Secret To Blending With Pencils - Shading And Tones

Understand the importance of gradation in drawing out realistic techniques in bringing in dark towards light

What you'll learn
Confidence in starting as a beginner, understanding lines, how to hold a pencil, types of pencil and strokes, freehand drawing
Drawing lines, shapes, everyday objects, nature, landscape, portraits, perspectives and an introduction to colour
How to study and draw light, observe the natural flow of light from dark towards light and bring it in blending
Bringing in colour - moving towards different mediums and working further with light, we will get a great overview with soft pastels and water colour pencils
Create your own final works on paper - ready to be framed and displayed
In a week with daily half hour practice of drawing - you'll be able to observe and draw objects around you
Requirements
No drawing experience needed, you will learn everything you need to know from drawing a line towards the nature landscape
If you last drew something in kindergarten - that's just fine! Starting from the basic and building it up slowly
Enthusiasm and willingness to take out time and practice and a keen eye to observe
Art materials: Pencils - namely 2B or else HB is fine. The rest of the darker pencils of 4B, 6B, 8B and 10b can follow along during the course, but shouldn't stop you from enrolling right away:)
Sketchbook or any found paper, you can even use the reverse side of used computer sheets.
If you have watercoloured pencil or soft pastel - that would be great in one section to understand how blending works with colours after deeply understanding blending with pencils
Dry thin brush, water container for the section on water colour pencils
Ruler for the section on perspective
Eraser and dry brush for cleaning
Description
We all have been sketching or scribbling since we were little, and probably know how to pick up the pencil. But do you know how to hold it? What makes some strokes dark, some light? Is it only with special kind of pencils?Starting from the very basic of making lines, bringing out different shapes and then towards realistic objects followed by nature, let's build it up little by little. We will be understanding how light plays an important role in adding to the realistic shapes, tones and on how to hold the pencil, what type of pencil and its pressure techniques.If you already have a good idea on drawing but not getting the shading and gradation with the pencil, then this course will help you along your artistic practice.We will start with making lines and understanding how pencils can vary but sometimes one pencil if gripped right, can do all the magic. We'll work with shapes and alongside jump right at it by shading them by placing imaginary light from different angles. There are many directions in which the pencil moves during the shading process and that's what we'll go deeper into. This will be followed by an overview on perspective drawing, everyday objects, portrait drawing and then towards nature and landscape followed by an introduction to blending in colours.By understanding pencil shading and lighter and darker tones, there is an extra section with an introduction to colours - namely water colour pencils and soft pastels. I will be available throughout the course and will be responding to any queries that go along the way. It's an interactive course where you can work alongside and keep pausing and moving along with the pencil towards many striking strokes and adding depth and richness to your drawings.

Overview

Section 1: Lines and blending

Lecture 1 Introduction to lines

Lecture 2 Introduction to pencils

Lecture 3 Blending - in a horizontal box

Lecture 4 Blending - in a vertical box

Lecture 5 Types of strokes: Hatching and cross hatching

Lecture 6 Types of strokes: scribbling, circling

Lecture 7 Strokes: Stippling, contour and blending

Lecture 8 Applying the shadow with different strokes

Lecture 9 Cone drawing: light on the left

Lecture 10 Cone: light on the right

Lecture 11 One point perspective and shading

Lecture 12 Two point perspective

Lecture 13 Coffee cup with blending practice

Lecture 14 Drawing an apple

Lecture 15 Drawing a face

Section 2: Nature drawing and shading

Lecture 16 Sketching of flowers

Lecture 17 Trees shading

Lecture 18 View of the lake from a balcony

Lecture 19 Barn landscape

Section 3: Bringing colours in blending

Lecture 20 Drawing with soft pastels - introduction

Lecture 21 Soft pastel - green apple

Lecture 22 Water colour pencils - blue tone

Lecture 23 Water colour pencils - red and yellow tone

Anyone new to the world of drawing and wants to bring out realistic and beautiful artworks,Complete beginners who have never drawn before or didn't get the opportunity to,Student where drawing is a required tool such as interior designer, architects, fashion designers, storyboard artistst,Even if you aren't new to drawing but want to understand shading and blending deeper, this course will sail you through