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Lesson 7: An Introduction to Drawing Vehicles

And finally, the last dynamic sketching lesson has been updated - this week, Drawing Vehicles. This one isn't that different from last week's Everyday Objects, but with the increase in scale of the objects in question, proportion becomes a much more significant concern. This video focuses on a breakdown of drawing a specific tank, using an encompassing box and subdividing it in order to help const...

Measuring in Perspective: Constructing to Scale

While doing research for the last two exercises I've updated (6 and 7), I've delved a bit more into technical perspective, and ways to take advantage of certain tricks and techniques without having to explicitly rely upon vanishing points. This is an extension of the video I posted last week about drawing perfect circles in 3D space - how to use that technique to construct exact and specific propo...

Lesson 7: 1967 Chevy Camaro Demo

A recording of a demo done for lesson 7 (http://drawabox.com/lesson/7).

Lesson 7: Coast Guard Boat Demo

A recording of a demo done for lesson 7 (http://drawabox.com/lesson/7).

Lesson 7: Cab-Over Truck Demo

A recording of a demo done for lesson 7 (http://drawabox.com/lesson/7).

Sad News About Critiques on /r/ArtFundamentals

You can read the full announcement here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtFundamentals/comments/54l9rj/the_future_of_free_critiques_on_rartfundamentals/

The main things to know is that I'm restructuring how critiques are handled. They're not going awa...

Perfect Circles and Cubes in 3D Space

This is something that's confused me immensely for quite a while, and I've seen that a lot of people have felt the same way. Since I don't deal with plotted perspective much, I've mostly just ignored it but it has had some negative impacts on my work in the past. So, here's the results of some research I've done into the subject. In looking into how to properly construct ellipses inside of planes,...

Lesson 6: An Introduction to Drawing Everyday Objects

The majority of the things we deal with on a regular basis tend to be quite geometric, and can usually be simplified into boxes and cylinders. As such, it's often most effective to consider these objects as merely being arrangements of those forms, and to completely ignore the object itself. In this 30 minute video, I go over the main challenges people face, and explain certain techniques used to ...

Lesson 6: Computer Mouse Demo

Another flood of videos, this time updating lesson 6 (drawing everyday objects). Primarily focused on the use of geometric primitives (mostly boxes and cylinders), and how to leverage them to produce the majority of hard surface objects we use on a daily basis.

This one in particular is unique among this lesson's demos - I focus on an approach I use to construct more organic, smooth, curve-based...

Lesson 6: Wooden Barrel Demo

Another flood of videos, this time updating lesson 6 (drawing everyday objects). Primarily focused on the use of geometric primitives (mostly boxes and cylinders), and how to leverage them to produce the majority of hard surface objects we use on a daily basis.

Lesson 6: Wacom Cintiq 27QHD Demo

Another flood of videos, this time updating lesson 6 (drawing everyday objects). Primarily focused on the use of geometric primitives (mostly boxes and cylinders), and how to leverage them to produce the majority of hard surface objects we use on a daily basis.

Lesson 5: An Introduction to Drawing Animals

A 50 minute video tackling a variety of challenges that students struggle with - constructing heads, dealing with fur, connecting legs to torsos, etc.

Lesson 5: Arabian Camel Demo

Back to updating the dynamic sketching lessons, this time lesson 5. Along with three new demo recordings, you've also got a 50 minute video tackling many of the challenges students seem to struggle with.

Lesson 5: Brown Bear Demo

Back to updating the dynamic sketching lessons, this time lesson 5. Along with three new demo recordings, you've also got a 50 minute video tackling many of the challenges students seem to struggle with.

Lesson 5: American White Pelican Demo

Back to updating the dynamic sketching lessons, this time lesson 5. Along with three new demo recordings, you've also got a 50 minute video tackling many of the challenges students seem to struggle with.

