Sometimes you’ll do a drawing and feel like you somehow got worse at drawing overnight. You might be having one of those bad drawing days – like the one I have had today, which is just really annoying and makes me want to throw everything in the bin and give up. A bad drawing might even […]
This is the start of a series of lessons designed to help you build a solid foundation of life drawing skills, with the end goal being expressive drawings in your own style. We’ll go through a straightforward and doable drawing process and a set of exercises designed to help you develop the skills in those […]
After this lesson… you will have identified the lines of movement in various poses. To go through this lesson, you can either watch the video or we have written it all out below. The video is probably best since you can watch the demonstrations. (If you like the video, please hit the like and […]
After this lesson… you’ll be able to explain how to use structured practice for your eyes, arm and mind It’s probably best to watch the video, but if you prefer, we’ve written it out below. (If you like the video, please hit the like and subscribe button on YouTube – it’s a new video series […]
It’s best to watch the video so you can see the demonstrations, but if you prefer we have also written out the lesson below. In previous lessons, we have gone over how to start to construct figures for poses viewed from the front. Our process is similar for poses viewed directly from the side and […]
It’s best to watch the video so you can see the demonstrations, but if you prefer we have also written out the lesson below. In the last lesson we had given our superstickman a nice ribcage and pelvic area. Things might be a bit out of place or a bit wonky. That’s to be expected […]
This book has been through nine editions over many decades in its native Germany, and has now finally been translated into English. The book aims to cover everything a figure drawing artist would need to know to understand anatomy, and to guide teachers to properly give anatomical instruction to their students. We’re reviewing this book […]
After this lesson… you will have drawn the first step of many figure constructions It’s best to watch the video, so you can see the demonstrations, but we have also written it all out below if you prefer. The construction approach to figure drawing is about simplifying the incredibly complex and nuanced human form, which […]