The Complete Beginners Drawing and Shading Course

The Complete Beginners Drawing and Shading Course, available at $79.99, has an average rating of 4.68, with 97 lectures, based on 1902 reviews, and has 9772 subscribers.

You will learn about Use basic shapes to easily construct drawings and outlines Develop a real understanding of light and shade Gain mastery of shading techniques to create the illusion of depth and form Create drawings in one-point, two-point and three point perspective Create a realistic drawing using just six pencil techniques Understand the basics of portraiture by creating a child portrait This course is ideal for individuals who are Complete beginners or Students with some experience (but who need fundamental drawing skills to progress) or Hobby Artists or Students setting out on the journey to becoming an artist, illustrator or designer or Crafters who want to go beyond pre-made designs or Adults and Children (10+) It is particularly useful for Complete beginners or Students with some experience (but who need fundamental drawing skills to progress) or Hobby Artists or Students setting out on the journey to becoming an artist, illustrator or designer or Crafters who want to go beyond pre-made designs or Adults and Children (10+).

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Summary

Title: The Complete Beginners Drawing and Shading Course

Price: $79.99

Average Rating: 4.68

Number of Lectures: 97

Number of Published Lectures: 97

Number of Curriculum Items: 97

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 97

Original Price: $89.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Use basic shapes to easily construct drawings and outlines
Develop a real understanding of light and shade
Gain mastery of shading techniques to create the illusion of depth and form
Create drawings in one-point, two-point and three point perspective
Create a realistic drawing using just six pencil techniques
Understand the basics of portraiture by creating a child portrait

Who Should Attend

Complete beginners
Students with some experience (but who need fundamental drawing skills to progress)
Hobby Artists
Students setting out on the journey to becoming an artist, illustrator or designer
Crafters who want to go beyond pre-made designs
Adults and Children (10+)

Target Audiences

Complete beginners
Students with some experience (but who need fundamental drawing skills to progress)
Hobby Artists
Students setting out on the journey to becoming an artist, illustrator or designer
Crafters who want to go beyond pre-made designs
Adults and Children (10+)

Have you always wanted to learn to draw?
Have you struggled to take your drawing skills to the next level?

You’re in exactly the right place. This course is for beginners and will take you to an advanced level. It’s also for those who want to gain confidence with the fundamentals.

I start you off nice and easy – Basic shapes and construction drawing

Master these and you’ll feel your confidence growing already. Lots of fun introductory projects like ‘Peppie the Pup’ build your skills step-by-step.

Then move to intermediate then advanced. Wow! It looks so realistic! – Shading and Form

Those skills you’ve admired in other artists for so long can be your skills too. Projects like ‘The Shoe Well Travelled’ will challenge you (but you are up to the task!) Your drawing will almost ‘pop’ off the page, amazing yourself and those around you.

One of the most admirable skills in art – Portraiture

Capturing a likeness is one of the most admirable skills in art. It’s so satisfying.Render individual facial features and create a wonderful child portrait.

The Foundation to drawing most things – Perspective and Proportion

How can you represent the three-dimensional world on a flat piece of paper? How do things we see change as they get closer, further away or turn towards us? These questions are all answered with perspective. Your eyes are now open to a whole new way of seeing and drawing.

Plus an extra bonus…
My fun, quick and easy approach to drawing people and cute characters using construction drawing.

This is the beginner to advanced drawing course you’ve been looking for…

Even if you think you’re not naturally talented my super easy methods and in-depth explanations will set you on the path from your first pencil lines into creating professional grade artworks.

I’ve been teaching beginner artists for over 30 years. I know exactly what you need to get started the right way, and I’ve jam packed it into this course.

Plus, if you have any questions at all throughout your drawing journey, just ask. I’m right here for you.

With more than 9000 students enrolled the written reviews tell you all you need to know

“I am really enjoying this course. The explanations are brilliant and there is so much material (among videos, documents and exercises) to explore! However what I love most is the possibility to be part of the course related FB group. That is amazing indeed!! Cindy does give a lot of feedbacks and all the members and the administrators are great!!” –Giorgio

“I’m learning things that seem so simple but have increased my artistic ability ten fold” – Gideon Swanson

“I learned a lot right from the beginning… I always wanted to draw and this lady is bang on.” – Elizabeth Brown

“The step by step instruction is so in-depth, easy to follow and produces real results. Cindy and Tannis as well as the online facebook support group that goes with the course provides an extra dimension of responsive and kindly criticism and loads of support.”– Helen Hanby

“Cindy Wider is a beyond amazing teacher! She constantly interacts with her students and gives lots of encouraging comments, helpful tips to make sure everyone gets the help they need… You’ll never feel alone and got lost in the path of being a better artist!” – Zehra Eylem Kazgöz

“Great match for me – and the FB group discussion and feedback has been super wonderful, too!” – Ann Petrochko

” I love that she’s so thorough with the basics and love her accent too.” – Rebecca Douglass

“Clear and appropriate for beginners… I have noticed that she is very active and helpful in the facebook drawing community… Impressed with everything so far.” – Shak Man

” Cindy is very engaged with her students and is always very kind, supportive and encouraging!” – Patricia Gliniecki

“Great to have a course that starts off with the foundations and then builds upon them.” – Andrew Bensch

“This course is perfect for complete beginners.” – Lindsay Ferrara

My students say we have “the best Facebook group on the internet!”

When you enroll in this course you can join my Facebook group “Cindy Wider’s Beginner Drawing Family”. It really is the most supportive and friendly community you’ll find anywhere. My students call themselves ‘DrawPj’ers” (after my website). DrawPj stands for Draw in your Pj’s – the little blocks of time. Don’t wait until you retire to claim your talent for drawing.

