Drawing

Before I even begin, I have to thank Stan Prokopenko for the tremendous work he has done in teaching drawing online. His tutorials on Youtube and his website are an incredible resource for learning, and I will borrow from him heavily in the following lessons. 

This course is a work in progress. I will be writing and editing these lessons throughout the year as I teach this. Click the links for the lessons (check back for updates as I add links!), and enjoy. Good luck!

NOTE: These lessons contain exercises. To get the most out of each exercise, don't do it just once. These are like scales in music, you have to practice them daily to improve. Just as with music, you can get rusty if you stop practicing. Exercises are organized into Level 1 for beginners, Level 2 for intermediate, and Level 3 for advanced students.

1. Introduction to Drawing

2. Line Quality & Economy - What Is It?

3. Line Basics - Contour Lines

4. Tapered Lines, Searching Lines & Loose Sketching

5. Line Basics - Line Weight

6. Line Basics - Gesture & Emotion

7. Light & Shadow(s)

8. Line Basics - Variety of Line - Stippling, Smudging, etc.

9. Line Basics - Hatching & Cross Hatching

10. Line Basics - Line Direction & Modeling

11. Shape Basics - Seeing & Measuring Accurate Proportions

12. Shape Basics - Seeing & Measuring Accurate Angles

13. Shape Basics - Simplifying Reality with Straight Lines

14. Shape Basics - Simplifying Reality with CSI Lines

15. Principles of Composition - Shape Theory

16. Shape Basics - Dynamic versus Static Shapes

17. Shape Basics - Simplifying Reality with Basic Shapes

18. Shape Basics - Simplifying Reality with Geometric Forms

19. Shape Basics - Positive & Negative Space

20. Shape Basics - Edges

21. Perspective Basics - 1 Point Perspective

22. Perspective Basics - 2 Point Perspective

23. Perspective Basics - 3 Point Perspective

24. Perspective Basics - Curvilinear Perspective

25. Perspective Basics - Applying it to the Real World

26. Figure Drawing 1 - Seeing Rhythm & Gesture

27. Figure Drawing 2 - Proportions & Methods of Measurement

28. Figure Drawing 3 - Proportions & Landmarks

29. Figure Drawing 4 - Simplifying the Figure - Boxes

30. Figure Drawing 5 - Simplifying the Figure - The Proko Bean

31. Figure Drawing 6 - Simplifying the Figure - The Proko Robo Bean

32. Figure Drawing 7 - Simplifying the Figure - Proko Mannequinization

33. Figure Drawing 8 - Balance

34. Figure Drawing 9 - Bones of the Torso

35. Figure Drawing 10 - Muscles of the Chest & Shoulders

36. Figure Drawing 11 - Muscles of the Abdomen

37. Figure Drawing 12 - Muscles of the Back

38. Figure Drawing 13 - Bones & Muscles of the Arms

39. Figure Drawing 14 - Bones & Muscles of the Legs

40. Figure Drawing 15 - Anatomy of the Hands

41. Figure Drawing 16 - Anatomy of the Feet

42. Drawing Portraits 1 - Proportions & Angles

43. Drawing Portraits 2 - Structure & Planes of the Skull

44. Drawing Portraits 2 - All About Eyes

45. Drawing Portraits 3 - All About Noses

46. Drawing Portraits 4 - All About the Mouth

47. Drawing Portraits 5 - All About Ears

48. Drawing Portraits 6 - All About Hair

49. Drawing Portraits 7 - Capturing Expression

50. Drawing Animals - (to be expanded later)

51. Cartooning The Figure

52. Cartooning Animals

53. Cartooning Vehicles, Houses & Environments

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