In this video, I’ll give you an in depth look at what you’ll learn in my Drawing Basics course.

Here’s a project to help you avoid chicken scratch. We’re going to simplify our drawings to C curves, S curves, and straight lines.

The first project of the Drawing Basics course is to challenge yourself to simplify the shapes, edges, and values of a pear or portrait from observation.

Drawing is a visual language that can be learned just like any other language, and anyone can pick it up with the right guidance and practice.

Here is my step-by-step demo on how to properly execute the first assignment for level 1 students.

There is an endless number of ways to use lines as an artist, so let's jump in and take a look at the basics.

This warmup is a fun way to help you practice drawing ellipses.

A beginner's guide to sketchbooks and paper! Learn about paper types, texture, weight, archivability, and common pitfalls.

Master the Tapered Stroke for confident line quality in your sketches! Learn how to construct complex shapes & add energy to your loose sketches.

In this project, we'll start learning how to sketch using simple loose lines.

All the ways I sharpen pencils. Wooded and woodless graphite pencils, 2.0 and 5.6mm mechanical pencils, charcoal pencils, and eraser pencils!

Before we start, let's go over tools. I've included an extensive materials shopping list of paper, pencils, markers, erasers, and sharpeners.

Master line quality with 6 key habits: avoid common mistakes, find a comfortable speed, follow-through, ghosting, rotate the paper, and use simple strokes.

In our very first critique of the course, I take a look through your simplified pear submissions and give feedback on some of the most common mistakes.

Searching Lines, 3 levels of looseness, and their practical applications.

Time for another Project! In this one, we’ll be constructing animal portraits using basic shapes.

This is our first stop on the path to drawing from imagination.

In this new project, you'll practice to improve your line quality by doing master studies!