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Drawing Animals - The Essential Course -Beginner to Advanced
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(201 ratings)
5,194 students

Drawing Animals - The Essential Course -Beginner to Advanced

A streamlined structure to learning how to draw your favourite animals
Created byEd Foychuk
Last updated 3/2023
English
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What you'll learn

  • Learn to draw animals
  • Understand basic animal anatomy

Course content

2 sections • 19 lectures • 7h 10m total length
  • Introduction1:13

    Explore the structure of animals and learn to pose them in various ways, while noting differentiating features between each animal to build solid drawing fundamentals from beginner to advanced.

  • Unit - Rabbits35:04

    Construct rabbits with simple shapes: head oval, rib cage oval, hips, linked by a spine; then animate movement across angles, add fur texture, and practice drawing through the forms.

  • Unit - Rhino32:20

    Learn rhino anatomy by building its structure from a bean-shaped skull and massive rib cage to high shoulders and back hips, then study joints, four-legged gait, and horn details.

  • Unit - Gorillas34:50

    Master gorilla anatomy and drawing technique by blocking in the rib cage, spine, and limbs using spheres. Learn the two-thirds upper body proportion, four-legged gait, and expressive facial features.

  • Unit - Leopard31:02

    Learn leopard anatomy from a skeleton to a spotted form, mapping joints, ribs, spine, hips, paws, and patterns for realistic, flexible movement.

  • Unit - Horses32:24
  • Unit - Armadillo28:20
  • Unit - Sharks30:00

    Draw sharks by constructing a cone-headed skull, a backbone with a rib-like mass, and articulated fins, then study teeth, gills, eyes, and open vs closed mouths from multiple perspectives.

  • Unit - Monkey30:55
  • Unit - Bats27:15

    Explore bat anatomy and wing design, from a small rib cage and free-floating scapula to fingers and wing webbing, for dynamic figure drawing.

  • Unit - Wolves42:00
  • Unit - Eagles20:24

    Learn to draw eagles by building a simple skeleton and a single body mass, then map the legs and wings with joints, while tracing feather patterns and overall form.

  • Unit - Elephants20:24

    Learn to sketch elephants by breaking them into basic forms—torso, rump, and trunk. Refine with center line, eyeline, texture, and wrinkles to capture their anatomy and movement.

  • Unit- Chameleon29:57

    Join me in this new unit for drawing animals- this time, the quirky Chameleon! There's tons of things that stand out about this animal, so I appreciate student suggestions to add him to my course here on Udemy.

  • Bonus - Paws Claws Talons and Hooves22:31

    Explore animal feet anatomy, including paws, claws, talons, and hooves, with drawing tips, joints, retractable claws, and texturing. Learn to render weight, volume, and function across species.

  • Thank You1:46

    If you're looking for your next course fro me, shoot me a msg. You can save on $$, and I benefit too!!

  • Bonus - Livestreams0:13

Requirements

  • Basic drawing skills
  • Access to printer, or some paper, pencil

Description

Welcome to How To Draw Animals.

Maybe you loved drawing as a kid, but sort of left it behind. Or You've been looking to round out your drawings skills and Animals is the next hurdle on your list. Well, this course is specifically designed for you. An intense, concise, and detailed series of videos outlining the steps you can take to improve your animal drawings.

The pdf included is designed to accompany the video series titled How To Draw Animals.

To start, we will have 12 animals. One for each unit. But as the months go on, and feedback is received from students, NEW units will be added (free of charge to those who have already purchased the course). At almost 7 hours long, this course starting out is huge! I can't wait to see it grow along with you.


Our first animal units will be


  • Rabbits

  • Rhinoceros

  • Gorillas

  • Leopard

  • Horses

  • Armadillo

  • Sharks

  • Monkey

  • Bats

  • Wolves

  • Eagles

  • Elephants

The course is structured to have you follow along with it on the pdf. You'll note there are two pages to each unit - one with my sketches on it, and one that is blank - for YOU to fill up!

Let's get back to that childhood joy or drawing animals! Won't you join me?



Ed Foychuk


Who this course is for:

  • Beginner and Intermediate artists
  • People looking to start drawing again