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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A beginner's guide to pencils and erasers! A breakdown of the many different pencil and eraser options out there.

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.

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

This project will help you identify the gesture of your subject and then design dynamic and interesting shapes that support that gesture.

Learn how to practice to draw with accurate proportions by eyeballing, using various measuring methods, and self-critiquing for a fast feedback loop.

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

Here is my step-by-step demo on how to properly execute the first assignment for level 2 students.

For this project, we're going to design our line quality to be more interesting by practicing organizing the line weight.