How to Draw

Series Summary

Drawing and sketching refers to two-dimensional pieces of art made by marking on a surface with a variety of mediums. Drawing tools can include graphite pencils, pen and ink, colored pencils, charcoals and chalk and pastels. It is the most foundational skill an artist possesses. The practice of drawing and sketching as an art form became widely popular in 15th century Europe when paper became generally available. The famous journal of Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci contains hundreds of sketches, brainstorms and observations that inspire draftsmen today. Almost every form of imaginable art involves some level of drawing or sketching. In this free video series on drawing, learn how to draw some basic animals and objects. Lars-Erik Robinson is a professional freelance artist. With his demonstrations, find out all the steps used to create drawings. For instance, Robinson illustrates how to draw giraffes, horses, dogs, cats, lions, bears, monkeys and more! Discover how to create beautiful fairy and flower drawings. With some simple techniques and practice, anyone can learn to draw. So, take a moment, and start creating pieces of art with this drawing guide.

Video Transcript

"Hey Gabriella, you're nine now, uh? You're into Kung Fu, a lot? Yeah. Awesome, very powerful sport, I hear. So do you like any other sports too? Soccer. Soccer. So does my son. Well, welcome to my studio, today guys. And our subject today is, how to draw. And I could tell you a little bit history of how I got into drawing. And it's something I tell you guys, not to be afraid of is. Learn from other artists and I used to borrow tracing paper from my mother's kitchen. And that's kind of, how I just traced everything out. From some of my favorite artists. And today, I want to try to get into more of understanding, how to draw. And this for a caricature of Gabriella. Say hello, Gabriella. Hello everyone. Here you go. Well, we're going to talk about the shapes of the eyes. When you do, when I will start with the eyes, Because everything is based off, of there. If you can understand that. The ends of the mouth lines up with the eyes. Right here, right here. Her face is a little bit more shaped like that. So you got to think of the skeleton as underneath. So you have to understand, how the cheek bones. Or she might have a little more cheeks there, you know. So you've got to think of it as skeleton as underneath. To be able to understand how something. On the outside. So thinking inwards, outwards is, always helps. So you can understand what's underneath. So when you're learning how to draw. Take in a skeleton and take and look at a skeleton. And drawing the skeleton, helps you understand anatomy. So you have the bottom of the lip here. And stuff like that. So you think inwards to outwards, in other words. And that even, not even just with the faces. You can look at nature and draw nature. And you've got to understand, what's behind it. And stuff like that. To get, create that atmosphere. Well, we don't have much time today. But I hope you guys understand a little more about how to draw. And it's shape, it's understanding what's underneath. It's trying to get that value of where the light is hitting it. And where the shadow is on the face. So for example, if the sun's come up from over here. You have a shadow on the side of the face. And then, if there's a little reflection on this side. You could take your eraser and erase it a little bit. And then you've got that cutie scur, what they call it. Alright, thank you guys for joining me today. Hope you enjoyed that. And see you around. Keep on drawing guys. Artainment, that's always the key."