Academic Drawing

This course is dedicated to the fundamental drawing skill of consistent shading, which is what makes your drawings and paintings look convincing, finished, and awesome. By mastering this essential technique, you will develop the foundation needed for all future artistic work.

Detailed Schedule and Daily Breakdown

• Day 1: Pencil drawing techniques and drawing basic geometric shapes to understand fundamental proportions
• Day 2: Learning to see simple shapes within more complex objects; representing texture through shading; small object study, including drawings of coins, paint tubes, shells, and garlic
• Day 3: Continuing to identify simple shapes in complex forms; representing various textures; small object study focusing on glass bottles and objects made of metal
• Day 4: Drawing a complex monochromatic geometric shape, such as a plaster column or rosette; learning composition, perspective, and setting up values
• Day 5: Continuing the complex monochromatic geometric shape project, adding final accents and pulling the work together to finish the drawing
• Day 6: Drawing a landscape scene and representing various textures found in nature; starting the drawing composition
• Day 7: Continuing landscape work, representing various textures of nature, and finishing the drawing
• Day 8: Drawing folds and drapery using grey paper with white and black charcoal; starting the fold study
• Day 9: Continuing folds and drapery work on grey paper with charcoal; finishing the fold drawing study
• Day 10: Lecture on head anatomy, proportions, and facial features; sketching a basic plane head structure
• Day 11: Starting the final project: drawing of a plaster head; establishing proportions, composition, and structure; finalizing the outlines
• Day 12: Final project continuation; drawing of a plaster head and setting up values for shading
• Day 13: Final project conclusion; drawing of a plaster head and rendering all the details for completion