Hi Perynia,
I've checked your submission!
Okay, I really like the enthusiasm that is seen in your lesson, every page is full and it really looks like you are really trying and making an effort! However, I see that you are making one major mistakes all through out the lesson.
You are not making confident marks. Now, there is a rule (when it comes to Draw a Box) that I recommend you drill into your brain; Confidence>Accuracy. You have to strive to make your marks look confident over anything else, if you miss or overshoot, don't worry, that gets better with time, but confidence doesn't get better if you don't apply it! But, how do you do this? The ghosting method. Confidence in your marks should come from you ghosting and repeating until you feel ready to draw something. Always ghost and take your time doing it, don't rush learning.
Now, this that I'm telling you applies to everything: lines, ellipses, boxes (which are basically an organized group of lines). So keep that in mind for what comes next.
I'm gonna mark this lesson as completed, keep it up!
Next Steps:
Now comes the 250 Box Challenge, It's not that hard, just scary. This challenge it's all about two things: constancy and determination. Don't try to rush through the challenge, take your time and try to make the most of every box. Try to do it regularly, if you can daily, go for it! I started it out by doing 10 boxes a day (5 boxes it's my personal best amount for each page, though don't do more than 6) and when I got the hang of it I did 15, and then continued like that up to the end. Remember, slow and steady.
Use all this boxs to practice your confidence, remember to ghost and repeat!
Best of lucks and keep it up.
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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