Understand zero-point perspective and orthographic views to improve your ability to draw in 3D.

Using a reference, I invent poses by changing the story, exaggerating movements, and exploring scenarios to push my creativity.

This gesture critique focuses on emphasizing rhythm, movement, and fluid connections rather than contour.

In this critique, I review your Value Composition Thumbnails project submissions and give advice on how they can be improved.

The first project of the Drawing Basics course is to challenge yourself to simplify the shapes, edges, and values of a pear or portrait from observation.

Learn how gesture creates movement, rhythm, and storytelling in art through studies of Rubens, Rodin, and modern character design.

Drawing is a visual language that can be learned just like any other language, and anyone can pick it up with the right guidance and practice.

Here’s a project to help you avoid chicken scratch. We’re going to simplify our drawings to C curves, S curves, and straight lines.

David reviews your pencilling submissions and gives feedback on improving composition, anatomy, and storytelling.

An overview of squinting and its benefit to drawing.

In this video, I’ll give you an in depth look at what you’ll learn in my Drawing Basics course.

Here is my step-by-step demo on how to properly execute the first assignment for level 1 students.

This lesson guides you through two methods for drawing one-point letters: precise illustration using a ruler and rapid freehand sketches.

Master the Tapered Stroke for confident line quality in your sketches! Learn how to construct complex shapes & add energy to your loose sketches.

A beginner's guide to sketchbooks and paper! Learn about paper types, texture, weight, archivability, and common pitfalls.

All the ways I sharpen pencils. Wooded and woodless graphite pencils, 2.0 and 5.6mm mechanical pencils, charcoal pencils, and eraser pencils!

There is an endless number of ways to use lines as an artist, so let's jump in and take a look at the basics.

For this project, we're going to design our line quality to be more interesting by practicing organizing the line weight.

This warmup is a fun way to help you practice drawing ellipses.