Hi there, I'll be handling your box challenge critique.

In the future when handling challenges like this it would be appreciated if you could number your boxes (cylinders etc.) or at least the pages so we can point to specific examples if need be. The dating does help show where you started and ended up thankfully.

I'm also not sure if you were using pencil to extend your lines or your pens just happened to be dieing but in the future I definitely recommend using something that makes a more solid line. Currently it can be quite difficult to actually see a lot of them. That being said I can still make them out well enough to handle your critique so let's get started.

Congratulations on completing the box challenge, it's definitely a lot more work than most people expect. Not only does it help deepen your understanding of important concepts but it shows your desire to learn as well. Be proud of what you've accomplished and that desire you've shown. That being said I'll try to keep this critique fairly brief so you can get working on the next steps as soon as possible.

Things you did well:

• Good work drawing your construction lines confidently, this keeps your lines smooth and prevents wobbling.

• It's nice to see that you're taking the time to plan each of your hatching lines and space them evenly. This helps keep your boxes looking tidy rather than looking like they were rushed on to the page.

• You're doing a great job of experimenting with orientations, proportions and rates of foreshortening. Towards the end of the challenge you do kind of slip into relying on a comfortable shape proportions wise, be sure to keep mixing it up so you don't create any weak spots in your skill set. Experimenting is an important habit to build when learning any new skill, it helps form a more well rounded understanding. I hope you'll continue to display and nurture this habit in the future.

Things you can work on:

• Line weight isn't a requirement of the challenge but I do recommend practicing it more in your future attempts (It does look like you tried implementing it early on but then your marks become so light that it's tricky to tell if it's intentional or not). It's an incredibly useful tool but one that people often require a fair bit of mileage before they feel comfortable applying it. The sooner you start to build up that mileage the sooner you'll see better results.

• You tend to draw fairly small, I'd like you to draw larger in the future. Drawing large will help you become more comfortable working from the shoulder and allow you to see any misakes you've made more clearly.

• There are times when your lines converge in pairs or you attempt to keep your lines a bit too parallel which results in them diverging. This is an example of lines converging in pairs, and this shows the relation between each line in a set and their respective vanishing point. The inner pair of lines will be quite similar unless the box gets quite long and the outer pair can vary a lot depending on the location of the vanishing point. Move it further away and the lines become closer to parallel while moving it closer increases the rate of foreshortening.

The key things we want to remember from this exercise are that our lines should always converge as a set not in pairs, never diverge from the vanishing point and due to perspective they won't be completely parallel.

Overall while you did make a few mistakes your boxes are improving so far and with more mileage you'll continue to become more consistent. That being said I'll be marking your submission as complete and moving you on to lesson 2.

Keep practicing previous exercises and boxes as warm ups, and good luck.