Comments on: 25 Days to Better Drawings – Day Three – Drawing Ellipses https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members Members Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Aaron Allen https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-three-drawing-ellipses#comment-9693 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:25:18 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26807#comment-9693 Lesson 3 is much easier than 1 and 2. I suppose it was designed this way.

]]> By: Heidi Bailey https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-three-drawing-ellipses#comment-9641 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:11:25 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26807#comment-9641 I am a lefty and, much like a comment above, the circular motion is more comfortable if I draw clockwise. This is a great method for drawing curves! Thanks.

]]> By: Jane Alan https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-three-drawing-ellipses#comment-9560 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:22:58 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26807#comment-9560 I’m a bit late to the party. Just joined the channel. While practicing this lesson I was surprised to discover that my circles and elipses were more accurate if I drew them in a clockwise direction. Previously I’ve always drawn these shapes in the opposite, or anticlockwise, direction. As I’m drawing I also realize that a human eye is actually a circle within an elipse. Suddenly the idea of drawing realistic eyes seems doable rather than challenging. Mystery solved. Now have the urge to draw lots and lots of eyes. Really enjoying the lessons so far. Thanks Matt.

]]> By: Deb Germana https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-three-drawing-ellipses#comment-9470 Sun, 24 Nov 2024 19:04:56 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26807#comment-9470 In reply to David Turner.

Fabulous!!! I finally drew a cup with the right bottom!!

]]> By: Ella Marie https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-three-drawing-ellipses#comment-9180 Sun, 09 Jun 2024 20:35:56 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26807#comment-9180 In reply to HELENA MCELHINNEY.

Seriously?

]]> By: Tania Tyler https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-three-drawing-ellipses#comment-8999 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:06:59 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26807#comment-8999 ]]> Have only practiced drawing circles so far… LOTS of them. It made kind of a cool pattern to just draw over the existing ones and darken a few of them. BUT wow, I didn’t realize how stiff/rigid or better yet, un-flowy, my arm is. Took quite a while for my circles to not have a flat spot on them. This seems like a wonderful exercise to do before getting started with any drawing. Along with maybe starting a daily stretching routine 😎

]]> By: Marianne Post https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-three-drawing-ellipses#comment-8974 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 23:44:40 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26807#comment-8974 Great lesson. Would not have thought this approach could result in more accuracy.

]]> By: Barbara Bekhuis https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-three-drawing-ellipses#comment-8404 Sun, 28 May 2023 20:20:53 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26807#comment-8404 This was a great lesson to do,
drawing looser gets better circles / ovals.

I am a bit confident know that i can learn drawing freehand instead of tracing.

Thank you Matt.

]]> By: matt https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-three-drawing-ellipses#comment-8320 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:37:31 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26807#comment-8320 In reply to Chris Oreilly.

Hi Chris,

Absolutely. Do whatever is comfortable and increases confidence!

]]> By: Chris Oreilly https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/25-days-to-better-drawings-day-three-drawing-ellipses#comment-8319 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 11:41:13 +0000 http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/?page_id=26807#comment-8319 hi matt, is it ok to steady your hand with your little finger,i find it very difficult to just have a steady hand when i draw[shaky i beleive is is a better word in my case]

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