Learn How to Draw in One Hour

A description of what pencils to use and what is available. If you already have a pencil and know about pencils, then please feel free to use this as a background reference information.   

Testing the different types of pencils from 5B to 4H, for ease of reference.

A brief discussion of the different types of pencil tones

To allow students to understand the types of papers available to use

This sets out the different ways to hold a pencil and the different types of marks you can create.

Learn the basics to be free to be able to make a mark and doodle, to allow you to practice for next sections

Learn how to draw different types of lines, from thin fine lines to longer lines, for better foundations

This section gives the student an example of contemporary drawing practice, expressive figurative, which follow a comical childlike drawing style.  It demonstrates that there are different types of drawing styles and one that can also be enjoyed.

Learning from the Master painters who were also fine draftsmen is a great learning tool for all students. In this section, the importance of looking at the style at least and seeking to copy for learning purposes of master works will hugely benefit the student in the longer term. This section provides a brief overview  and an example of how a painting can be examined. There is no expectation of the student to be able to copy such a work with any precision. The key is to be able to absorb whichever art work you are drawn to and which excites you.   

Some examples of some Western Master artists you may to refer to include: Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, Poussin, Rembrandt, Rubens, Goya, Manet, Ingres, Velazquez. There are many more. If you are interested in "Eastern artists" - such as Persian and Indian Mughal, Chinese and Japanese style painters, please let me know and I can guide you.

Throughout this course, there are reference provided to a few master art works as learning examples.

Learn the basic of gestural expressive drawing.

This sets out the example of how to create a depth and atmosphere in a work, using different pencil tones.

Understand how drawings can be simplified  into forms and basic shapes. An example is provided by using the works of Ingres.

If you have ever wondered how  to use a pencil as a measuring tool, then this section shows you how to do that. It shows how any subject, in this example a tree, can be observed, and then drawn on to paper.

A brief overview of drawing face proportions

If you have ever wondered how  to use a pencil as a measuring tool, then this section shows you how to do that. It shows how any subject, in this example a tree, can be observed, and then drawn on to paper.