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OK now for something completely different. Get your sketch book and materials and go outside. Go draw things lots of things. Draw trackers, dogs, cars, trees, buildings anything and everything. And try and remember what you have learned about shading. Also try quick drawings where … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 03 Shading – Exercise D
OK for this one we will go back to the Bargue Plates. This is plate 1-5 the first that includes much shading. You will do it site size mentioned in the previous lessons. Remember not to rush this exercise. Take your time I have seen … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 03 Shading – Exercise C
OK next you will be doing shading a sphere. Use my example image below for this project. Here is another more indepth way of looking at shading the sphere.
To start with lets do some a simple exercise on scales. You will need to be able to master your pencil enough so that you can make the different shades. And at this point it might help to get a set of pencils so that … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 03 Shading – Exercise A
This section will be on shading. And assuming you have done all of the work up to this point and really learned the lessons things will start to come together now. The shading you will be learning will let you really start to show form … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 03 Shading – Introduction
Next I want you to get back out the shapes from lesson 1. Arrange these shapes into a still life. And do a line drawing of them using your easel like the other exercises. Concentrate on accuracy and work on this until you feel comfortable … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 02 Perspective – Exercise E
And now do a 3 point perspective from memory. And for extra credit you can do a 4 point one also if you like.
OK now do a 2 point perspective drawing from memory of any subject you choose.
For this exercise I would like you to show what you have learned by doing a simple one point perspective drawing from memory of any subject you choose.
Welcome back. If you have done all of lesson 1 like its supposed to be done. Then spent time really studying and getting to understand perspective from the books then congratulations are in order. No really give your self a nice solid pat on the … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 02 Perspective – Exercise A
This one will be like E but with vertical lines. First we want to start with a good size sketch pad or paper on a normal easel at a slight angle. Then using arm motion only make long strait lines from one top to bottom … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 01 Drawing Part Exercise F
For exercise E we are going to do something a little different. First we want to start with a good size sketch pad or paper on a normal easel at a slight angle. Then using arm motion only make long strait lines from one side … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 01 Drawing Part Exercise E
For exercise D we will do it exactly the same as lesson 1 exercise B but with more objects. You will need a cylinder. Replace the cube in exercise B with this cylinder. Then draw it many times from many different angles. I have also … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 01 Drawing Part Exercise D
For exercise C we will be using the same sight-size method as a but with a new plate. You can download plate 2 here. Practice on this one exactly the same as exercise A until you get it right. Then move on to D. Coming … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 01 Drawing Part Exercise C
Well I have decided to humbly have a go at a free online art course. I will be using this blog to present each free art lesson. They will be added as I have a chance to do them but I hope to have them … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Introduction