How to Draw and Sketch for Absolute Beginners

There are many different ways as draw straight line. What I'm gonna show you is how to draw a straight line freehand. You won't need a ruler or straight edge. I do want to say that if you do need to use a ruler or some sort of straight edge then that's perfectly fine professional artist do that all the time. I don't want anyone to feel like they're cheating by using a ruler but I do encourage you to practice this technique as it will save you a lot of time and you're not always been a have a ruler around.

So this is going to be the practice for drawing straight lines. Just follow along with me to this video and do the exercises often even when you're done watching the videos.

This video is a lecture on curved lines. Drawing a curve can be challenging and I'm in a show you a few different ways to draw curves.

This lecture is on C curves. See curves of in a help you add dimension to your drawings later on. See curves can display rhythm and produce form. They're one of the building blocks for organic shapes.

This video is gonna be on the S curve. The S-curve is found in several places more notably the human body. The S-curve is all about rhythm and balance.

This video is gonna discuss using lines as texture. I just want to give you a sneak preview of some of the things that you will be able to do and why your drawing so many lines. Whether you are adding shadow or crosshatching a simple line is a very powerful tool to have.

This video is about line accuracy. Line accuracy is something that I don't think I've ever really seen discussed very much in books. The idea of measuring a line and being very accurate with not only its size but where it intersects another line. This very basic fundamental thing is often the culprit on why drawings look inaccurate.

This video is on line weight. Line weight is something that I want you to be very aware of right away. Even if you aren't able to use it this early I still want you to know that it's there. The weight of your line can highlight characters or act as a focal point and even give a basic shape "weight".

This video is on drawing a rectangle. A rectangle is often very easy to draw as most people at some point has drawn a rectangle. Whether you're doodling why you're on the phone or sitting at your desk you drawn a rectangle. We are in a practice drawing a rectangle and I'm in a show you just how powerful a rectangle can be.

This video is on drawing the square. The square is very important because it can act as a really basic unit of measurement to make your drawings more accurate. Believe it or not squares are bit more difficult to draw. In this video ominous show you how to draw a square and make it look accurate.

Continuing with our basic shapes we are going to draw a triangle. A triangle in understanding it is going to be the basis of two very important shapes. The cone and the pyramid are essential and building so many objects that it is important that you fully understand how to draw a basic triangle. Triangles also become wedges and can be used to measure things like object placement and perspective.

The ellipse is very tricky to draw. The ellipse can do many things it can create cylinders or represent tires on a car or a hole in the ground. The ellipse also has two components that make it different from a circle a major axis and a minor axis.

In this video you will learn how to draw a circle. In drawing a "perfect" circle is very difficult but it's something you should practice anyway. Obviously the circle is very similar to an ellipse and I was so you how to use the circle effectively when you're drawing.

Not withdrawn all of the shapes him initially the concept of a centerline. The centerline is a unit or way of measuring shapes. We get into the 3-D portion of drawing and by 3-D I don't mean with computers, you will see just how important and crucial the centerline is for drawing.

This video is all about the organic version of the triangle and its importance to creating shapes.

This video is about the organic square. 

This video is all about the organic rectangle. The organic rectangle can encompass so many objects and can represent so many things that it's very important for you to fully get how to draw this form.

This video is about drawing an oval which by its nature is organic. But in order to fully understand the "peanut" I want you to practice drawing one part of it. On its own it can represent many things like the shape of faces or even body shapes and when it's combined it becomes even more powerful.

And finally we look at the peanut. The "peanut" or the "kidney bean" or the many other names that it's used over the years in different books and different lectures. It's all the same basic concept. The concept of putting two organic oval like shapes together to create a complex form. And this is a very exciting turning point for you when you're drawing because this is actually a first complex form.

This is a big step. We are going to convert all of those 2D shapes into 3D form.

In this video I will explain the concept of "drawing through". it's a very important concept that takes the guesswork out of drawing in many cases.  

In this video we will create a box. A box is either a series of squares or rectangles. Both of wich you already know how to draw. 

In this video we will create the cylinder which is 2 circles or ellipses plus 2 lines. 

In this video I will show you you how to create a pyramid which consists of triangles and a square. 

The cone is a circle and triangle in its most basic form. Its also a cylinder that closes at one side. It's all in how you look at it.

The wedge is so very versatile from shape to measurement. this video will show you how to create one with 2 triangles and lines as well as its variations.

It goes without saying that the sphere is very important. It's basically the world. Literally. 

this video will show you how to begin to see form with contour lines that follow the form. It takes practice. 

this is a variation on the regular cylinder and there are numerous ways to interpret this form.

The "Organic peanut" is well my way of saying the peanut shape. Most peanut shapes are 3D. In this lecture i want to show you how to see it in it's natural 3D form.

An organic cone can be very helpful. There are also many ways to do this . The important thing is to understand it's form. 

The organic box is very easy to draw. Its pretty straightforward. 

In this introductory video I will show you the basis of all perspective. It's the horizon line. it determines the first location in space.

The vanishing point determines what type of linear perspective you will be drawing. 

This is the basics of one point perspective.

This is the basics of two point perspective.

This is about how to put 2 shapes together we will begin with "Hard shapes first as it is easier. 

In this video I will show some examples of 2 shapes and some common combinations.

This video builds off of the previous lesson. "3 shapes" can be looked at in several ways. 

This video show s how easy it is to make those hard shapes organic.  

As with the hard shapes we will be looking at 2 organic shapes together. 

And now we will be expanding to the 3 shapes concept in organic form.

Texture is nothing to be afraid of. Almost anything can be a texture. In this lesson I will go over the idea of creating textures. 

In this video I will show you how to create rocky and stone textures.

This video is all about scales and different types of scales and how to draw them.

this video show the many ways you can turn anything into a texture. 

In this video i show you how to draw fur. 

In this video I will discuss the concept of light fall off.Light falloff is better looked at it exactly where the light ends in the shadow begins.

This video is all about diffuse light. Diffuse light is one of the more common forms of light and it's the like that most artists draw especially in the beginning.

In this video I will discuss ambient occlusion which is something most of you are instinctively familiar with. Even though it has a pretty elaborate and fancy name it's a basic Concept.