sendtojapan in the post "Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes (version 2)"
2015-07-05 23:39
Thanks for the feedback! I was quite excited to see I had a message in my inbox and was hoping it was your review :-)
Regarding the shading, one reason for the sloppiness could be that I neglected to apply the ghosting technique here. Would you recommend it for this sort of shading as well?
sendtojapan in the post "Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes (version 2)"
2015-07-04 07:28
What with a full-time job, myriad other hobbies, and trying to maintain a social life, this took me over a month (possibly two), but I'm proud to report I'm finally finished with Lesson 1!
I commented in the past that I found trying to draw from my elbow/shoulder quite difficult, and while that feeling didn't entirely go away, it had certainly lessened by the time I finished the last of the homework. I tended to revert to using my wrist for very short lines, however.
I'm naturally a bit herky-jerky, so I found the ghosting lines difficult, and I have a tendency to not meet the endpoint of other lines, or overshoot them, when trying to draw cubes. Occasionally the end of a line would get away from me as well and turn up at the last instant.
Anyway, I deeply appreciate you providing this content (and for free!) and eagerly await any comments you have. Thanks!
sendtojapan in the post "Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes (version 2)"
2015-07-14 09:15
Medium means what you're using to do your lessons (you should be working with felt tip pens) and quantity means you should be doing the number of pages assigned in the homework sections (where it will say things like "2 pages of x").