How to Draw an Airplane (Sky-sausage)

I did this demo for a student last night, figured it'd be worth sharing. I absolutely LOATHE drawing airplanes, but this didn't turn out quite as badly as I'd expected.

Lesson 3: An Introduction to Drawing Insects and Arachnids

This weekend I've gone and updated the content for lesson 4. As I did with lesson 3 last week, I added 3 new demos with recordings, plus a 40 minute intro video to cover basic concepts regarding how construction applies to this subject matter.

Unfortunately I won't be able to do the same for lesson 5 for a few weeks, as I'll be on vacation. I hope to get on that soon after I return.

Lesson 4: Common House Fly Demo

This weekend I've gone and updated the content for lesson 4. As I did with lesson 3 last week, I added 3 new demos with recordings, plus a 40 minute intro video to cover basic concepts regarding how construction applies to this subject matter.

Unfortunately I won't be able to do the same for lesson 5 for a few weeks, as I'll be on vacation. I hope to get on that soon after I return.

Lesson 4: Brown Scorpion Demo

This weekend I've gone and updated the content for lesson 4. As I did with lesson 3 last week, I added 3 new demos with recordings, plus a 40 minute intro video to cover basic concepts regarding how construction applies to this subject matter.

Unfortunately I won't be able to do the same for lesson 5 for a few weeks, as I'll be on vacation. I hope to get on that soon after I return.

Lesson 4: Black Widow Spider Demo

This weekend I've gone and updated the content for lesson 4. As I did with lesson 3 last week, I added 3 new demos with recordings, plus a 40 minute intro video to cover basic concepts regarding how construction applies to this subject matter.

Unfortunately I won't be able to do the same for lesson 5 for a few weeks, as I'll be on vacation. I hope to get on that soon after I return.

Lesson 3: An Introduction to Drawing Plants

So along with gradually redoing the demos (starting this weekend with Lesson 3) and rerecording the patreon-only videos, I'm also creating an intro video for each lesson, which will be available to everyone. I'll cover concepts that people tend to miss, or things that just need to be emphasized more, based on what I've seen while critiquing homework over the last year.

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Lesson 3: Hibiscus Flower Demo

I'm slowly going through the lessons, updating the various demos so they better reflect how the material has evolved over the past year or so, and with that comes new patreon-only video demos. These are going to be sped up about 3x, and as with before, notes and step-by-steps will be available on the lesson page.

http://drawabox.co...

Lesson 3: Potato Plant Demo

I'm slowly going through the lessons, updating the various demos so they better reflect how the material has evolved over the past year or so, and with that comes new patreon-only video demos. These are going to be sped up about 3x, and as with before, notes and step-by-steps will be available on the lesson page.

http://drawabox.co...

Lesson 3: Pitcher Plant Demo

I'm slowly going through the lessons, updating the various demos so they better reflect how the material has evolved over the past year or so, and with that comes new patreon-only video demos. These are going to be sped up about 3x, and as with before, notes and step-by-steps will be available on the lesson page.

http://drawabox.co...

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Tackling the Rotated Boxes Exercise

http://imgur.com/gallery/vWktm

My original notes on the rotated boxes exercise were a bit lacking (and the demos had some glaring perspective mistakes in them that were a bit embarrassing) so I set aside some time today to redo them in greater detail.

Hopefully this helps explain how to go about tackling this intentiona...

Constructing an Interior Environment Cutout

This is a demo I did way back when I started /r/ArtFundamentals. I was drawing an interior environment design for my portfolio (was getting ready to apply to studios for a job) and I recorded the process just in case it went well. Turns out it went well enough, and while this demo is quite old, it's still got a lot of valuable information both in terms of construction as well as how to go about th...

Animal Drawing Demo - An Oryx

25 Texture Challenge

http://drawabox.com/lesson/texture

For those of you who struggle with texture, know that it's not something that comes quickly. Learning to render different materials is a multistep process, and it's important that you not jump too far ahead before you're ready.

I've devised this rather intensive challenge ...

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