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Drawing Basics - Proko

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Overview

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Embark on a comprehensive drawing course designed for beginners, covering essential techniques and fundamental concepts. Learn proper pencil control, explore basic elements like shape, value, color, and edge, and master shading to create light and form. Dive into gesture drawing, structure basics for 3D representation, and various methods to create the illusion of depth. Discover professional drawing supplies, avoid common shading and drawing mistakes, and unlock mind-blowing realistic shading tricks. Acquire measuring techniques, explore sketchbook options and paper types, and learn advanced pencil sharpening methods. Improve shape design through simplification, enhance shading skills, and understand the application of 13 different line types in your artwork.

Syllabus

Drawing Supplies I Use in My Videos
How to Hold and Control Your Pencil
The Basic Elements - Shape Value Color Edge
Shading Light and Form - Basics
How to Shade a Drawing
How to Draw Gesture
Structure Basics - Making Things Look 3D
The Illusion of Depth - Contrast, Aerial Perspective and Form
The Illusion of Depth - Perspective, Details and Overlapping Forms
The Illusion of Depth - Edge, Line, Cast Shadow and Paint Thickness
Drawing Supplies I Use for Longer Drawings
Top 5 Shading Mistakes
Top 5 Drawing Mistakes
Mind-Blowing Realistic Shading Tricks
6 Steps to Draw Anything
Drawing Measuring Techniques
Learning How to Draw
Intro to Drawing Basics
Ultimate Guide to Sketchbooks and Paper
5 Pencil Sharpening Techniques for Pros
Improve Shape Design by Simplifying
Simple Trick to Improve Your Shading
13 Types of Lines and How to Use Them

Taught by

Proko

Reviews

4.5 rating, based on 24 Class Central reviews

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  • Profile image for Javon Dugas
    Javon Dugas
    These videos were very good, and very helpful, I learn a lot about shading, and gesture lines, different types of lines and how their useful. I learn how to sharpen different types of pencils, how to use charcoal, and to draw with different types of pencils.
  • great course but it is good for intermediate not for beginner
    little bit challenging go with course
  • Very good tutorial for the Art lover and students . We wish we must get more like same.
    We also thankful to all teachers and their team
  • Profile image for Jahangir Hossain
    Jahangir Hossain
    Art is not joke rather a journey through eyes opening Following the way provided is a useful guidelines for beginners makes skillfully art gradually.
    ..I love it.
    Thank You.
  • Profile image for Nabeel
    Nabeel
    This tutorial video gives a beginner the correct handling of drawing stationary and proper body posture.which I feel is the key to perfection and neet ness.
  • Profile image for Martina Saad Latif Zaki
    Martina Saad Latif Zaki
    it was very helpful and fun as to know the basics about art without diving in any of them but to know the titles to look for in ur educational process and to open ur min more on how u ee the drawing process and it also makes u realize how important it is to have actual knowlege and information in order to draw anything u want instead of just drawing blindly
  • Profile image for Lalita Mandal
    Lalita Mandal
    Very nice explanation about drawing basic level.
    Thanks
    All videos are very useful
    Nice to see this step by steps
    Drawing of line...
    Different types of lines
    N
    Shadings are too good taught by mentor..
    I hope everyone likes this video's.
    Thanks to sir
  • Lucas Gil
    This is an amazing course! Definitely exceeded what I was expecting before I signed up on it. Proko has incredible teaching skills and had some awesome guests who had also terrific didactics. Since it's a free course you won't get much exercises to do, but it will surely give you some ideas on what and how to practice your drawing skills. Sometimes the order of the videos was confusing, probably because I think it's a big cluster of classes summed up on a single course. Worth it!
  • Aashmi Jith
    Good Class It Shows the basic needs and the complete drawing class ,Each and every part is divided so it is easy to understand This is providing each and everything of drawing example shading and all,however this good to get base of Drawing and this teach the material what we need or what to use etc..Providing everything of Draw in just 23 Videos New people who are interested in drawing can also study easily ..Good Experience..
  • Profile image for Pasupuleti Ramakrishna
    Pasupuleti Ramakrishna
    Good information about art I have learnt from this more and explanation was too good And a saw total videos it was Amazing
  • Subhojit Sen
    My recent works showing my newly learned skills are proof of what knowledge can do! The amount learned in three days is worth years of art school. The class was fabulous. It was much more than I expected. A very relaxed atmosphere and very supportive teaching. Thank you for a wonderful experience
  • Profile image for Thabang Molelekoa
    Thabang Molelekoa
    I really like this course because has given me the more knowledge of the skills that I was looking forward to studying in future,so I would like to say since ever I was leaning in this field I've learnt lot truly speaking an am looking forward to learning more an get skill
  • Profile image for DOUGLAS OBADIAH (OBA)
    DOUGLAS OBADIAH (OBA)
    I have enjoyed the course and the teaching style is fun, I have also been able to understand more of drawing shading and the elements and principles of art and it has made me improve on my skills and I want to say thank you
  • Profile image for Amal Mohammed
    Amal Mohammed
    Great introduction to basics. I highly recommend this if you want to start drawing \(*-*)/
    I like the way he explains and breaks down concepts to make them more simple and easy to grasp
  • Anonymous
    Too obsessed with himself. Showing himself more than drawings. A lot of talking and not direct instructions on how to draw. Makes drawing seem boring with all the talkning and no doing.
  • Profile image for Success Samuel
    Success Samuel
    It's a good course but some full video are only for premium user which is a disadvantage to does who don't have money but I appreciate this plat form for there free course
  • Profile image for Uzziah Roberts
    Uzziah Roberts
    I'm just relearning to draw again and I'm glad there is a course like this available. Thanks for all your hard work
  • Profile image for Daine Sofea Jane
    Daine Sofea Jane
    I learn a lot here than my physical class and I got certificate for completing the course.I really recommend this course!
  • This course is helpful for me. It's very interesting course. Drawing is my one and only most favourite subject. This course is more knowledge for me.
  • Profile image for Riley
    Riley
    Really good and I will hopefully get so much better with drawing and I'm going to get everything in that video so I can draw better

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