Beginners – Intermediate
Foundational instruction from 2D drawing to 3D drawing
Tutorial 1 – Skeletal Structure
Guides you through a warm up in drawing six skeletal structures, understanding this structure provides a map. Once the warmup is complete you can sketch three different positions of your own hand choosing the posture you want to draw from life.
Tutorial 2 – Contour Line Of The Hand
Once you have a skeletal structure of the piece you want to complete, then you will build the shape more accurately, looking at the negative space will inform the positive space, the key to forming the contour line of the hand and the hand shape itself.
Tutorial 3 – 9 Step Value Scale
This Tutorial then guides you through using each value to create form. How to hold the pencil to cross hatching in layering tones. With the final stages of building form, highlight to shadow, you will see how this practice can advance your understanding from the beginner to intermediate drawing.