Discover how to accurately measure and divide foreshortened planes in perspective. These diagonal tricks will help you calculate exact proportions.

I'll show you how history and culture shaped the famous figures of American illustration. Knowing the story behind these shapes will enrich your art.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Before we start, let's go over tools. I've included an extensive materials shopping list of paper, pencils, markers, erasers, and sharpeners.

I'll show you how to draw drapery that reveals the solid form underneath. We will focus on wrapping your folds around the underlying mannequin.

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.

In this project, we'll start learning how to sketch using simple loose lines.

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

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

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

In this lesson, we’ll learn about the importance of line weight when creating engaging and interesting art.

Master line quality with 6 key habits: avoid common mistakes, find a comfortable speed, follow-through, ghosting, rotate the paper, and use simple strokes.

A beginner's guide to pencils and erasers! A breakdown of the many different pencil and eraser options out there.

Learn about shape language, using simple shapes to design and construct, and adding complexity to your simple shapes.