Free online courseArt Fundamentals

Duration of the online course: 13 hours and 16 minutes

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Master the essentials of drawing and painting with Art Fundamentals. Learn basic forms, shading, construction methods, and more to elevate your art skills online.

Course Description

Welcome to "Art Fundamentals," a comprehensive course designed to ground you in the essentials of drawing and painting. Spanning over 13 hours and 16 minutes, this course belongs to the Design and Art category, specifically focusing on Drawing and Painting.

Whether you're a complete beginner or an amateur artist looking to refine your skills, this course is perfect for you. The journey starts with getting acquainted with your three best friends in the art world: the cube, the sphere, and the cylinder. These basic forms are indispensable tools that will guide you through understanding more complex shapes and structures.

Next, you will dive into sketchbook techniques that help solidify your conceptual understanding of spatial direction and basic form sketching. Early on, you’ll learn how to draw anything by breaking it down into basic shapes. Through narrated step-by-step instructions, you'll gain confidence and proficiency.

The course places a significant emphasis on various cylinder positions, presenting these concepts in a way that is easily understandable and directly applicable to your art practice. You will advance through foundational drawing techniques covering line, shape, and form, with special tutorials such as "Straights Against Curves" and "How to Shade Basic Forms" using a pencil.

As you grow more comfortable with the basics, the course steps up to more nuanced subjects like using primitive shapes to draw products, creating appealing designs, and simplifying complex shapes. You will also explore how light and tone influence form, helping you draw and paint with a lightsource in mind. Through live demonstrations and critiques, you learn to bring depth and realism to your work.

The importance of construction in drawing is another key element discussed extensively. You'll cover various construction methods, foreshortening techniques, and linear perspective, which are crucial for drawing more dynamic and three-dimensional forms. Special segments focus on critical areas like shading mistakes to avoid and fine art tips that enhance your shading skills.

By the time you complete this course, you should be equipped with a robust foundation in drawing and painting fundamentals. Although the course hasn't received reviews yet, its detailed and well-structured content promises to deliver substantial value to every aspiring artist. Dive in and start your artistic journey with "Art Fundamentals."

Conteúdo do Curso

  • Video class: THE BASICS: Your three best friends-Cube, Sphere, Cylinder

    2h08m

  • Exercise: Which of the following shapes is considered a three-dimensional form that serves as a foundational element in drawing?

  • Video class: THE BASICS: Sketchbook Techniques-Basic Form Sketching of Solids in Spatial Direction

    0h47m

  • Exercise: What is the primary benefit of practicing basic form sketching exercises as described?

  • Video class: How to Draw Anything! The Basics Part 1 Shapes: Narrated Step by Step

    0h22m

  • Exercise: What basic shapes can be used to start drawing objects?

  • Video class: THE BASICS: Rudiments of Cylinder Positions

    0h11m

  • Video class: Beginner Drawing Course: Week 01 - Basics of Drawing and Line

    0h34m

  • Exercise: What is a key principle to remember when learning to draw as emphasized in the beginner drawing course?

  • Video class: THE BASICS: Rudiments of Cylinder Positions #3

    0h05m

  • Exercise: In the context of sketching and constructing forms, which of the following best describes the concept of 'open' and 'closed' as used in drawing cylindrical shapes?

  • Video class: Art Fundamentals: Shapes

    0h16m

  • Exercise: Which of the following is not considered one of the primary forms when learning about shapes and forms in art fundamentals?

  • Video class: Straights Against Curves Tutorial

    0h08m

  • Exercise: What is one primary purpose of using the 'straights against curves' technique in character design?

  • Video class: How to Shade Basic Forms - Pencil Tutorial

    0h09m

  • Exercise: Which of the following is a correct description of how to create the illusion of a three-dimensional form from a two-dimensional shape in drawing?

  • Video class: Drawing Fundamentals – Building Form

    0h11m

  • Exercise: Which of the following sketching techniques can aid in developing creativity and improving brain function according to the text?

  • Video class: Drawing Fundamentals - Building Basic Forms

    0h09m

  • Exercise: What is primarily emphasized as essential in the development of drawing skills?

  • Video class: Drawing Fundamentals - Form with Sections

    0h11m

  • Exercise: What is the main purpose of starting with basic shapes and understanding their forms in art and design?

  • Video class: Freehand Drawing Fundamentals - Using Primitive Shapes to Draw Products

    0h13m

  • Exercise: In the context of drawing and form development, what is the importance of using simple shapes?

  • Video class: STRUGGLING WITH CREATING COOL SHAPES? HERE's HOW TO SIMPLIFY

    0h07m

  • Exercise: What is a beneficial strategy for simplifying the process of drawing complex shapes, such as a car, according to the text?

  • Video class: How to Draw Form

    0h23m

  • Exercise: What is the purpose of practicing with simple forms like cylinders and cubes in art fundamentals?

  • Video class: Using Shapes to Create Appealing Designs

    0h18m

  • Exercise: In character design, what is one of the attributed qualities of using circles as a dominant shape?

  • Video class: Shapes into Forms

    0h03m

  • Video class: Elements of Art: Shape | KQED Arts

    0h03m

  • Exercise: What are the two main categories of shapes in visual art?

  • Video class: How to Paint with a Lightsource--Light and Form

    0h44m

  • Exercise: Which of the following factors primarily determines how a shadow is cast by an object in a scene?

  • Video class: Form Study Critique

    0h30m

  • Exercise: When creating form in a grayscale painting, what is the essential element to define the shape?

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