Nice work getting through this challenge. It couldn't have been something that was done quickly, evidenced by the differences between line extension colors throughout your submission.
Your lines got much cleaner as you went through the challenge. That's excellent, but I also noticed that line weight for each of the boxes seemed to be heavier within boxes instead of outside of boxes in even some of your final boxes of the challenge. This could be evidence that you were repeating lines a bit. If this is the case, I'd advise against doing it in the future since it doesn't promote confidence in your strokes. Remember to ghost your lines and draw from the shoulder.
This is a minor nitpick with an optional part of the challenge, but when you were hatching the single face of your boxes, there is fraying on both ends of each hatching line. The lines are supposed to connect the edges of the box, so just like in the Superimposed Lines exercise from Lesson 1, you should be starting at one end (the side of the box) and confidently making a stroke to the other end.
You handled the foreshortening nicely. I don't notice any real problems with it, so that's good.
Did you know that Imgur allows you to rearrange the order of the images in your album? Check the panel at top of your submission.
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Looks good. I think you're ready for Lesson 2.
I will work on resisting the urge to fix my mistakes and hopefully this will stop me from drawing over lines. Thank you for your critique!
Also, I rearranged the images in my album, thanks for pointing that out :))
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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