- Introduction
- Setup
- Step 1: Proportion
- Step 2: Angle
- Step 3: Tone (part 1)
- Step 3: Tone (part 2)
- Finishing Touches
- Conclusion
What you'll learn
- By the end, students will learn how to effectively use the three key principles of drawing: Proportion, Angle and Tone.
Description
In this course, I will draw a picture from a photograph while describing my approach in detail. I believe that regardless of the medium or subject you want to draw, there are three key principles that should be mastered first:
1. Proportion - Identifying the relative sizes and position of the main features in your picture is key to having an accurate drawing. By marking out on your page roughly where the main features will go, it will help you make a plan of what to draw and where to start from.
2. Angle - Angles help convey the perspective of the picture. By accurately drawing the angles of the main features you can convey a strong sense of depth.
3. Tone - Using light, dark and shades in between is essential for creating a sense of space and volume within the picture. How light falls on the objects within the picture tells you about the kind of space you are in. With my method I will show you how to divide the picture into 5 grades of tone and how to shade them to create a sense of space and volume.
After mastering these three principles, one can learn how to draw or paint with other mediums and learn to appreciate their differences. In this course I will teach you using charcoal as I think it is ideal for practising the three principles without worrying about color. Charcoal also has the advantage that you can shade large areas quickly, and you can erase it with tissue paper or putty rubber.
I am passionate about teaching and will be happy to receive your pictures and give you feedback and encouragement!
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About the instructors
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Shizue Takahashi
Watercolor Artist
Anybody can learn how to draw. Through many years of teaching, I have developed a simple method based on three key principles: Proportion, Angle and Tone. By understanding these principles, and a bit of practice, you will be able draw pictures which will convey a sense of light, space and depth. Drawing and painting has given me so much joy that I now enjoy teaching and passing on the techniques I have learned over my lifetime. My aim is to create online courses which I can share with a wider audience, to help anyone who wants to learn how to draw!
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I'm sorry, but as an artist - this was very far for a great tutorial. You could have captured everything from the write up or a quick google search and saved a lot of time. I thought after taking a hiatus from art practice I might hop in and go back to basics but this this isn't beginner friendly and will only work if you have an image printed and pinned next to your canvas/drawing board. It skips many of the foundations for you to actually be able to draw something outside of an image and doesn't have a balance in the descriptions between the 3 principals. An example of this is a very, very skimmed over "Proportion Section". I also have no problem that English is 2nd language, in-fact, it is a BRAVO, language is SO hard, but some of the explanations in this are borderline non-sensical and rely too heavily on practicing image transfer than actually using the foundations to learn to draw. There are children's puzzle/colour books that show an empty grid on one side and an image on the other with the same grid and have you transfer the drawing and this is a step up from this... so yes, they are right that you can draw anything with these.....as long as you have a black and white image pasted right next to it and a ruler.
very helpful for the beginners
good
Unfortunately, I really feel the only that was explained was proportion. Angle was just a somewhat copy from the picture which wouldn't work if you were drawing landscape in person.
Yes, it's good.?
Ya, It is good. This course is taught proportion, angle and tone.
GOOD