Introduction to drawing
Ability: Suitable for all
The minimum time required to watch and respond to the video content and complete the tasks is 6 hours. The tutor also recommends how you can develop your work further so that you can continue to use the skills acquired on this course for future projects.
Access: Six months of online access to all of the course content.
Getting started
- Health & Safety, materials and equipment
Workshops
- Learning to see
- Drawing negative space
- Drawing cylindrical objects
- Exploring perspective
- Seeing the light – learning to draw tonally
- Drawing space and light
- Conclusion and further information and resources
- Access to our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) with course content
- A series of instructional videos to work through and repeat at your own pace
- Practical tasks to complete
- Helpful materials suppliers list
- Student online gallery where you can post images of your work for tutors to review and comment on
- Support from the college and tutors via email should you need it during the course
- Additional notes and ideas
You will need:
Equipment
- Plastic ruler
- Drawing board
- Soft synthetic brush
- Craft knife
- A drawing board
- Two plant labels and paper fastener
- A selection of still life objects
- Water pot
Optional
- Cutting mat
- Metal ruler
Materials
- Biro
- 2B pencil
- Willow charcoal
- Compressed charcoal
- 200grm acid free cartridge paper
- Masking tape
- Kitchen roll
- A4 piece of thin card
Optional
- Fixative