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Basic Skills of Drawing

Drawing is not a talent. It’s a skill anyone can learn. Designed for aspiring painters, graphic designers, illustrators, and artists of all types…

Basic Skills of Drawing

 

Drawing is not a talent. It’s a skill anyone can learn. Designed for aspiring painters, graphic designers, illustrators, and artists of all types. The Art & Science of Drawing series will teach you the foundation of art and design of all kinds: drawing.

BASIC SKILLS is the first course in the series. It will teach you the basics of drawing one day at a time. 

Here’s how it works:

Each day you’ll watch one video lesson that will teach you an essential drawing skill. After doing the project, you’re ready for the next day’s lesson and project! 

In this beginning drawing course you’ll learn:

  • How to use the pencil like an artist
  • How to draw any shape
  • How to analyze and draw any subject by simplifying it into basic shapes

BASIC SKILLS is overflowing with powerful insights into the drawing process. It offers some of the clearest, most accessible drawing instructions available.

BASIC SKILLS is the first course in The Art & Science of Drawing series. It is setup to take students from the absolute basics to advanced drawing techniques. like perspective drawing and shading. We recommend going through the entire series in the following order:

The Art & Science of Drawing:

The Art & Science of Figure Drawing:

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