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Yes. I can without reservation, recommend Brent Eviston's "art and science of drawing" series. Best taken via skillshare (grab a discount code from some YouTube
by nstart 2y ago
Yes. I can without reservation, recommend Brent Eviston's "art and science of drawing" series. Best taken via skillshare (grab a discount code from some YouTuber if you are trying it for the first time) . I didn't take his drawing laboratory series since it hadn't been released at the time. That said, just follow his courses in order:
- Basic Skills / Getting Started with Drawing
- Dynamic Mark Making / Drawing with Expression & Creativity
- Form & Space / 3D Drawing & Perspective
- Measuring & Proportion / Drawing with Accuracy & Precision
- Contours / Drawing with Compelling Contours & Foreshortening
At this point, I recommend picking up drawabox.com as well to engage with practice a little differently. It draws from a school of thought that is present in the book "How to Draw" by Scott Robertson. That book is a little more advanced and I'd recommend it only if you are deep enough into understanding drawabox.com (PS: recommend trying but then moving on from the texturing chapter if it feels too hard to understand. It sticks out like a sore thumb because it requires understanding of light tbh. Texture doesn't just exist. We perceive most of it because of light and shadow)
Brent's work continues though while you do drawabox:
- Shading Fundamentals / Drawing with Dramatic Light and Shadow
- Shading Beyond the Basics / Shade Any Subject No Matter How Complex
Once you are done with this, it really depends on where you want to go. You should be far along in drawabox where you doing constructional drawing. This is actually a good point to see if you can also do the texture challenge.
At this point you can decide on your thing. Maybe drawing figures is your thing (Again, Brent's art and science of figure drawing is the best resource out there). Maybe only a bit. Maybe you want to paint digitally? Meds map by Ahmed Aldoori is the best resource there is. If you manage to finish that, anything from Marco Bucci on skillshare is brilliant. If you have more specific desires on physical mediums, check out proko, but also double check the courses since some of the instructors sell the courses on proko at higher prices than they do on udemy or gumroad. If you don't care for the community aspect of proko, you can buy it cheaper sometimes from elsewhere. Lastly, on anything related to animals, Aaron Blaise's creatureartteacher website is a gold mine. Wait for sales though since you can get an all access pass for a huge discount during those times.
Good luck! Feel free to mail me if you want to discuss more :)