Learn to Draw! Step-by-Step Beginner Drawing Lesson

Using Charcoal Media - Better Than Pencil!

Created by: Renee Sundaram
Artist and Instructor

What Will I Learn?

• The basics of drawing and a proven strategy for beginners.
• You will learn a better tool than pencil. For higher contrast, we’ll use charcoal media.
• How to give your drawing a spontaneous and impressionist feeling.
• How to draw the basic shapes of both landscape and architecture.
• How to give your drawing depth and dimension.
• How to analyze and interpret a composition in terms of dark and light values.
• Which tools to use to get dark values, light values, and everything in between.
• You will learn practical steps to apply what you’ve learned to your own compositions.

Requirements

• No previous drawing experience is necessary!
• This course is for absolute beginners and intermediate level artists seeking to improve their drawing skills.

Target audience

• Anyone wanting to learn to draw. Recommended for adults and advanced teens.
• Any artist new to charcoal media.
• Painters. Drawing is fundamental to painting, sculpting and many other art forms.
• Anyone interested in seriously pursuing art. Although this course is designed for absolute beginners, THE ART SCHOOL 101 series is designed to teach you basic and advanced techniques to express yourself through drawing.