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. Please note, I am not exclusively copying his lessons, but reaching for many sources, based on my own progression as an artist. I have also paid for every lesson I use from Proko.

This course is a work in progress. I will be writing and editing these lessons throughout the year. For the moment it's organized by topic, but I will come back and rearrange these lessons based on difficulty level, once I can figure out a logical sequence for everything. 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. Intro to Perspective - 6 Ways to Create Depth

22. Perspective Basics - 1 Point Perspective

23. Perspective Basics - 2 Point Perspective

24. Perspective Basics - 3 Point Perspective

25. Perspective Basics - Curvilinear Perspective

26. Perspective Basics - Practical & Intuitive Application

27. Figure Drawing 1 - Seeing Rhythm & Gesture

28. Figure Drawing 2 - Proportions & Methods of Measurement

29. Figure Drawing 3 - Proportions & Landmarks

30. Figure Drawing 4 - Simplifying the Figure - Boxes

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

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

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

34. Figure Drawing 8 - Balance

35. Figure Drawing 9 - Bones of the Torso

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

37. Figure Drawing 11 - Muscles of the Abdomen

38. Figure Drawing 12 - Muscles of the Back

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

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

41. Figure Drawing 15 - Anatomy of the Hands

42. Figure Drawing 16 - Anatomy of the Feet

43. Drawing Portraits 1 - Proportions & Angles

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

45. Drawing Portraits 2 - All About Eyes

46. Drawing Portraits 3 - All About Noses

47. Drawing Portraits 4 - All About the Mouth

48. Drawing Portraits 5 - All About Ears

49. Drawing Portraits 6 - All About Hair

50. Drawing Portraits 7 - Capturing Expression

51. Drawing Portraits 8 - Caricatures

52. Drawing Animals - (to be expanded later)

53. Cartooning The Figure

54. Cartooning Animals

55. Cartooning Vehicles, Houses & Environments

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