Drawing Basics

 

About Graphite Pencils: A look at the grading system for graphite pencils.

Arm Proportions: A look at the proportions of the arm using a seven and a half head measurement guide.

Basic Shapes and Forms: Discussing comparing forms to simple shapes to understand more complex forms. 

The Curve of the Torso: A look at how the head, ribcage, and pelvis positions relate to each other to see the curve of the torso.

Drawing an arm: A step-by-step demonstration of drawing an arm.

Drawing a Barn: A look at how to use simple or basic forms to draw a building. We use the box to draw a symmetrical building in perspective.

 Drawing a Bee: A step-by-step demonstration of drawing a honey bee.

Drawing a box and understanding its shapes: An exploration of some of the guides that help us draw a box to accurately appear three-dimensional.

Drawing the Eye: A look at the basic shape of the eye and how forms around it.
    

Drawing Feet: A look at how to draw a foot starting with simple shapes.

Drawing Feet: Positioning and sizing: A simple shortcut to positioning the foot and dealing with problems of foreshortening.   

Drawing the Ear: A look at the anatomy of the ear to see the basic shapes, structures, and forms the ear creates.

Ear Drawing Demonstration: A drawing demonstration, walking through a few steps to make drawing the ear easier. 

Elements of Light: Basic guides finding form using the information from the way light interacts with the objects it comes in contact with.

Elements of Light Breakdown: Another look at how light interacts with form. This time separating each component to identify individually. 

Drawing Ellipses: A look at how to draw an ellipse and how the ellipse behaves in three-dimensional space.

Figure Drawing, constructing from basic shapes: How to build a figure drawing using simple basic shapes as a starting point.

     

Figure Proportions: Male: A quick look a the 7 and 1/2 head tall figure proportional measurements.

Figure Proportions: Female: A quick look at the female figure using the 7 and 1/2 head proportional guide.

Foreshortening: A look at foreshortening and how it works.

Golden Ratio: How to create a rectangle following the golden ratio using a simple step-by-step process.

Hand Proportions: A quick look a some of the proportions of the hands.

Drawing the Head using a Constructive Drawing Technique: A look at how to draw the head using simple forms as a starting point.

Head Proportions: A look at the proportions of the head and the placement of facial features.

Holding the Pencil: The different ways we can hold a pencil as we draw.

Line and Edges: A look at different ways to suggest the edge of a form.

Line Weight as Emphasis in a Drawing:  A simple technique we can employ to add variety and direct our audience's attention.

Line Weight to Show Depth: A simple way to help create spatial in a line drawing.

       

Drawing the Lips and Mouth: A simple technique for drawing the mouth and lips and look at the basic structure of the mouth to see how it fits on the face. 
 

Materials - Charcoal: A brief review of the types of tools used in charcoal drawing.

Measuring Technique for When drawing from Observation: A look at how to use the pencil to compare relative sizes of the subject.

Drawing the Nose: A look at how to draw the nose by constructing a simplified nose.
        
 

Perspective: One-Point Perspective: Drawing a cube to understand one-point perspective.

Perspective: Two-Point Perspective: Drawing a cube to understand the two-point perspective.

Perspective: Three-Point Perspective: Drawing a cube to understand the three-point perspective.

The Picture Plane in One Point Perspective: A look at the relationship between the picture plane and the front planes in a one-point perspective.

Perspective: How to Draw a Roof in Perspective: A quick look at how to draw an inclined roof in perspective using the linear perspective guides.

Pineapple Drawing - Shape and Form: A look at how to draw a pineapple to break down the process of drawing realistic form by using two-dimensional shape information.

Portrait Drawing - Starting Out: A look at one of the ways we can start out when drawing a portrait.

A Simple Practice Exercise to Improve your Drawing Skills: A practice exercise to improve your line quality and speed up your drawing time.

Simple Shapes - Drawing Hands: Drawing hands by first identifying the larger forms first. 

Simplified Skeleton: A way to make drawing the figure easier by simplifying the information one works on at one time.

Simple Skeleton and Figure: A look at using the underlying forms to set up a figure drawing.

How to sharpen a Charcoal Pencil: How to sharpen a charcoal pencil

Starting a Figure Drawing: A look at how to begin drawing the figure in a drawing from a live session.

 

Structure Drawing: A look at finding the underlying forms and structures of objects.

The Thumb: Connecting to the hand: A look at how to draw the hand in basic shapes to better understand the shape of the connection of the thumb to the hand.

Value: Checkerboard illusion explained: A look a the relative nature of value relationships.

Value Pattern and Form: We can look to set up value patterns as we render realistic scenes.

Value Relationships: A look at the relative nature of value.

Value Scale: How to draw using shades and value to create form and relationships of value.

Viewfinder: A look at how to use this type of viewfinder to examine the value of the local color.