Drawing 101: Preclass

Welcome to the prep session for drawing class!

A little about the beginning drawing classes here

This is a “classical” style of drawing class, and for some – it works great. Perspective, shading, art school kinds of exercises. There are some other drawing classes here that you may also like either before this one or after:

1. Whimsical Sketching – fun light sketching with a pen, drawing birds, fish, birthday gifts…no perspective drills involved.
2. 30 Days to More Confident Sketching – drawing prompts each day for 30 days, with some teaching on the foundations in Drawing 101 but in a less artschool kind of way.

Before we start…a little housekeeping

I retain the copyright to the content you are learning in class. That means…

1. Do not sell or give away the concepts from my classes – you may not re-teach my instruction contained or created within these lessons.
2. Do not post a video tutorial or step by step photo tutorial of your own redraw of class content.
3. Do not repost any handouts you receive in class.

However…I love to see students making strides and taking this teaching and personalizing it with your own skills.

1. DO make your own designs and develop your own style! I love that!
2. DO gift your creations made with these techniques, of course!

At the bottom of each lesson you’ll see some ways to share your homework and ask questions, so that’ll be handy for you.

Supplies

Supplies

• Staedtler Lumograph Drawing and Sketching Pencils (set of 12)
• White Pitt Pastel Pencils – Medium hardness and Soft
• Kneaded eraser (optional: a set of 3 for more eraser options, a stick eraser if desired)
• Pencil Sharpener – either the Quietsharp (electric) or a Prismacolor Handheld
• Two sketchbooks; these are the mixed media-weight paper:
  • Bee Paper Super Deluxe 9×12 
  • Stillman and Birn toned sketchbooks; any size and color is fine.

Optional Tools

Not required for class but fun:

• • QuickComp grid or ComposeIt grid (Gridvu recommended for figure artists)
  • Graphite Paper
  • Tsquare and triangle
  • Divider
  • Rolling ruler
  • TruAngle
  • A sketchbox of some kind to keep everything in

Join Paint-my-photo

Please go set up a free account at PMP, and read the TOU. Note that some videos in this class refer to using PMP’s discussion board for this class, but that turned out cumbersome. See the footer on each lesson page for options to upload homework and engage with other students.