A New Free Online Drawing Course Is In The Making!
It is also an introduction to all the resources on the website.It was pointed out to me that the website is overwhelming on the first visit. There is a lot on the site, and it can even turn you away if you encounter something that seems too difficult.
It was suggested I should create a “New? Start Here!” section, perhaps structured as a course that shows how you can use the tools on the website.
That is a fantastic idea, and I’m working on it now. It is not visible on the website yet, as it is still being developed, but I will share the chapters with you here as they become available.
The course is slightly different from other courses in that you don’t just do it once and then finish it. Rather than being lessons, the chapters evolve around “Practice Sessions”. They each present a specific category of exercise and then show that same exercise from easy to hard mode, so you can keep doing that exercise and keep improving. The point is to demonstrate how you can use the resources on the website for these exercises and how they can fit into your drawing routine.
The first chapters are there: the introduction and the chapter on the dexterity warm-ups. Both chapters are complete.
You can find it here:
FREE Online Drawing Course!
This free course helps you build real drawing skills through quick, fun exercises that fit into even the busiest schedule. Each activity has levels from beginner to pro, so you can improve no matter where you start.All you need is a small sketchbook, a pen, and your phone. With exercises you can do in just a few minutes, you’ll learn to draw with confidence — anywhere, anytime, and at your own pace.
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With each exercise comes a video designed to listen to while drawing, where you see me do the exercise, like for example this one:
These videos are not about the exercise. I wanted them to talk about something you can just listen to while drawing. But there’s something worthwhile on screen; you can see me do the exercise.
One of the big pros of “Practice Drawing This” is that I use the drawing resources myself and therefore notice if a resource or a way of practicing isn’t working.
I am trying a schedule where these videos will come out twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays, but I may move back to once a week if that schedule is too tight.
The chapters currently being written are:
“Practice Drawing From Observation”,
“Practice Memory Drawing”,
“Practice Gesture Drawing”,
“Practice Drawing Primitive 3D Forms”,
“Practice 3D Form Manipulation”,
“Practice Constructing Complex Volumes”,
“Practice Drawing From Imagination”, and more.
I will share these with you here as they become available. Let me know if you see things that can be improved!
Other Changes On The Website
The “circles and ellipses” and the cylinder 3D models can now show the minor axis of the ellipses. This can be helpful when constructing cylinders.
I changed the name of the APP on the website from “Art Flashcards” to “Morning Sketches APP”. I realized the flashcards concept is how it works internally, but that is not what it is for an art student. It’s basically an app that hopefully helps you practice drawing (sketching) regularly (the “Morning” part of the name hints at that).
Yours sincerely,
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