I'll show you how to look past the tiny wrinkles and treat drapery as a storytelling tool. We'll explore the basic folds using a simple mannequin.

I'll show you how to build a simple figure mannequin using basic shapes. This makes capturing proportion and gesture much more intuitive.

Drawing box flaps in perspective involves tracking their movement along a vanishing trace. Ellipses help map the exact radius as the flaps pivot.

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.

I'll show you how to break down the figure into simple shapes to help you understand the underlying forms before you start drawing drapery.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Master the mechanics of inclined planes by studying box flaps. We will locate precise vanishing points for non-level surfaces rotating on a hinge.

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

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

Learn to draw tumbling objects in any position. You will use vanishing traces and carried horizons to keep your perspective perfectly accurate.

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

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.