Practice leads to success
Misconceptions about art often prevent people from exploring their own artistic skill. Many people mistakenly believe that great artists have innate abilities and may not realize that art is a skill that you can level up with practice. It is a skill that can be taught by knowing what to look for in a subject, how to compose a scene, how to trace and transfer a subject, how to mix colors, and how to create textures.
“Drawing can be learned by anyone willing to study and practice. The existence of some talented individuals would not change the fact that, just like writing and arithmetic, drawing is a teachable and learnable skill.”
Brent Eviston in The Art & Science of Drawing: Learn to Observe, Analyze, and Draw Any Subject
Many people are also biased against copying or tracing photos because they think real artists draw everything freehand, but the truth is that a large portion of professional artists use their own references to speed up the artistic process. In this course, we embrace the idea that photography is art; thus, using reference photos does not diminish the artistic process. If you want to learn to draw by hand, you’ll need to take a separate course or read a text like The Art & Science of Drawing: Learn to Observe, Analyze, and Draw Any Subject by Brent Eviston.
This course will give you step-by-step insights into how to plan and execute artwork through a repeatable strategy. Project-based learning gives you the opportunity to practice the skills and concepts discussed and demonstrated throughout the course. Each module is clearly outlined with easy-to-follow instructions and visual examples, including photographs, illustrations, and videos.