WEEK BY WEEK OUTLINE

Week 1 - Sketching & Drawing Introduction

The first week is about getting our bearings. We are going to get into an overvi
ew of what makes good drawing.
Demos:
Intro to the course.
Creating an Influence Map.
Keeping a sketchbook.
What makes good drawing.
Choosing a good drawing system and set of tools.
Using your tools.
Assignment
Assignment
1. Complete an Influence Map of your Drawing Heroes and Influences
2. Get started on your sketchbook. Fill up 10 pages this week and post the resul
ts.
Week 2 - Technical Drawing: Part 1
This week we are going to get stuck into the practical side of drawing. We will
also refresh or introduce as many of the basic cornerstones of drawing as possib
le.
Demos
What is Technical Drawing.
Perspective.
Form Drawing.
Elipses.
Curves.
Anatomy.
Proportion.
Visual Library.
Drawing a simple Scene Demo.
Assignment
Create a simple scene. We are going to get a ground plane, two characters pl
us an object into a scene and make sure everything works.

Week 3 - Technical Drawing: Part 2

This week we are going to build on the lessons from last week and take our assig
nment to the next level. One of the hardest challenges in drawing is completing
an entire scene and making sure everything feels like it should.
Going through this process is one of the best ways to understand why the basic t
echnical aspects of drawing are so important. And it will give you a chance to i
mmediately put those concepts into practice.
Demos
Drawing scenes and environments.
Thumbnailing and Composition.
Breaking down any object into simple shapes to aid construction and planning.
How to lay out and measure complex scenes.
How to plan from sketch through to finished drawing.
Assignment
1. Draw out a scene involving multiple objects and characters.
Week 4 - Form
Ok lets unpack one of the most important aspects of drawing: Form.
In order to represent what our eyes see we need to trick a viewer into thinking
our two dimensional drawing is three dimensional. Even in the most stylised appr
oaches form plays an important role.
Demos
Form Drawing.
Rendering Basic Geometric shapes.
Sketching with Form.
Assignment
1. Practice drawing with as much form as possible from a list of subjects. (Refe
rence provided).
Week 5 - Anatomy
Not only is anatomy a vital skill for an artist. Its also a great way to practice
your drawing. This week we are going to cover as much as possible.
Demos
How to develop your Anatomy skills.
Proportion.
Gesture and Mannequins.

 Rhythms of the figure.

Basic Musculature.
Putting it together.
Assignment
1. Gesture Studies 2 pages.
2. Anatomy proportion study 1 page.
3. Muscle group studies 5 pages.
4. Finished rendering of a figure 1 page.
There will be a live webinar Q&A session this week were we can discuss any persi
stent questions, and talk about your progress through the course so far.
Week 6 - Visual Library
If you dont know what you are drawing, there is little hope you will be able to d
raw it well.
One of the most common issues
owledge of the world is often
draw well we must understand
ing is often directly related

that comes up when we start to draw is that our kn

heavily skewed in one direction or another. But to
completely our subject. Our ability to draw someth
to how well we know it.

In order to expand our ability to sketch and draw freely we must have a basic un
derstanding of the world and how it works. This is where our visual library come
s in. How do we expand the library? Pretty simple, we do a whole lot of drawings
...
Demos
Visual Library and Design Language.
Example of Costume Development.
Example of Animal Costume Development.
Example of Architecture Development.
Example of Environment Development.
Example of Object Development.
Assignment
Sketchbook session!
1. Draw at least a page on each of the topics.
2. A 10 page session on one of your choosing.
Week 7 - Finished Drawing
This week we are going to draw something as finished and final as possible.

Demos
Creating a final polished drawing.
Assignment
1. Take the lessons we have covered over the last 6 weeks and tackle a drawing o
f your choosing. Take it as far as you can in terms of finish and polish.
Week 8 - Feedback and Wrap Up
In this final week we are going to have a webinar Q&A and Ill critique your final
drawing from week 7.
Demos
Taking your skills further.
Course wrap up.
There will be a live webinar Q&A session this final week were we can discuss any
final questions and talk about what to focus on going forward.