Drawing Practice: Day 3

Today I did straight line practice. A few things I noticed:

1. Making vertical lines on the page is more unnatural to me, so maybe something to practice.
2. Sometimes, it feels better for me to make strokes in one direction of the pantomime only, rather than both directions at the same time. I feel like there’s more control and consistency when I only do one direction.
3. Paying close attention to angle of the lines I am drawing is useful and somethign to pay attention to more. I think I can do a decent job of visual comparison–i.e. I can see when the angle is off–but in practice may not always do that inspection.
4. With pencil, I continue to prefer the grip near the tip and from the side grip. With pen I use a more conventional grip.
5. For some irregular triangles and shapes I found it helpful to put a dot on the page for where I wanted the lines to meet rather than just drawing them directly. Helped to have a clear point to try to hit.