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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

9:20 PM, Monday March 30th 2020

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Okay this is my best shot at it, I'm in quarantine in italy and can't buy a micropen, so these exercises have been done with a fountain pen extra fine (a vanishing point)

The superimposed lines are bad, my pen has like made little ditches and passing over them would make me steer away and folor the crappy errors.

The rotated box is the best of 4, and it has a lot to improve.

Some lines are super straight and some wobbily, i force myself to draw from the shoulder.

Thank you!

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1:17 PM, Tuesday March 31st 2020
edited at 2:38 PM, Mar 31st 2020

Your ellipses are very well done. In the organic perspective boxes, I see a tremendous amount of improvement from your first section compared to the last section you did. Great job!

Regarding your straight lines, one thing I noticed is that your lines sometimes go beyond the point they're supposed to. My piece of advise on that is to spend a little more time ghosting to get a better idea of when to stop moving your pen.

Other than that, it looks really awesome! The rotated boxes are very difficult to do and it isn't meant to be something you knock out of the park on the first try. I belive Uncomfortable said he meant for this to be very difficult and the reason for it is so you understand where you fail and accepting it. You will get better as you go on so don't worry about doing it multiple times to "get it right", just do the amount of work he requires unless requested from comments.

Keep at it! :)

Next Steps:

I don't think you need to do any revisions because I see what you are aiming for. I would suggest just ghosting a couple or so more times than you typically do to get a better accuracy on drawing your lines.

Onto the 250 Boxes Challenge!

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edited at 2:38 PM, Mar 31st 2020
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10:39 PM, Monday March 30th 2020

Your ghosted lines feel smooth and confident, but your imposed lines do feel wobbly. Try not to force yourself to draw from your shoulder, as it should be more of a relaxed and comfortable position so that it can be easier for you to draw. The planes look great and your ellipses look great as well as they touch the borders without falling short or overshooting.

10:49 AM, Tuesday March 31st 2020

Thank you, do you suggest i should repeat a specifix exercise?

Thanks

5:33 PM, Tuesday March 31st 2020

I don't think you should repeat the exercise because you don't want to grind and overwork yourself. I think you did great, and now you should probably head for the 250 box challenge because a lot of people say it takes a while and Uncomfortable says that people improve a lot after tackling that challenge.

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