How well can you control your pencil? If you are a beginner, chances are you cant always get your pencil to do what you want it to! This can be problematic when you are drawing something that you cant reduce down into simple shapes - you actually have to look closely and just draw exactly what you see!
In this lesson, we'll explore the different qualities of lines and edges, including thickness, hardness/softness, and lightness/darkness. We'll also practice observation skills through a continuous line drawing exercise before applying everything we've learned to a final drawing project.
Continuous line drawing is one of those exercises which is really challenging and people tend to avoid it if they can, but its so, so valuable! In this lesson we'll use it to slow down and focus on edges, allowing us to clearly see and accurately draw our subject.
This free drawing lesson covers:
• how to draw different types of edges/lines
• how to use contour drawing to see clearly
• how to use edge quality to enhance your drawing
MATERIALS:
• Sketchbook
• 2H - 2B pencils
• eraser
• tissue
Previous lessons:
Lesson 1: Lines, Lines, Lines https://youtu.be/ing1x95WZ_I
Lesson 2: Can You Draw Simple 3D Shapes? https://youtu.be/lbuwzjSfCdY
Lesson 3: Drawing Still Life Objects https://youtu.be/xS4Od6hEFMY
Lesson 4: Get Your Proportions Right! https://youtu.be/JllouG6l6mo
Lesson 5: Shading To Create 3D Form https://youtu.be/1BMc4p14_BM
ABOUT THIS COURSE
Are you ready to learn how to draw? Look no further because I've created this FREE course for beginners like you. I'm Emily from The Pencil Room Online and in this series of videos, I'll take you step by step through pencil drawing skills for beginners and give you tips and tricks along the way. These drawing tutorials are for people who want to learn how to draw realistically from observation, but if you are interested in animation or illustration or even painting, these lessons will give you some good beginner drawing skills to start with. We'll cover sketching 3D shapes, drawing objects, getting proportions right and creating shading and texture, so you'll have everything you need to start your journey as an artist. What are you waiting for...go grab a sketchbook and get started! :)
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