Sketching quickly is a useful skill for anyone who wants to draw from life or to use sketching for getting ideas down on paper fast.

In this class we'll practice sketching with light and loose marks to quickly build up a drawing from basic shapes.

We'll begin with a simple warm up to practice basic shapes. Then I'll share my 'recipe' for sketching birds from a side on viewpoint. We'll draw some silly birds and then get a bit more serious by drawing three birds from reference photos: a sparrow, a quail and a robin.

You'll learn:

how to use simple shapes to start a drawing
techniques for quickly building a sketch
pencil textures for feathers

This class is suitable for anybody who wants to challenge themselves to work lightly, loosely and quickly!

Chels Kane

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