Learn how to make great drawings!
Unlock all your creativity!
Have you always wanted to draw but you don’t know where to start? Are you a designer who wants to improve their illustration skills? Have you been trying to move out of your comfort zone while drawing? Whether you’re a casual artist or hoping to make a career out of it, drawing isn’t only for the pros. Regardless your level as an artist, your experience or expertise, this is the course for you. You can take your drawing skills to the next level and we’re here to teach you how.
In this course you will learn how to draw with an intuitive and flexible method mixing traditional observational techniques with gestural approaches. You will learn that drawing is a matter of observation and relational thinking.
During this course we will have an observational and an intuitive approach, we will begin by learning to observe before moving into rules and proportions. From still life set ups and objects, images and shortcuts, to the basic concepts of observational drawing through organizational line techniques. You will even exercise ideation skills through sketchbook activities, and so much more.
Our instructors have years of experience not only in drawing, but also in teaching, and the expertly crafted syllabus is designed to be easy to follow and thorough. We’ve even included plenty of examples and sketches for you to study. That’s why this is the only drawing course you’ll ever need to draw and sketch your own ideas like a pro!
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After taking this course, you will be able to:
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Draw complex objects and three-dimensional elements
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Find vanishing points, horizon lines and orthogonal lines in pictures
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Play with scale using three objects
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Make one point, two-point, three-point and seven-point perspective drawing
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Play with contrast levels
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Differentiate between foreground, midground and background
Organizational Line
Line Variation
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2Materials
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3Getting to Draw
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4Warming Exercises
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5Other Methodologies and Contents
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6Basic Shapes
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7Measuring
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8Frame
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9Gesture
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10Contour
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11Blind Colour
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12Presentation: Implementing Organizational Lines. Main Concepts
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13Organizational Line: Drawing the First Setup
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14More is More: Compositions and Organizational Line
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15Homework: Build a Setup
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16Comments on Other Artists
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17Sketchbook Activity: Symbolic Self-Portrait
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18Sketchbook Activity: Find a Masterwork and Recreate it
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19Drawing Activity: Enlarge Something Small
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20Bibliography and Resources
Planar Analysis
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21Presentation: Line Variation and its Implementation in Different Media
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22Gesture Exercise
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23Sketching and Notes
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24Implied Shape Exercise
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25Line Variation Drawing
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26How Does Depth Work
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27Sketchbook Activity: Something Hidden
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28Sketchbook Activity: Negative Space Tearing Paper
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29Sketchbook Activity: Play with Scale Using Three Objects
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30Bibliography and Resources
Perspective
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31Presentation: Why Looking for Planes?
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32Introduction to Planes and Volumes
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33Ellipses and Axis
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34Planar Analysis Drawing: Complex Objects and Three-Dimensional Elements
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35Sketchbook Activity: Notes from Memory
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36Using a Viewfinder
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37A Crumbled Paper
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38A Piece of Fabric
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39Bibliography and Resources
Value
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40Presentation: General Concepts
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41Exercise: Finding the Vanishing Points, Horizon Line and Orthogonal Lines
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42Exercise: Ellipses and Round Objects in Perspective
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43Exercise: Perspective Boxes
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44One Point Perspective Drawing
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45Two-Point Perspective Drawing
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46Three-Point Perspective Drawing
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47Seven-Point Perspective and Intuitive Perspective
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48Bibliography and Resources
Intuitive Figures
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49Shading a Ball. General Concepts
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50Presentation: Contrast and Value
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51Value Drawing #1
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52Sketchbook Activity: A place. (Notes on Value and Distance)
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53Foreground, Midground, Background: Tips on Landscapes
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54Sketchbook Activity: Value Scales (Dots, Lines, and Pressure)
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55Toning Paper
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56Subtractive Drawing
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57Drawing on Toned Paper
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58Presentation: Texture and Value
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59Exercise: Playing with Contrast Levels
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60Sketchbook Activity: Materials
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61Sketchbook Activity: Inverted Value
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62Bibliography and Resources