Everyone can learn to draw!

In this video series, artist Paul Richmond breaks down the fundamentals of drawing into 10-minute daily exercises that will help you see like an artist, learn the basics of drawing, and put it into practice. You will be amazed at how much your drawing skills will improve in a short time with focused, daily practice. Paul's gentle, lighthearted approach will make learning fun and keep you coming back for more.

Paul has been teaching students to draw for over twenty years. This class covers the most effective techniques he has discovered for helping artists hone this fundamental skill. This class is great for beginners and also a refresher for anyone who wants to get back to the basics of drawing.

Materials

You are welcome to work with any materials you'd like, but here's a list of everything Paul will be using in this series:

Drawing pencil set (4H-4B)
Kneaded eraser
Charcoal pencil set
Micron pens
Sketchbook

Lessons

Blind contour drawing
Drawing upside down
Using reference
Silhouettes of complicated objects
Proportion and measuring by sight
Drawing the negative space
Continuous line drawing
Draw the shadow shapes/planes
Using a grid
Value scale
Finding the light
How to use the tools
Quick gestural studies
Drawing with Line
Using cross hatching
Reverse drawing
1 point perspective
2 point perspective
3 point perspective
Drawing from life
Ink drawing
Charcoal drawing
Technical vs. expressive drawing
Draw a landscape
Draw figures
Draw a still life
Draw a self portrait
Drawing hands
Drawing animals
Keeping a sketchbook

About the Instructor

Paul Richmond is an internationally recognized visual artist and activist whose career has included exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States as well as publication in numerous art journals and anthologies. His work is collected by individuals around the globe. As an illustrator, has created over four hundred novel cover illustrations. He is a co-founder of the You Will Rise Project, an organization that empowers those who have experienced bullying to speak out creatively through art.

Reviews

"I am absolutely amazed at what I could do. Each of the lessons, I would look down at the reference image before heading into the class, and I would think "Is he crazy?" And in the end, somehow, my drawing would resemble the reference image. Your techniques are so helpful, especially start with the parts not the whole.
Time flies when you are taking drawing lessons from Paul!" -Jackie Barr

"I look forward to tomorrow and the next day and the next..." -Angelica Blatt

"It's been nice to shake the dust off and enjoy these exercises!" -Morgan Langsdorf

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