Welcome to the “Masterclass of Drawing: Figure Anatomy, Characters & Animals” course! This comprehensive course is designed to guide you on an in-depth journey of learning the essential skills and techniques required to start drawing. From the use of different tools and materials, to animal drawing, character drawing, observation, simplifying, exaggeration, figurative drawing and creating different styles and original scenes, you will be exposed to a wide range of topics that will help you develop your drawing skills. You will be provided clear and simple explanations, and step-by-step instructions that will make it easy for you to understand and apply the concepts taught in this course. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist looking to improve your skills, this course has something for everyone.
Using simple tools and techniques, you will learn a range of topics including:
- The use of different tools and materials such as pastels, pencils, markers, fineliner, and the proper ways of using them to achieve the best results.
- Character drawing, including creating different types of characters and using exaggeration to bring them to life.
- Observation, including how to observe your subject and simplify it to create characters.
- Simplifying, including techniques for simplifying your subjects to create strong and expressive characters.
- Figurative drawing, including human sketching and figure drawing and how to perceive, simplify and transform what you see on your piece of paper.
- Creating different styles and original scenes, including how to exaggerate and create a scene and tell a story.
Each section of the course includes carefully designed assignments to help you master the techniques and practice the points being taught. We will begin by introducing you to the different tools and materials that can be used on this journey, and the proper ways of using them to achieve the best results.
Observation is an important step in creating characters, and we will teach you how to observe your subject, as this is the first step in simplifying subjects and turning them into characters. To help you do this accurately, we will start by introducing different forms and shapes, first in 2D and then showing you how they turn 3D.
The next step is to delve into the world of animal drawing. Sketching and drawing animals in different positions is a great way to practise and improve your overall drawing skills. You will learn how to add the touch of exaggeration, which is essential for creating dynamic and expressive characters. The use of exaggeration can help to bring out the unique characteristics of the animal and make them more visually interesting.
