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HOW TO
GET BETTER AT
DRAWING
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DRAWING IS
one of the four fundamental pillars of visual arts. It can and must be studied as a
separate skill, complementary to the others.
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WHAT IS
DRAWING?

Drawing is the skill that

allows an artist to translate
the threedimentional world
we live in into a
twodimentional ilusion on
paper, screen or any 2d
surface. This course i about
01. 3d reality 02. 2d ilusion
revealing what are the core
fundamentals you need to It’s the world around us. We It’s a visual system that has
acquire to develop this skill. can interact with our been developed by humanity
environment moving in to simulate the outer world. It
space through each of its 3 is what we do when we draw.
dimensions.
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THE FIRST STEP

to learn to draw is to learn to simplify everything visually. This will make the process of drawing less
daunting and frightening and will allow you to draw even the most complex shapes.
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SIMPLICITY...
Simplicity is looking for the most simple posible shapes and forms and try to understand the world
through this lens. We could also call it minimalism… It’ s a key mindset to get better at drawing.
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FROM GENERAL TO SPECIFIC

Simplifying is a great way to handle complexity and learn an efficient creation process. For ages, this is how artists have worked:
they first define the general aspects of a painting or sculpture, and then go onto the details, working from the outside in.
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HOW TO
DRAW LIKE
PLAYING AN
INSTRUMENT
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THE MOST BASIC INGREDIENT

As a guitar player has to learn her music ranges, an visual artist has to be familiarized and practice his
own basic material: how to draw perfect lines, curves and basic shapes like circle and squares.
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EVERY DRAWING IS
made of thes basic ingredients. As complex as it may look, any dr awing is just an organized juxtaposition of straight
lines, curves and simple shapes that altogether create the illusion of something.
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THE MAGIC
ELEMENTS
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1. PROPORTIONS
Proportions is one of the two key elements of drawing. Understanding the proportions of an object
means observing and comparing several parts of it.
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1. PROPORTIONS
In order to observe and compare accurately, we use a measuring system based on the definition of a base unit. We can
then compare width, length, and different parts of an objects and draw the right length and width of any element.
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1. PROPORTIONS
To see how important proportion are, let’s observe how a subtle change in someone’s face, enlarging some parts and shrinking
others, would completely change the nature of the face and make the person unrecognizable.
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2. ANGLES
Angles are as important as proportions to define an object’s look and create a believable drawing.
Learning how to identify and reproduce them accurately is key for any visual artist.
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2. ANGLES
To see how important angles are, let’s observe how a subtle change in someone’s face, turning straights into
diagonals for examples, would completely change the nature of the face and make the person unrecognizable.
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Drawing is an elaborate technique

that we use to create the illusion of
our 3 dimensional reality on paper or
screen. In this unit, we have covered
the two most important elements of
this illusion: angles and proportions.
All the rest is technique...