Introduction to Sketching

Here is a short description for every single class:

Session 1: Getting Started: Basic Drawing Techniques & Tools

Aside from covering plenty of sketching supplies, Pedro will teach you about the different lines you can create with a simple pen and what you can use them for.

Session 2: Learn to See: Blind Sketching with Eyes Wide Open

Change the way you look at your subject by practising blind-contour drawing. At the end of this lesson, you will be able to confidently sketch an object in continuous lines without looking at the paper.

Session 3: Volume, Textures, and Shadows

Visualise volume, texture and shadow through hatching, cross-hatching and curved textures. Then, translate that tridimensional information to the flat surface of the paper. At the end of this lesson, you will be able to perceive and represent a shaded surface, a projected shadow and a curved surface, and decide where the shadow ends and the light begins.

Session 4: Shapes: Perspective and Facing the Blank Page

Learn how to measure your subject, imply perspective, and better understand what to leave out. At the end of today's lesson, you will be able to sketch an actual urban scene… easily.

Session 5: Focus Your Sketch (and Your Story)

Learn the power of filtering elements, negative space and connections. At the end of this lesson, you will be able to decide the story you want to tell with your sketch and focus your time and energy to better convey that story. As a result, your sketches will be clearer, more engaging, and meaningful.

Session 6: Composition 101: Getting Fancy With Your Page

Learn 5 simple composition tricks that will boost your art and help you decide what to sketch, where to sketch, and what to include and exclude in your composition - and how to be efficient about it. At the end of this class, you will know how to make all the elements in your sketch work.

You can do the whole course with these:

1. Loose sheets of paper or a sketchpad

2. A simple rollerball pen

However, we highly encourage you to check the complete list of all the supplies used in this PDF.

Subscribe to Etchr Studio on TouchTown:

$100 per Month

$900 per Year 

For the month of May, use code LTDTIME400 to get $400 Off on Annual Subscription

Yes, if you subscribe to Etchr Studio on TouchTown, you can access all 6 classes of the series. In addition to this, you can also access other courses like Introduction to Watercolour and Introduction to Ink

Etchr Studio offers around 60 hours of Art classes on TouchTown.

However, the entire catalog of over 450 hours of Art instruction can also be accessed via etchrstudio.com.

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