Watch the lesson for free on our YouTube channel Lesson 10 | Contour Drawing -A drawing is simply a dot going for a walk – Paul Klee What is contour drawing? contour (n.) 1660s, a term in painting and sculpture, from French contour “circumference, outline,” from Italian and Medieval Latin contornear “to go around” The […]
Watch this lesson for free on our YouTube channel 08 Perspective Drawing It can be quite overwhelming and confusing. As an artist you need to understand 1-point perspective, 2-point perspective and when more confident move onto 3-point perspective. In this lesson we will look at 1-point and 2-point perspective. Where will I use perspective? We […]
Watch this lesson for free on our YouTube channel Lesson 05 | Cross-Hatching / Texture One of the most important tools you can have at your disposal as an artist is a strong knowledge of hatching. Drawing is all about mark-making, after all. Art is a universal visual language. Transcending cultural and language barriers. Communicating […]
Watch this lesson for free on our YouTube channel What is gesture drawing? Gesture refers to the movement between things. It captures the flowing movement. This movement connects contours, forms and tones. A gesture drawing is a laying in of the : rhythm, flow, motion, action, form, and pose of a model/figure. They all […]
Watch this lesson for free on our YouTube channel. Lesson 7 | Composition What is composition? Composition is an extremely powerful tool. The way you frame something says so much and evokes so much emotion. We can all draw from the exact same picture but each will tell a completely different message in the way […]
Watch this lesson for free on our YouTube channel Lesson 6 | Draw in proportion -Draw what you see – don’t draw what you think you see.- Laura Wenman What a waste of time if you add all the detail before the proportions are 100% correct. A bit like dressing a chimpanzee and […]
Watch this lesson for free on our YouTube channel Lesson 3: Basic skills In this lesson, we will be covering basic drawing skills. These include understanding your pencils, how to hold your pencil, how to develop a stable hand and how to shade by practising gradients. Understanding your Pencil Set. Note, it is important to […]
Watch this lesson for free on our YouTube Channel Lesson 4 | Drawing with Universal Shapes What Makes a Great Artist? Is it creativity? Talent? Skills? No. Its observation, observation, observation. You need to train your brain to truly see – Lillian Gray – What if I told you that you can draw anything […]
Take some tips from a work-at-home-mom Some practical work-from-home tips. With the rise of Covid-19, our lives have been topsy-turvy, to say the least. Many of us have been sent home and forced to work in the confinements of our houses. I have always worked from home. (I have only been employed for two weeks […]
Curbing anxiety & stress with art With the rise of COVID-19 stay home and do art! With so much more time at home, it is essential to spend some time flexing your creative muscle. Creativity is a part of the human experience and is not something which ‘some people can do and others cannot’, rather […]