The Drawing Basics Track is a great way to learn fundamental skills in drawing. You’ll develop versatility in drawing by practicing everything from a two minute gesture drawing to drawings that take several hours to complete! A broad range of subject matter is spread out in the track as well, providing opportunities to expand your visual vocabulary.
Pacing
We have suggested below a week by week schedule, but feel free to take more time and do the track at your own pace! Taking the time to process the content is important, and so we don’t advise putting pressure on yourself to finish the track quickly. Remember to have fun and enjoy the process of drawing and learning!
Ongoing Feedback in Discord
Join us in our Discord in the #artprof-tracks channel, where you can post images of your progress as you do the track. We will provide support and feedback, and answer your questions!
Finishing the track
When you finish the track, submit your work to us and you’ll receive:
- A hard copy certificate via snail mail.
- An Art Prof Share feature on live stream on YouTube.
- Your name + link listed here on this page.
Drawing Track Victors
Lisa H, @hillcountryanimation
Slideshow, Video feature
Neil Espinosa, @neil.f.espinosa
Slideshow, Video feature
Ongoing Assignment
Ideally, this ongoing assignment is to be done simultaneously with the weekly assignments. However, if your schedule doesn’t fit well with this, and you want to do the ongoing assignment at a separate time than the weekly assignments, our suggestion is to do the ongoing assignment for 3 weeks straight. The continuity is important so any time that you can draw daily for 3 weeks is great.
Prompt
Draw for at least ten minutes daily in your sketchbook. Draw anything you want!
Week 1
Prompt
Complete six hours total of drawing. Using a timer do two, five, and ten minute animal figure drawings.
Week 2
Prompt
Complete six hours total of drawing. Using a timer do two, five, and ten minute human figure drawings.
Week 3
Prompt
Draw a set of twelve diverse thumbnail sketches of “scenes” you observe in your living space.
Week 4
Prompt
Choose a manmade object, or an object from nature that has visible texture. Create a drawing that emphasizes the texture.
Week 5
Prompt
Draw a self-portrait using a mirror, in any black and white medium. Set up so that your face has dramatic chiaroscuro lighting.
Week 6
Prompt
Experiment with wet charcoal techniques, then create a drawing based on a landscape image from our reference photo collection on Flickr.
Finished?
- Submit your images + info via this upload form.
- You’ll receive a hard copy certificate from us via snail mail! (this includes international people)
- We will post your name + one link here on this page.
- Your work from the track will be featured in an Art Prof Share segment in one of our live streams on YouTube.
