How To Draw With Photorealism – Basics & Practice

Easy Drawing & Shading Techniques for the Beginning Artist

What you’ll learn
Easy drawing and shading techniques
How to make the drawings look like photographs
To create lifelike textures
To draw from complete scratch
Requirements
High quality paper
Graphite Pencils
Blending stump, Q-tips
A divider tool (optional)
Patience and perseverance
Description
In this course, you will learn to draw realistic cherries, a cat’s eye marble, water droplets, a rose, a coconut, and a cat from complete scratch. I will walk you through the process that I use to draw lifelike drawings with graphite pencils. I will show you my drawing and shading techniques, and share a lot of tips and tricks with you. You will learn how to sketch, how to shade, how to blend pencils and how to create photorealistic textures.By following my instructions, you will be able to practice and to learn how to draw objects and more. You can also download printable pencil sketches (same that I use in these videos), so you can draw on. This way, you will be able to compare your results to mine. I have also attached some coloring pages that I’ve created and the Graphite Tone Value Viewer that you can use when drawing from reference photos.I am convinced that everyone is able to draw. Only patience, right guidance, and inspiration are needed.So, join me, get inspired, and start learning!Jasmina

Overview

Section 1: Shading Techniques – Basics

Lecture 1 Introduction and Tools

Lecture 2 What is a Smooth Gradient?

Lecture 3 Creating the Gradient Transition – the First Method (Cylinder)

Lecture 4 Creating the Gradient Transition – the Second Method (Flower)

Lecture 5 Creating the Gradient Transition – the Third Method (Sphere)

Lecture 6 The Circulism Method

Section 2: Practice – Drawing Tutorials

Lecture 7 Tools

Lecture 8 How to Draw Coconut

Lecture 9 How to Draw a Rose – Part 1

Lecture 10 How to Draw a Rose – Part 2

Lecture 11 How to Draw Water Droplets on a Leaf

Lecture 12 How to Draw a Cat’s Eye Marble

Lecture 13 How to Draw Realistic Cherries

Lecture 14 How to Draw a Cat

This course is suitable for anyone who wants to learn to draw