Course Highlights
- Learn how to draw
- Drawing Lessons
- Teaching Critique
- Learn to Sketch
- How to Draw People
- Affordable Art Classes
- Personalized Certificate
The Fundamentals of Drawing
Now that you have your workspace arranged and your
drawing supplies assembled, let's put them to use, shall
we? I imagine you are eager to realistically portray
people, still life or landscapes – maybe all three!
Well, I assure you that by the end of this course, you
will be confidently sketching anything that intrigues
you but for the time being, let's focus on practicing
some basic skills that you will use throughout the
course of your drawing career.
Drawing with the right attitude
Try to think of drawing as a form of language. In order
to form sentences, we must first learn about the
different letters. With these letters, we'll explore
words and soon enough, we'll be putting together whole
sentences, combining all that we've learned. Literacy,
like drawing, is a skill slowly and patiently acquired.
With practice, basic techniques will lead to advanced
skills, but expect to produce some drawings along the
way that you're less than thrilled about. Whatever you
do, don't be quick to label them ¨failures¨ because they
are an important part of the learning process. I
recommend you dedicate 30 - 60 minutes of your time, a
few days per week to get things rolling. Greater
improvements will be visible with this approach rather
than with prolonged but infrequent sessions and it will
be less frustrating and overwhelming for you as a
student. Try to focus on taking pleasure from the
drawing process and you will amaze yourself with what
you achieve. This course will focus predominantly on the
literal representation of subjects, however, when you
have finished with the lessons, you will be
well-equipped to creatively express yourself as an
artist in any manner you choose.
Other pages of interest
Sketch pad
paper types
Chalk, charcoal
and conte crayons
Eraser and other
techniques
How to
store artwork
The
fundamentals of drawing