Can you show a picture of how the lines looks if you can. I think you will get better with practice, keep at it . I looked as your submission and you struggled with the rough perspective. I think maybe you are not approaching these lines as you do the ghosted lines. Thats why working line by line makes it easier( as in when drawing in the lines, take your time to plot ghost and execute your line)
Thanks for replying. Here's some of the worse ghosted lines.. I'd have expected these not to show the issue if the problem is that I am not approaching the lines as individual lines, but I am making more of an effort to forget everything except the two plotted points once I get to the ghosting stage. It's looking like I should just carry on and they will hopefully improve.
From how they look if you are using your shoulder and ghosting them until confident with the motion then you are not drawing the line fast enough. Ghost until confident with the line then in one sharp fast stroke draw it in. Try adding more speed, experiment with the amount of speed you add.
I was hesitant about adding speed as it makes the line even less accurate. But the course emphasises confidence first, then accuracy, and erring on the faster end is making the lines less wobbly. So is watching my fingers, which turn out to have been a totally unexpected additional pivot.
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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