Level Up Your Drawing: Unlock Your Skills with the Foundation Lines Method
Improve your drawing skills! Learn techniques to overcome artistic blocks and create more impressive artwork. Perfect for aspiring artists.
Course Content
Level Up Your Drawing: Unlock Your Skills with the Foundation Lines Method is a beginner-level Skillshare course taught by Ben Crothers. It runs 58m, is taught in English, and includes a certificate of completion. Learners rate it 4.4 out of 5 from 10 reviews, with 479 students enrolled. It is a paid course, first published February 2022.
Unlock Your Drawing Potential: Master Foundation Lines for Confident Art
Feeling stuck in your drawing journey? Wish you could effortlessly capture what you see? This course reveals a powerful drawing technique – foundation lines (also known as construction lines) – that will transform your art. Learn how to use this simple yet effective method to improve your observation skills and draw anything with greater confidence.
What You'll Discover:
- Enhanced Observation: Learn to see "inside-out" – a technique that unlocks better drawing and boosts confidence.
- Layering Techniques: Master layering to build up your drawings with progressive lines and shapes.
- Analog & Digital Application: Apply foundation lines to both traditional sketching and digital drawing.
- Memory Drawing Mastery: Draw from memory faster and more accurately, for any purpose!
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for a wide range of creatives:
- Designers: Quickly and clearly communicate ideas using simple drawings like journey maps and storyboards.
- Researchers & Analysts: Visualize data and concepts with ease.
- Facilitators, Agile Coaches & Project Managers: Capture conversations and ideas on the fly with quick sketches.
- Graphic Recorders & Sketchnoters: Elevate your rapid drawing skills and explore your unique style.
- Drawing Hobbyists: Achieve greater satisfaction and pride in your artwork.
What You'll Need:
- A sketchbook or plain paper
- Pencil and black marker (minimum)
- Colored pencils or markers (Copic, Tombow recommended for digital)
- Digital Drawing: A tablet and a drawing app that supports layering (Concepts, Procreate, Adobe Fresco, Autodesk Sketchbook, ArtStudio, Artflow).
Perfect for All Levels:
Whether you're a beginner looking to build confidence or an experienced artist seeking a new approach, this course is for you. You'll gain the ability to draw anything, anywhere – a true creative superpower!
Visual Inspiration:
- Lesson 3: Horse - Unknown Girl on bike with training wheels
- Concept car - Kyle Houchens (Mcneel & Asst)
- Motorbike - Unkown
- Book of product sketches - Product Sketches from Rough to Refined by Andres Parada, BIS Publishers 2013
- Lessons 4 & 5: Flamingo - Alejandro Contreras via Unsplash
- Lesson 9: Figures sketches by Aras Jamal via artstation.com
- Product design sketches by Anaïs Bourcier via behance.net
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