Drawing fundamentals

In this short video, Lizet Dingemans will be sharing the materials she uses for drawing such as pencils, rubbers, blending tools, charcoal, and papers.

There are tons of books telling you how to draw the head. Luckily for you, Lizet Dingemans has read them all! In this short tutorial, she explains the importance of anatomy and how to simplify and construct a head using boxes.

In this five-week course, Lizet Dingemans uses Bargue drawing as the basis for teaching the fundamentals of drawing. It's a proven way to train your eye and has been used to teach generations of artists since its introduction in the nineteenth century. By copying Charles Bargue's drawings of classical statues, you learn how he simplified complex subjects and you improve the accuracy of your drawing in a structured, repeatable way. Whether your ultimate goal is to draw or to paint in oils, watercolours or acrylics, this course will give you a solid foundation on which to build.

Drawing plaster casts is a proven way to improve drawing skills, and has been used to train artists for hundreds of years. In this 5-video series, Patrick Jackson goes through all the steps needed to take a cast drawing to completion, starting from what materials to use through to final rendering.

What are edges, and why are they important? In this 10-minute video, Lizet Dingemans explains the fundamentals of edges, shows how artists such as Sargent and Rembrandt use a variety of edges in their work and demonstrates how to achieve soft and hard edges in charcoal.

Learn the art of gesture drawing in this 30-minute video from modern master Glenn Vilppu. Glenn will show you how to capture the essence of a pose in just a few pen strokes by analysing the underlying gesture and form of the figure. Glenn Vilppu is an internationally renowned draftsman, painter, and instructor whose books and DVDs are used by universities, art schools, and independent students around the world. He has taught at Walt Disney Studios, Marvel Productions, and Warner Bros

In this short Raw Umber's Studio Essential video, Lizet Dingemans explains and provide hints and tips on how to measure properly in order to achieve accurate drawings.

Join Lydia Cecil for a one-hour figure drawing of model Mauricia. One pose with a scarf!

Lydia Cecil takes us through a mastercopy of a classic Waterhouse red and black chalk drawing, using a sanguine drawing pencil and a charcoal pencil. Look into the subtle drawing style he used for the preparatory studies that became portraits in their own right, all in the context of the late Pre-Raphaelite Movement.

Join Lizet Dingemans for a single hour-long pose of dazzling model Jessika in coloured pencils, using techniques used in recent workshops at the studio!

In this hour-long gold subscriber special, Lydia Cecil will be taking us through a complete (many hours, condensed to one) drawing of model Bethany's striking figure pose in charcoal and chalk.

Join Lydia Cecil for a mastercopy session looking at one of the three great titans of Renaissance art: Raphael. Lydia will be looking specifically at his drawing techniques and practices, and how he was influenced by Da Vinci and Michelangelo to mark the final stage of high renaissance art.

In this gold subscriber special, tutor Patrick Byrnes takes us through how to capture model Varosha using the blocking-in method, using graphite pencils.

Patrick Byrnes is back for a New Years Eve (eve) special! In this hour-long portrait drawing session, Patrick uses graphite and white chalk on toned paper to capture model Raj, beginning with simple abstract shapes and ending will the fully detailed sketch. This session is for ALL subscribers, and is not a live class.