https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Drawing-Masterclass-10-Projects-For-Better-Observation/580874594

This class is part of the whole Drawing Masterclass series, but can stand alone and help you with getting better observational skills.

Drawing is a complex skill and requires not just the ability of putting marks on the paper, but you need to be able to plan an art piece and observe. This class focuses on this last aspect.

Observational drawing is extremely important in getting better at drawing. After we master the technical part - so using a pencil, being able to draw lines, shapes and forms with beginner shading, we need to update our symbols sets we have in our brain and that we use for expression - by observing and drawing things from real life, we learn their characteristics and will be able to express ourselves better in our own creations.

These are the 10 projects:

1. Easy Drills - we will copy nonsense lines and shapes on a worksheet I created for you

2. Blind Drawing - we will observe an object and draw its contour lines without looking at your paper.

3. Quick sketches - we will draw 10 images in a 1 minute timeframe to get the most important proportions, angles, lines and the character of the image.

4. Contour Lines - we will observe a real object - your shoe

5. Upside Down - we will draw 2 images upside down

Coffee Break - we will discuss the benefits of doing art

6. Shapes of the Shadows - we will observe 10 images and find the shapes of the shadows in them

7. Copy Draw - we will draw and shade a real object in real proportions - a spoon.

8. Basic Geometric Shapes in Complex Forms - we will observe 10 images and find compositions of basic geometric shapes that build up complex forms

9. Morphing - we will copy the found basic geometric shape compositions and morph them to appropriate outlines

10. The Grid Method - we will draw and shade a sculpture using the grid method