# Mokxmatic - LOD **URL:** \ **Category:** WC: The Language of Drawing\ **Created:** [February 11, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991 "2025-02-11T20:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/1 "2025-02-11T20:05:16Z")
![20250211_205710](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/a/afc8b5f83a0094f066468cf8afb95e96671255b6.jpeg) Working on it (with a twist as I have done it many times now). This is the first time on Canson paper. ---
**Author:** ![AWaichulis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/awaichulis/32/2859_2.png) [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/2 "2025-02-13T12:38:56Z")
The lines look straight–which is awesome–but they are still WAY too dark. You want to make these lines as light as possible, so much so that you can’t barely even see them when you are standing five to seven feet back. The goal is to balance accuracy with initial pressure control while you alter your focus from the pencil point to the line as a whole. Here is a look at someone doing the exercise here: ![Lightness_ODLines](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/7/7d865399270fb9e7979c46be9d90e409c7fd9d63.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/3 "2025-02-24T12:47:41Z")
Then I have to tape the sides of the paper as it hovers in the air. Will do. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/4 "2025-06-27T14:22:21Z")
![20250627_161826](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/f/f2d2c7068fa86c1b9b82117aced6eafc2624e6ec.jpeg) ![20250627_161559](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/2/29b1613e8e482c7c90f76538dab412f9eb19e26e.jpeg) ![20250627_161530](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/8/8c718b32bb7dcb2ca01d26f0f3002abba9d2361e.jpeg) ![20250627_161524](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/2/2ee0216a9b4c464a26e53fa99edb0da8c4c57a36.jpeg) ![20250627_161517](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/3/35a7075f83a85e4f12b6e326da31cd98eacedd7f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/5 "2025-06-27T14:23:38Z")
I’m back at it again. I had some trouble finding out which way to hold the pencil. But I think I managed to find a way where the pressure wasn’t too great. I bought a Mitsubishi pencil sharpener. It works great. I realized that the point of the Pencil has a lot to say about how thin and light the line is. So I sharpened the pencil more often. ---
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/6 "2025-06-27T15:21:14Z")
![20250627_171926](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/b/b672af924d51a65966890cdf39c0c941d5e72caa.jpeg) Third go today. It’s time for dinner. I’ll be back tomorrow. I never thought I’d be able to press so lightly. ---
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/7 "2025-06-28T14:41:40Z")
![20250628_163734](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/2/20143ad5d386bc11c5f551b9f0cc0ffe04980c95.jpeg) ![20250628_163708](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/e/eb809de51857453acf39ba5364e467d9f16083fc.jpeg) Session 5. Something happened today, I realized I was able to just barely touch the paper with the point of my pencil. And I was like Whaaat?! I think I’ll continue with the next exercise. The image of the full page is 2 meters away, and the closeup is 30-40cm away. I did not touch the paper with my hand during the exercise; only touching with the tip of my pencil ---
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/8 "2025-06-30T12:34:47Z")
![20250630_143330](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/a/a3816832c14ca6bdcb51bb297ad22729bab3b7bf.jpeg) ![20250630_143340](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/c/ccc88be4197b71d7ba000a3911318eaa473e10ae.jpeg) The paper color not right. Will get the sky blue again. ---
**Author:** ![AWaichulis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/awaichulis/32/2859_2.png) [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/9 "2025-06-30T14:09:05Z")
Great job—but I am assuming the ones to the left are later ones? I say so due to the value. Remember—you musyt ALWAYS keep the lines as light as absolutely possible. Even if this means sacrificing accuracy in the beginning you have to train your self to be extremely light with your pressure as a standard default. Many will retreat back to a tighter grip and heavier pressure in stressful efforts to achieve accurate, straight lines. However you are just reinforcing a bad habit that will ultimately harm your adaptability. Priorotize light pressure as paramount, ---
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/10 "2025-06-30T14:25:26Z")
Thank you. It’s not. I think I was a bit tense because I was trying hit a specific mark on the edge of the circle and I gripped way too hard. It was intense, and I couldn’t do it for very long. Everytime there is an X it means I missed it. I am aware of pressure and grip. But you know.. it creeps in on you 😁 Tonight I might give it another go. ---
**Author:** ![AWaichulis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/awaichulis/32/2859_2.png) [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/11 "2025-06-30T14:33:44Z")
Also remember that it is almost always better to draw through the destination dot rather than stopping precisely on it. Stopping precisely at the dot often leads to a hesitant or abrupt halt, creating uneven pressure and inconsistent marks. Drawing through maintains fluidity and ensures a more natural line quality. In addition, this practice begins to familiarize the learner with the most common default stroke in our curriculum in both the Language of Drawing and the Language of Painting. **It is the “airplane” gliding stroke in which the pencil or brush “touches down” after one’s arm or hand is already in motion and “lifts off” after the required mark is made.** ---
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/12 "2025-06-30T14:55:31Z")
![IMG_1382](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/c/cdbae978c8ef5650523a0753d9d965b35fdf22f3.jpeg) ![IMG_1381](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/2/2c7a710ee6e7282e21f4107e1bfd62cc1727ad3d.jpeg) Latest. Only focusing on lightness. I am barely touching the paper. If I keep it looser I cannot make a mark. Itbwill just glide on top of the paper. I think this is the rough side. Ok will do the drawing through. Closeup is 50 cm away and the other is 2 meters (6-7 feet) away. I have never been so humbled by anything as I am of learning how to draw with this method. ---
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/13 "2025-07-03T14:42:49Z")
![20250703_163420](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/4/4f95d39d39e9c09968277a11d72f3fd5ea5ca088.jpeg) ![20250703_163705](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/f/f7abd427884de200b2308f9fc36eef3a92163e22.jpeg) ![20250703_163424](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/4/43c9d4f34850d805c5aa02839487f661058ceda6.jpeg) ![20250703_163658](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/9/905688471429db72be410b83e7269a1b25d8570e.jpeg) ![20250703_163420](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/4/4f95d39d39e9c09968277a11d72f3fd5ea5ca088.jpeg) I found the link between the Origin destination line exercise and the diagnostic wheel. So I did some more work on both. Especially the 10am and 5-6am lines. I worked on lightness and drawing through, and not so much on precision ---
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/14 "2025-07-03T15:46:41Z")
How do you build up the stamina to work 4 hours a day? ---
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/15 "2025-07-05T10:03:40Z")
![20250705_120105](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/c/c020f3ae4ca4b36bcf0f6a69571bcc890b08df69.jpeg) I found out that using one of our dinner plates as circle for the diagnostic wheel, I wasn’t able to hit the marks on the outer edge. So now I work on: - longer strokes - motion - precision - lightness 😁 It needs to be lighter. I know. ---
**Author:** ![mokxmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@mokxmatic](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/mokxmatic)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/16 "2025-07-12T13:10:27Z")
![20250712_150941](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/2X/b/b5994fc3bfd0b28dd7ce4b05fc3220ebf3ec5992.jpeg) I moved on to Shape replication but will occasionally return to OD lines. ---
**Author:** ![AWaichulis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/awaichulis/32/2859_2.png) [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/mokxmatic-lod/1991/17 "2025-07-31T10:48:56Z")
Good—but you have to get lighter lines more consistently. Prioritize consistent lightness over accuracy. Don’t be afraid to “draw through” boundary destiations to ensure fluidity of the lines. Accuracy will come but you cannot retreat and reinforce bad habits in the journey towards new ones. Also, the vast majority of people that post their shape replication exercises online use WAAAAY too many dots. I’ve address this in the post on Goodharts Law.