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Basic Skills / Getting Started with Drawing

Name: Basic Skills / Getting Started with Drawing
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Rating: 4.5 (1278 reviews)

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Drawing as a learnable skill

This Skillshare class opens with a reassuring premise: drawing isn't some innate talent you're either born with or without, it's a skill, built the same way any other skill is, through practice and instruction.

Who it's for

It's aimed broadly at aspiring painters, graphic designers, illustrators, and artists of any stripe who want to start from the fundamentals rather than jumping into a specific style or medium.

Why it's worth a look

A lot of drawing content assumes you already have some baseline ability, which can be discouraging if you're starting from zero. A class explicitly framed around basic skills and getting started is a low-pressure entry point, and Skillshare's format tends to keep lessons short and project-focused, so you can dip in without committing to a marathon course.

About this course

Drawing is not a talent. It’s a skill anyone can learn. Designed for aspiring painters, graphic designers, illustrators and artists of all types, The Art & Science of Drawing series will teach you the foundation of art and design of all kinds: drawing.

BASIC SKILLS is the first course in the series and will teach you the basics of drawing one day at a time.

Here’s how it works:

Each day you’ll watch one video lesson that will teach you an essential drawing skill. At the end of each lesson you’ll be given a project designed to build your drawing skills quickly and efficiently. After doing the project, you’re ready for the next day’s lesson and project!

In this beginning drawing course you’ll learn:

How to use the pencil like an artist
How to draw any shape
How to analyze and draw any subject by simplifying it into basic shapes

BASIC SKILLS is overflowing with powerful insights into the drawing process and offers some of the clearest, most accessible drawing instruction available. Many of the tools and techniques you'll learn here are rarely taught outside of private art academies.

BASIC SKILLS is the first course in The Art & Science of Drawing series designed to take students from the absolute basics to advanced drawing techniques like perspective drawing and shading. If you're a beginner, we recommend going through the entire series in the following order:

The Art & Science of Drawing Learning Path:

Brent has two drawing books that many students find valuable learning tools to accompany his courses. His first book "The Art & Science of Drawing: Learn to Observe, Analyze and Draw Any Subject" is available in paperback and for kindle.

Many frequently asked student questions are answered here.

Brent's new series The Drawing Laboratory includes everything taught in the original Art & Science of Drawing courses and far more. It contains many new skills, projects and demonstrations. The first two courses in the new series are available on Skillshare: How to Draw: A Beginner's Guide and Drawing in 3 Dimensions.

Additional drawing fundamentals tutorials can be found on Brent's YouTube Channel.