Learn To Draw: A Complete Course For Beginners To Improvers

Learn the skills needed to be able to see the way an artist sees, including sketching, proportion, tone and much more.

What you'll learn

How to see the way an artist sees

Practical skills for sketching and shading realistically

How to measure proportions and angles and translate these into your drawing

How to look at a subject as a combination of lines/shapes/tones

How to build a drawing from start to finish

Sketching, shading, gesture drawing, contour drawing and more

Requirements

An interest in the fundamentals of drawing

Description

Have you always wanted to learn how to draw? Are you struggling to get better at drawing? Often artists appear to have a magical ability to see something – really see it – and draw what they see near perfectly. In this specialist drawing class we'll delve into those seemingly magical skills and learn how to really look at a subject and draw it. I've been teaching Learn To Draw classes for a few years now with lots of successful results. Through my teaching experience I've been able to develop and refine a series of classes to teach anyone to learn how to draw. In this course I've taken what works best and put it together in a five part course to take you from beginner to improver! Even if you've been drawing for a while you'll find useful skills and practice exercises to take your drawing to the next level.WHAT TO EXPECTThe aim of this course is to enable the student to change the way they see - to look at what they are drawing as a series of lines, shapes and tones and to be able to successfully translate this onto paper. Each part of the course below covers a key aspect of learning to draw and includes explanations, exercises and a practice project. Part 1: Sketching and Shading BasicsPart 2: Looking at EdgesPart 3: ProportionPart 4: Tone & ShadingPart 5: Final Drawing Project: The EyeTo succeed at drawing requires practice, practice, practice! - It's very similar to learning a musical instrument - you can understand all the theory in the world but to become competent at playing you need to put in the practice. To successfully improve your drawing will require a commitment to practicing and I suggest spreading this course out over 5-6 weeks with self-practice in between classes. I'm more than happy to give you feedback on your drawing or answer any questions you may have along the way!

Overview

Section 1: Learn To Draw - Introduction & Materials

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Materials

Lecture 3 Understanding Pencil Grades

Section 2: PART 1: BACK TO BASICS

Lecture 4 Testing Your Pencils

Lecture 5 Understanding Sketching

Lecture 6 Pencil Grip: 3 Ways To Hold Your Pencil

Lecture 7 Sketching Basic Shapes

Lecture 8 Exercise: Sketching 3D Shapes

Lecture 9 Exercise: Shading Tonal Values

Lecture 10 Understanding Shading and Tone

Lecture 11 Exercise: Shading 3D Shapes

Lecture 12 Exercise: Shading A Sphere

Lecture 13 How To Use A Blending Stump

Lecture 14 Project: Shading A 3D Vessel

Lecture 15 Shading Summary

Section 3: PART 2: FINDING EDGES

Lecture 16 Introduction to Part 2: Finding Edges

Lecture 17 Understanding Gesture

Lecture 18 Exercise: Gesture Drawing

Lecture 19 Understanding Contour

Lecture 20 Exercise: Contour Prep

Lecture 21 Exercise: Blind Contour Exercise

Lecture 22 Exercise: Modified Contour

Lecture 23 Contour Drawing Summary

Lecture 24 Understanding Negative Space

Lecture 25 Exercise: Negative Space

Lecture 26 Understanding Upside Down Drawing

Lecture 27 Exercise: Upside Down Drawing

Section 4: Part 3: In Proportion

Lecture 28 Introduction to Part 3: In Proportion

Lecture 29 Understanding Sighting

Lecture 30 Exercise: Measuring One Object

Lecture 31 Exercise: Measuring Multiple Objects

Lecture 32 Proportion Summary

Lecture 33 Project: Still Life

Section 5: PART 4: Tone & Shading

Lecture 34 Introduction To Part 4: Tone & Shading

Lecture 35 About Using Chalk & Charcoal

Lecture 36 Experimentation: Charcoal

Lecture 37 Exercise: Shadow Shapes

Lecture 38 Project: Charcoal Fruit

Lecture 39 Experimentation: Chalk & Charcoal

Lecture 40 Project: Tonal Drawing

Section 6: PART 5: FINAL DRAWING PROJECT

Lecture 41 Introduction To Final Drawing Project

Lecture 42 Final Project: Proportion & Sketching

Lecture 43 Final Project: Negative Space

Lecture 44 Final Project: Contour Drawing

Lecture 45 Final Project: Shading

Lecture 46 Final Project: Working On Pupil & Iris

Lecture 47 Final Project: Eyelashes

Lecture 48 Final Project: Eyelids

Lecture 49 Final Project: Timelapse

Lecture 50 Final Project: Last Steps

Beginners interested in learning to draw realistically,Students who want to improve their drawing skills,People who want to gain a solid understanding of drawing concepts