Asking someone to draw a portrait, or a figure, or a complex still life before they’ve learned to hold a pencil, draw a line, build a simple shape, or create a careful progression of values is bound to cause frustration for everyone. But these fundamental skills are often overlooked in introductory drawing courses and instructional DVDs, and even in art colleges, where the true “basics” are ignored – bypassed in favor of more advanced material.īut this isn’t in the best interest of students – particularly beginners. The ability to make beautiful drawings is the product of a well-developed skill set – a family of related abilities of the hand, the eye, and the mind, that together give an artist the tools required to draw anything. The edited version doesn't follow the drawing of every exercise through to its conclusion, and sometimes segments end or start abruptly.A Drawing Course that Starts at the Very Beginning. However, it is clear that material was edited out from the live version. A lot of time was spent on the angle of looking at the drawing in action. In contrast to some other reviewers, I did not have a lot of issues with the filming and camera angles. (Perspective is also a complex subject that needs a whole class of its own, so this is understandable.) The more complex subject of ellipses in perspective is touched on only briefly. Some will find this enough info to get going, others might prefer expanded information and more details on this. This is a subject that could easily be an entire class topic on its own. There is a brief overview of how to use the sight size method to draw freehand more accurately. Likewise, the overview of drawing tools and papers is an overview, but strikes a good balance between overwhelming with too much information, and giving students enough info to know what tools they need for basic drawing and how to use them. These aren't super thorough examinations of those topics, but should be ample to complete the exercises and drawings included and recommended in the class. The middle portion has overview information on types of lines and methods of shading. Towards the end the instructor demonstrates a more advanced type of tracing using a tablet as a lightpad, and there is also helpful information on how to trace one's own work to transfer it to better paper or slightly alter the drawing to be larger/wider/etc. It lets the student jump in by tracing a basic outline which is then detailed.
Overall it is a friendly and accessible approach to introducing some basic drawing techniques and tools that is appropriate for those who are nervous about or just novice to drawing.
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