The Basics

Boxes and Cylinders

ASSIGNMENTS

ASSIGNMENT ONE

Drawing Circles

  1. Create a grid of squares that will allow you to practice drawing circles with this new structure.

  2. Divide the boxes diagonally with an X, and again with a straight line through the vertical and horizontal centers using the center of the X to place them.

  3. Focus your time on drawing the circles as perfectly as you can manage without obsession.

  4. Share your work on Discord or Patreon

ASSIGNMENT TWO

Drawing Ellipses

  1. Establish the height for the boxes and add in the receding lines extending from them.

  2. Find the far end of the boxes, making sure that the distance between the two shrink as you move towards the Vanishing Point.

  3. Divide the boxes diagonally, vertically, and horizontally using the VP to establish horizontal centers.

  4. The process for drawing the circles is the same, however the final result is obviously not as wide.

  5. Share your work on Discord or Patreon

ASSIGNMENT THREE

Three Point Ellipses

  1. Fill the page with squares that recede towards two different vanishing points, alternating between the three different VPs.

  2. Once the boxes are established, divide the boxes, using the appropriate VPS to add the vertical and horizontal centers. 

  3. Although the squares are oddly shaped, drawing the ellipses remains the same, even if the final result appears slightly skewed.  

  4. Share your work on Discord or Patreon

ASSIGNMENT FOUR

Set the previous assignments aside for a few days. It’s important that you don’t rush into this final assignment because you want to have, basically, a system reset within your own brain. When you first work on these assignments it is going to be a little hard to immediately see the mistakes you’ve made and the best way to fix this is by taking an extended break. Not twenty minutes, and not two or three hours, you have to give yourself at least two days. Once that time has elapsed, pull out those sheets and go over them again, correcting to the best of your abilities.