Drawing Fundamentals 1: Basic Skills & Sketching Accurately

Sketching & Drawing Basics For the Absolute Beginners. Learn to See and Draw Anything Accurately!

What you'll learn
How to set up your workspace for optimal drawing success.
How to hold and control your pencil to create smooth, clean lines.
The most common mistakes beginning artists make and how to avoid them.
How to measure angles and use them to draw anything accurately!
How to spot proportional errors in your drawing and fix them.
How to use a variety of lines and marks to create dynamic drawings!
And a whole lot more!
Requirements
No previous drawing experience needed! This course is designed for the complete beginner.
Description
Do you want to learn how to draw but don't know where to begin?In this 1st course of the Drawing Fundamentals Made Simple series, you're going to learn all the foundational skills you'll need to be successful at drawing.Discover the Foundational Skills that Every Artist NeedsWe'll begin by showing you how to properly hold and control your pencil. This might seem really simple, but many of the most common problems plaguing new artists stem from not knowing how to properly control the pencil.By mastering this aspect from the beginning, you'll be able to improve much more quickly.Then you'll be given simple, fun exercises with printable worksheets that will help you draw smooth, clean lines and curves.Once your hand dexterity has improved, you'll learn the measuring skills that every artist needs. You'll discover how to measure angles and distances to make your drawings accurate and proportional.Then we'll go through step-by-step exercises that will help you master these concepts. We'll begin with drawing simple 2D shapes and then progress to 3D objects.By the end of this course, you'll have a firm grasp of how to measure what you see in order to draw anything accurately.This course is designed for the complete beginner, so even if you've never picked up a pencil before, you'll be able to follow along without being overwhelmed.If you're a beginner who wants to learn the fundamentals skills of drawing so you can jump-start your artistic career the right way, then this course is for you!This course comes with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee so if you are not completely in love with the course for any reason, you can get every penny of your money back!

Overview

Section 1: Basic Pencil Control

Lecture 1 Setting Up Your Workspace

Lecture 2 How to Sharpen Your Pencil

Lecture 3 How to Hold Your Pencil

Lecture 4 How to Control Your Pencil

Lecture 5 Circle & Ellipse Exercise

Lecture 6 Running the Track Exercise

Lecture 7 Line Quality Exercise

Lecture 8 Connect the Dot Exercise

Section 2: Measuring Skills

Lecture 9 Observational & Constructive Drawing

Lecture 10 Sight Size & Comparative Measurement

Lecture 11 How to See & Draw Accurately

Lecture 12 Measuring Angles

Lecture 13 Triangle Drawing Exercise

Lecture 14 Measuring Distances & Proportions

Lecture 15 Polygon Drawing Exercise

Lecture 16 3D Drawing Exercise 1

Lecture 17 3D Drawing Exercise 2

Lecture 18 3D Drawing Exercise 3

Lecture 19 3D Drawing Exercise 4

Section 3: Observational Drawing Skills

Lecture 20 Bargue Drawings & The Grid Method

Lecture 21 Eye Drawing Exercise 1

Lecture 22 Eye Drawing Exercise 2

Lecture 23 Eye Drawing Exercise 3

Lecture 24 Nose & Mouth Drawing Exercise 1

Lecture 25 Nose & Mouth Drawing Exercise 2

Lecture 26 Nose & Mouth Drawing Exercise 3

Lecture 27 Face Drawing Exercise 1

Lecture 28 Face Drawing Exercise 2

Lecture 29 How Important is Accuracy?

Anyone who wants to learn the essential skills of drawing so they can jump start their artistic journey.