This online course introduces students to the foundational skills of drawing using photographs as references. Through a series of guided exercises and hands-on projects, students will develop their observational skills to translate images into drawings. The course covers essential elements such as line, shape, and value, and includes techniques to build both confidence and fluency on the page. Preferably charcoal or graphite, no color.
Additional Information:
Material List
- Newsprint pad 11 x 14 or larger (beginners)
- Drawing pad 11 x 14 or larger - Strathmore series 300 or 400.
- Charcoal pencils - 2B, 4B, 6B
- Graphite pencils – 2H, 2B, 4B, 6B *8B
- A white pastel or charcoal pencil and white Conte or pastel stick
- Vine Charcoal soft, medium
- Blending Stump or Tortillions
- Kneaded rubber eraser
- Pencil sharpener
- Chamois skin
Optional
- Compressed Charcoal
- Toned paper (sketch or drawing)
- Compressed Graphite sticks
- Cretacolor graphite pencils
- Sandpaper pencil sharpener
