better so it's not a problem if you go over the mark again - it is, and you should not go over the mark. If it turns out crooked, or not quite at the right angle you must simply accept it and put more effort into ghosting and planning your line next time, mistakes will inevitably be made, but as long as you keep striving to be better you will matirally improve, and that is how you develop more confidence in your work.
Overall your plant constructions are looking much more solid and tightly constructed, as such I'm going to be marking this submission as complete, good luck in Lesson 4.
Next Steps:
Don't forget to add these exercises to your list of warm ups.
Move on to Lesson 4.
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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