Drawing - free course from 4brain, training 30 days, Date: December 4, 2023.

If you have long dreamed of learning to draw on your own, but did not dare, if you considered it something difficult, something for the especially gifted, we believe that our course will help you change this belief.

Carl Purcell ("Your Artist's Brain"), explaining that drawing is actually not difficult, compares this the process of taking a test, all the answers to which are already on the board, because the object that we are going to draw is already in front of us. All we can do is copy, that is, “copy the answers from the board.” In this course we will learn to see and “cheat.”

We admire the works of recognized artists. It seems to us that they were endowed with a special talent, genius. Indeed, there are many geniuses with brilliant visual memory who can accurately draw in detail what they saw only once. There are also those who create their own unique reality on canvas from their imagination.

However, among the recognized artists there are many who have achieved excellent results through hard work, dedication and perseverance. And certainly all of them were beginners learning the basics of drawing from scratch. So we can safely say: if you want, you can learn anything, you just need to want it. And if you are reading these lines, it means that you already have a desire to learn to draw. This is half the battle done, all that remains is to learn a new skill.

What is drawing?

Drawing is a discipline through which I continually rediscover the world. I realized that what I had never drawn, I had never really seen. And that only when I start to draw an ordinary thing do I realize how unusual it is - a real miracle (Frederick Frank, “The Zen of Contemplation”).

You can draw in different ways: realistically, hyperrealistically, stylized, abstractly. There are many directions. They are all interesting in their own way. But in this course for beginning artists, we will learn the basic techniques of realistic drawing. With proper practice and systematic study, you will learn to draw absolutely any objects.

Course Description

The course that you are about to take will help you learn step by step how to draw with a pencil almost from scratch. Naturally, passing it does not guarantee high skill and professionalism, but you can still raise your skills and abilities to a whole new level, especially if you are a beginner.

Why do you need to learn to draw? Only you can answer this question yourself. Perhaps you are planning to go to study as an artist and make fine art your profession and life’s work. Perhaps your current job requires drawing skills, and you just need to master the basics. It is also possible that with the help of drawing you simply want to express yourself - your soul requires this, but no attempts lead to success.

Whatever your situation, our drawing course is designed to help you achieve your goal of learning to draw beautifully. Moreover, using the proposed methods, you will learn to draw almost any objects - from simpler ones (books, vases, fruits) to quite complex ones (such as trees, birds, animals, buildings).

However, don’t think that tomorrow you will become the next Picasso or da Vinci. To benefit from the course, you will need to study every day. Of course, it is not at all necessary to sit drawing for half a day, but you will still be required to follow a certain system and regularity - to practice you need 4-5 days a week for at least an hour (keep in mind that the longer your classes are, the faster the result will come and the better it will be).

The drawing course consists of seven lessons, each of which is devoted to mastering a specific topic and skill (we will say more about this a little later). To learn how to draw faster, we recommend not only going through all the classes systematically, but also making your practice as varied as possible.

Even if the lesson talks about, for example, how to draw a pear or an egg, you shouldn’t limit yourself to that. Feel free to take on other similar objects and start drawing them. Do this several times. Remember that drawing is a clear example of a practice in which quantity gradually turns into quality.

By following these simple recommendations, in just 2-3 weeks you will learn to depict well what you see in front of you, even if you start learning drawing completely from scratch. If you are persistent and practice longer, your artistry will begin to pleasantly surprise you within a few months.

How to learn to draw?

Of course, everyone has their own abilities and talents, characteristics and predispositions. For some, the art of drawing will come easily, while others will have to be more diligent and diligent in their independent learning. But, be that as it may, everyone can learn to draw beautifully.

In each of the drawing lessons you will find theory with a lot of illustrations, practical tasks and exercises. As we said, the course consists of seven lessons, and this was not done by chance - each lesson can be called a big step towards mastering the ability to draw.

As you progress through the lessons you will progress from simple to complex. As a result, what seemed difficult to you yesterday will begin to yield today, and tomorrow will not cause any difficulties. As is the case with our other training programs, when creating this course we tried present the material as intelligibly, clearly and concisely as possible, which makes it even more accessible to development.

To immediately pick up a high pace and start learning to draw quickly, you can watch all the lessons before the first lesson. This will allow you to understand what you have to deal with, and will also prevent you from rushing and eliminate the desire to get ahead of yourself (you should not move on to the next lesson without completing the previous one).

Plus, try to pay more attention to tasks that cause increased interest or difficulty. If something doesn’t work out the first time, try again to fully understand the basics and sufficiently master a particular skill.