You will learn the fundamentals needed to progress. You will see:

the basic gestures: how to use the right materials without overspending, hold your pencil correctly and draw clean lines, break down any subject into simple shapes, create accurate contours, understand how light and shadow work before achieving high-quality shading, and obtain good proportions using different techniques

practical exercises: you will complete various exercises to develop your artist’s eye

you will put these fundamentals into practice by creating several final artworks: a classical still life composition, a drapery study, a sketch of two pears, and drawings of a rose and a hamburger

This drawing course guides you step by step through the creation of several complete portraits, from the initial setup to the final touches.

You will create:

• the complete portrait of a man from the front
• the complete portrait of a woman from the front
• drawings of the eye from the front, profile, three-quarter view, and closed
• drawings of mouths: closed, wide open, and smiling
• drawings of the nose from the front, profile, three-quarter view, and twisted
• drawings of the ear from the front or profile
• drawings of different types of hair: long and straight, wavy, very short, buzz cut
• a study of facial proportions using the Loomis method
   
•  drawing of the eye of an elderly person
   
• a portrait of a person with dark skin

This animal drawing course guides you through the representation of many species while working on variety in shape, volume, and texture. You will:

• learn to draw any animal using simple shapes
   
• learn to create realistic shading with the study of a rhinoceros
   
• learn to draw different textures: cat fur, snake scales, giraffe spots, the wrinkled skin of an elephant, sheep wool, rooster feathers
   
• complete a full drawing of a seated dog
   
• complete the drawing of a majestic horse
   
• create the full drawing of a powerful eagle
   
• draw a bear
   
• apply the grid method with the drawing of a labrador
   
• work on long fur and stripes with the drawing of a tiger

 In this drawing course, you will learn the basic perspective techniques as well as more advanced methods. Here is what you will learn:

• the importance of the horizon line
• one-point perspective
• two-point perspective
• three-point perspective
• dividing and multiplying in perspective
• creating rounded forms in perspective (ellipses, arches, cylindrical towers, dividing an ellipse, etc.)
• mastering proportions in perspective using grids, scaling, the Brewer technique, and creating perfect cubes and squares in perspective
• mastering slopes in perspective (roofs, streets going up or down, staircases, etc.)
  
• creating complex shapes in perspective and cutting volumes
• mastering cast shadows and being able to create them accurately
• atmospheric perspective
• five-point perspective
• putting it all into practice with final projects: a city in one-point perspective, another in two-point perspective, a house, an interior space, a car, everyday objects

 This drawing course guides you step by step through the creation of the human body, from initial construction to the final touches.

You will complete:

• work on the human body using simple shapes
   
• a study of human body proportions
   
• specific work on drawing the hand
   
• specific work on drawing the back
   
• specific work on drawing the chest
   
• the drawing of a nude woman seen from the back
   
• the drawing of Michelangelo’s David statue