Fantastic work. You're showing a lot of patience and care, and you seem to have pretty impressive control of your arm. To the point that I have trouble believing that you have almost no prior experience with traditional media! Feel free to move onto lesson 2.

I'll definitely create a video to demonstrate drawing boxes. First I'll have to actually think about how it is I go about drawing them - it's not something I really consciously think about, so I'll have to see if there is a particular approach to it. In general, I've been staying away from making videos, but this week I finally bit the bullet and gave it a shot. Expect to start seeing more of those from me.

As for Scott Robertson's book - absolutely. I haven't read it entirely, but I keep it as a reference. I intend to read through it one day, but I've had that intention since before I took the classes where I learned the lessons I'm teaching here, so I'm not sure if that'll happen. ): I lugged the book all the way to Los Angeles twice, and didn't really touch it. Hard cover, too!

I wouldn't say he deviates a lot. There is the point where I support drawing through ellipses a lot while practicing, while he makes a point about avoiding that. Aside from that, I'm fairly certain we don't entirely cover the same subjects. I don't focus too much on hard surface objects (I devote only one lesson to it, and at the moment it's rather poorly written) - where as he focuses completely on it.

You've got to remember though - compared to Scott Robertson, and frankly compared to most, I'm a nobody. It is a good idea to get information from different sources and decide which ones you personally agree with and which ones you feel aren't helping you. But when you do look at a specific person's technique or approach, try and focus purely on it. Set your own prior knowledge of other people's techniques aside, and do exactly what they say. That way you have the best chance of fully understanding what they're talking about. Only when you understand their method can you really decide if it is of value when compared back against the other things you've learned.