Student Gallery: Drawing Basics Track Prompts

Our free Drawing Basics Track helps students develop versatility in drawing by practicing everything from a two minute gesture drawing to drawings that take several hours to complete in a broad range of abstract and representational subjects.  


Animal Gesture Drawings

Complete six hours total of drawing of a range of different animals. Draw two, five, and ten minute animal figure drawings. Artworks by Johanna, Triplegem, BowsersCrissieB, Cynthia.


Chiaroscuro Self-Portrait, Process

Draw a self-portrait using a mirror, in any black and white medium. Set up so that your face has dramatic chiaroscuro lighting. Artwork by Cynthia.


Texture Drawings

Choose a man made object, or an object from nature that has visible texture. Create a drawing that emphasizes the texture. Artworks by Johanna, Triplegem, BowsersCrissieB, Cynthia.


Texture Drawing, Process

Choose a man made object, or an object from nature that has visible texture. Create a drawing that emphasizes the texture. Artworks by Johanna.


Chiaroscuro Self-Portrait, Process

Draw a self-portrait using a mirror, in any black and white medium. Set up so that your face has dramatic chiaroscuro lighting. Artwork by Bowsers.