Drawing Essentials

Accurate Proportion & Effective Shading

What you’ll learn
You’ll learn the two most essential techniques for creating drawings that look realistic
Which tools to use for drawing and shading
How to use your pencil as a tool to accurately measure proportions of your subject and translate these into your drawing
How to recognise a range of tones in your subject including highlights, midtones and shadows
How to use shading techniques to create the illusion of 3-D form

Requirements
Basic drawing experience with pencils
An interest in learning how to draw realistically

Description
Are you struggling to achieve realistic form in your drawing?As a drawing tutor the two biggest challenges to drawing realistically that I see time and again in student work are proportion and shading. In this course you will learn how to measure proportion accurately and how to shade effectively to create a realistic sense of three-dimensional form.This quick and practical course is divided into two main sections:Drawing Essentials: Accurate ProportionIn this first part of the course we look at the technical side of measuring widths, lengths, angles and points that line up. By practicing these techniques you will gain an understanding of how to translate measurements from your subject into your drawing to achieve accurate and realistic proportion. Draw along with me to practice measuring techniques and produce a ‘skeleton’ drawing that maps out your subject so you have an accurate base to work from.Drawing Essentials: Effective ShadingIn the second part of the course we look at how to shade with pencils to create a sense of ‘3D’ depth and form in your drawing. Starting with the basics of tone I will take you through exercises to practice how to see different areas of light and dark, and how to use your pencil to gradually build up subtle layers of tone to draw realistic looking objects. This course is suitable for beginner artists or for intermediate artists wanting to improve their current drawing skills.

Overview
Section 1: Accurate Proportion

Lecture 1 Accurate Proportion: Materials & Resources

Lecture 2 Accurate Proportion: Using Your Pencil As A Measuring Tool

Lecture 3 Accurate Proportion: Sketching Measurements of The First Object

Lecture 4 Accurate Proportion: Adding The Second Object To Your Drawing

Lecture 5 Accurate Proportion: Measuring and Adding Curves

Lecture 6 Accurate Proportion: Summary

Section 2: Effective Shading

Lecture 7 Effective Shading: Shading Tools And How To Use Them

Lecture 8 Effective Shading: Identifying Tone

Lecture 9 Effective Shading: Shading A Sphere

Lecture 10 Effective Shading: Sketching And Shading An Object

Lecture 11 Effective Shading: Using A Blending Stick And A Putty Eraser

Lecture 12 Effective Shading: Summary

Beginner to intermediate artists or art students,Beginners who want to learn specific drawing techniques of shading and proportion,Artists who want to learn techniques for improving the accuracy of their drawings