About This Class

In my new class ”Sketching Basics: Drawing Textures with Markers: Wood, Glass, and Metal" you will learn how to draw textures using markers. The primary focus of the class will be on providing you with clear and understandable steps to draw realistic wood, glass, and metal textures.

Texture drawing can be challenging, demanding attention to detail, light, shadow, and precise tool control. Wood, metal, and glass present unique difficulties. Wood requires understanding grain patterns and knots, metal demands mastery of reflections, and glass with its transparency and refraction can be especially tricky.

Learning these techniques add realism and emotional impact to your artwork, whether you're drawing still lifes, architecture, or characters. You'll develop a unique style and enhanced confidence, with professional opportunities beckoning in fields like illustration and design.

Mastering these textures enhances your overall artistic skill set. You'll develop a keen eye for detail, confidence in your abilities, and a better grasp of light and shadow.

I broke down the process into manageable steps, allowing you to gradually build your skills. Together, we will walk through the process of drawing textures from pencil sketches to finished sketch illustrations.

We will not dive into all the nuances of academic drawing, the subtleties of construction, etc. Our main goal in this class is to understand how to show different textures with markers.

This class is suitable for beginners and experienced illustrators who want to improve and refresh their skills. But if you're a complete beginner, I recommend you take my Sketching Basics: Drawing Shapes with Light & Shadow class first.

You will learn:

What are the specifics of drawing each texture
How to properly analyze a reference
How to show wood texture from pencil sketch to finished illustration
How to show glass texture from pencil sketch to finished illustration
How to show metal texture from pencil sketch to finished illustration

In the Projects&Recources section, you can find the Class guide which you can use as a cheat sheet anytime you need it. Also, I prepared for you a whole Guide about references: where to look for, which ones to choose, how to work with references, and a whole collection of various texture references. Hope these guides will be useful for you!

What you will need:

In this class, I’m using alcohol-based markers. You can use your favorite materials or even work digitally.

Here is a list of what I use:

A pencil
A soft eraser
Paper/sketchbook at least 120 g/cm
Touch brush and Ohuhuhu markers, you can find the full-color palette I used in the Projects & Resources section.

So, let’s get started.

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