tags: #publish links: [[Graphic Design Resources]] created: 2022-05-10 Tue --- # Learn to Draw tutorials [[Iterative Drawing]] [[Draw-A-Box]] ## TODO **Presto Sketching** http://prestosketching.com/blog/learn/ **ArtWOD beginners class and fortnightly exercises** (15€/month) ) https://artwod.com **PROKO** (Stan Prokopenko) anatomy and figures courses: https://www.proko.com/course/figure-drawing-fundamentals/overview?af=114 and many more courses review: https://conceptartempire.com/proko-human-anatomy-course-review/ **Paintable** **New Masters Academy** https://nma.art/learn (sponsors Draw-A-Box) Misc resources: https://conceptartempire.com/ Anatomy books: https://conceptartempire.com/best-human-anatomy-books/ **More books and classes** https://artwod.com/recommended-resources-material/ ## Concepts App - Learn to Draw series ### 1 - Getting Started https://youtu.be/TOZxfVp_fSc https://concepts.app/en/learntodraw/learn-to-draw-part-1/ *Warmup* for a few minutes, practice them daily, will help line/confidence/intuitiveness Circles, elipses, lines, curves, shading lines *Kinetic*: Keep arm moving, practise the motion then hit the surface; move whole arm from shoulder not just wrist/fingers, gives more looseness / confidence **Warmups Concept template** https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1DcTb5Fcoq3GOi3oEe4mIzLxLHQfpG_bX ### 2 - Proportions & Reference https://youtu.be/d12N_zVtLrs https://concepts.app/en/learntodraw/learn-to-draw-part-2/ **Some reference photos to practice with** https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1K9SiVdT-xo23HfDzQx5gTi4O0LVfIjpO ### 3 - Basics of Perspective https://youtu.be/jCOb5a3Q7Jk TODO ### 4 - Lines = Form https://youtu.be/m2xT6fWBdzE TODO ### 5 - Light & Shadow https://youtu.be/diYiuWnr6lA TODO ## 6 Steps to using structure From **Antonio Stappaerts** on **Proko**: https://youtu.be/6T_-DiAzYBc also has training site https://artwod.com 1. Structuralisation - drawing 3D simple shapes, blocks 2. Manipulation - learn how to stretch, squish, perspectivise, contort those blocks - and combinations of them - *this is key to practice a lot*. Could apply [[Iterative Drawing]] here 3. Observation - represent an observed thing with the above - practise observing other work and the structures that make it up (need not be your focus subject area, look at lots) 4. Education - get deep in your focus area, e.g. figures, creatures, anatomy, machines, whatever 5. Imitation - of artists you like or find interesting - of styles, examples 6. Imagination - learn to make simple shapes look interesting first, before going for more complex things Meta: also have structure in your training and learning approach :) ## Other random tips > Thinking about stuff is not doing stuff. Action comes before motivation > At first just draw a lot, draw the same thing every day (and worry about the rest later) > *YouTube [comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6NsEDwHHiE&lc=UgwqyJvf01njY1XxTzF4AaABAg):* My drawing skill and handwriting skill improved drastically once I started imagining the starting point and stopping point of each line just before I drew the line. Imagine the line, see it in your mind, then draw it onto the paper. With practice, you can do it very quickly and deliberately. No sketchy hash marks, ever.