Draw Fu Guide to Sketching And Gesture Foundations

August 12, 2023 in Lvl 2

The Problem With Starting A Drawing

The moment you start drawing, you mess up and you erase.  Then you try again, only to mess up again and erase.  Doing this a few more times and you give up.

Why can't you draw well?!

If this sounds like you, I can tell you right away, your whole mindset is wrong.  You may have seen someone online start with an eyeball or start in a corner of a page with a marker and draw something incredible, but people like that are outliers.

They don't draw like most professionals do.

Drawing Like A Master

You, me and many of the great masters have to "build" to a beautiful final drawing.  You do this by sketching.  Sketching is everything. 

It's the foundation of all the drawing you will do everytime you draw.

Sketching tells you:

  • How much space on your paper you'll take up.
  • Where to start drawing.
  • What you'll be drawing.
  • Where you're headed with your drawing.
  • What outside information, if any, you will need to finish your drawing.

It's the foundational blueprint of anything you want to draw.  It's perhaps the most important step in a drawing. 

How Is It Done?

This is what this lesson is all about. In this lesson we'll tackle:

  • How to tackle a blank page.
  • What to sketch with as a beginner.
  • Four different types of mark making.
  • How to sketch objects, landscapes and people from life.
  • How to sketch objects, landscapes and people from imagination.

Here's a preview of the first two videos:

If this sounds like the very thing you need, click the link below to learn everything you need to know about this vitally important, foundation drawing discipline.

https://the-drawing-website.teachable.com/p/draw-fu-guide-to-sketching-and-gesture-foundations

See you there!