It’s family friendly place where you can ask questions and request feedback from the community. When you’re feeling confident you can share what you’ve learned with others taking the same exciting journey.

I’ll be there too with my team too. I look forward to meeting you and seeing all the wonderful things you create.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Essential Skills – Just Pick Up Your Pencil!

Lecture 1: Essential Skills Introduction

Lecture 2: Cindy Wider's Beginner Artist Community Facebook Group

Lecture 3: Sketching

Lecture 4: Halving Lines

Lecture 5: Angles

Lecture 6: Introduction to Basic Shapes

Lecture 7: Drawing Rectangles

Lecture 8: Drawing Triangles

Lecture 9: Drawing Circles

Lecture 10: Drawing Ellipses

Lecture 11: Drawing Bell Shapes

Lecture 12: Essential Skills Summary

Chapter 2: Essential Skills – Projects

Lecture 1: Introductions to Projects

Lecture 2: Peppie the Pup: Downloadable Course Books

Lecture 3: Peppie the Pup – Part A: Construction Drawing

Lecture 4: Peppie the Pup – Part B: Outline Drawing

Lecture 5: Tallulah Ted: Downloadable Course Books

Lecture 6: Tallulah Ted: Part A: Construction Drawing

Lecture 7: Tallulah Ted: Part B: Outline Drawing

Chapter 3: Essential Skills – Bonus downloadable projects

Lecture 1: Learn to See Shapes in Objects

Lecture 2: Simple Man-made Objects

Lecture 3: Marmalade the Rabbit Project

Lecture 4: Oscar the Cat Project

Lecture 5: Cyril the Squirrel Project

Lecture 6: Cuddly Cat Bobby Project

Chapter 4: Pencil Techniques – 'Six Pencil Techniques'

Lecture 1: Get started with Six Pencil Techniques

Lecture 2: Drawing supplies required for all sections of the course which follow

Lecture 3: Introduction and Smooth Shading Technique

Lecture 4: Broad Stroke Technique

Lecture 5: Chisel Point Technique

Lecture 6: Fine Lines Technique

Lecture 7: Hatching Technique

Lecture 8: Cross Hatching Technique

Lecture 9: Erasing Techniques

Lecture 10: Six Pencil Techniques Summary

Chapter 5: Pencil Techniques – Major Project: The Old Hay Shed

Lecture 1: Introduction and Project Resources

Lecture 2: Introduction and the Graphite Transfer Method

Lecture 3: Pencil Stroke Placement and Shadow Areas

Lecture 4: Trees and Leaves

Lecture 5: Background Elements

Lecture 6: The Roof Area

Lecture 7: Completing the Foreground

Chapter 6: Pencil Techniques – Bonus downloadable projects

Lecture 1: Tulips in a Tub Project

Lecture 2: Giant Cherry Cupcake Project

Lecture 3: Happy Campers Project

Lecture 4: Shining Lighthouse Project

Chapter 7: Shading – 'Three Ways to Shade'

Lecture 1: Three Ways to Shade Introduction

Lecture 2: Create a Value Scale

Lecture 3: Gradation

Lecture 4: Soft Edge

Lecture 5: Hard Edge

Lecture 6: Three Ways to Shade Summary

Chapter 8: Shading – 'The Theory of Light and Shade'

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Theory of Light and Shade (plus resources)

Lecture 2: Shade a Cube

Lecture 3: Shade a Sphere

Lecture 4: Shade a Cone

Lecture 5: Shade a Cylinder

Lecture 6: Theory of Light and Shade Summary

Chapter 9: Shading – Bonus downloadable projects

Lecture 1: Bob the Boat Project

Lecture 2: Puddles the Boot Project

Lecture 3: Frangipani Dreams Project

Lecture 4: The Holiday Project

Chapter 10: Shading – Major Project: Silver Kettle

Lecture 1: Silver Kettle Introduction and Project Resources

Lecture 2: Silver Kettle Tutorial

Lecture 3: Silver Kettle Speed Drawing

Chapter 11: Shading – Major Project: A Shoe Well Travelled

Lecture 1: 'A Shoe Well Travelled': Introduction and Resources

Lecture 2: Part a: Introduction, first layer and sole stitching

Lecture 3: Part b: Impressing technique in shoe folds

Lecture 4: Part c: Laces and leather stitching

Lecture 5: Part d: Rubber sole and summary

Chapter 12: Portraiture

Lecture 1: Facial Features Introduction and Resources

Lecture 2: Shaded Drawing of the Human Eye (intro and tutorial)

Lecture 3: Shaded Drawing of the Human Eye (speed drawing)

Lecture 4: Shaded Drawing of the Human Nose (tutorial)

Lecture 5: Shaded Drawing of the Human Nose (speed drawing)

Lecture 6: Shaded Drawing of Human Lips (tutorial)

Lecture 7: Shaded Drawing of Human Lips (speed drawing)

Lecture 8: Shaded Drawing of the Human Ear (tutorial)

Lecture 9: Shaded Drawing of the Human Ear (speed drawing)

Lecture 10: Mark the Positions of the Individual Features on a Face

Chapter 13: Portraiture – Major Project: Isha (Child Portrait)

Lecture 1: Child Portrait – Introduction and resources

Lecture 2: Portrait of Isha part a – construction drawing and outline

Lecture 3: Portrait of Isha part b – hair

Lecture 4: Portrait of Isha part c – face and jumper

Lecture 5: Portrait of Isha (speed drawing)

Chapter 14: Perspective + Bonus downloadable project

Lecture 1: Introduction to Perspective

Instructors

Cindy Wider
Artist, Author, Illustrator and Co-Founder of DrawPj.com

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 29 votes
2 stars: 23 votes
3 stars: 198 votes
4 stars: 525 votes
5 stars: 1127 votes

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