Skillshare - Drawing Course for TOTAL BEGINNERS - Compose and Draw Your Own Still Life

This is a follow up class for the Drawing course for Total Beginners - From Line to Still Life, but it can also stand alone. In this second case, it is recommended to have some basic drawing experience, or take a look on the previous class!

In this class we are going to compose our own still life. I will guide you through the process of choosing the right objects, arranging them and the very important part of observing the composition. We will discuss the process of measurement - finding standard units and using them to keep right proportions through the whole drawing.

We are going to LIVE DRAW!!! This means that we are going to observe the composition in real time, so there will be no photo, no grid method, but we are going to LEVEL UP our observational skills, relying on our eyes.

We will follow my process of drawing: defining standard units, placing the objects with measurements, finding and placing geometric shapes, morphing them to contour lines, refining the outlines, finding the shapes of the shadows and highlights. When shading I use a reverse method: first shading the shadows, then adding mid-tones. in this class, we are going to use more levels of mid-tone, giving us 5 different values in our pencil drawing!

If you loved the Drawing Course for Total beginners - From Line to Still Life, this class is a perfect continuation. If you haven't done it, this class will help you understand the process of Live Still Life drawing.

Why is it important? - You might ask....Drawing fundamentals are essential for any kind of creative work/job. Illustration, digital art, painting with watercolors or acrylics - all rely on these fundamentals that can be learned through a practice like this. It gives you observational skills that you will need and use in you whole life!

More info - https://skl.sh/2P8IE6v