https://artwod.com/
Beginner course is well structured with oversight and focuses on building blocks
Ask HN: Anyone here have good material for learning how to sketch from scratch?
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Re: Ask HN: Anyone here have good material for learning how to sketch from scratch?
#132Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You think you can see things, but what you are really doing is recognizing things. Any normal adult has the motor skills to make a controlled mark. I have reasonably nimble fingers and at least average overall motor control, and really cannot do this. I got pretty good at drawing a handful of things as a kid by just repeating the same pattern every time, but even on those my lines were just awful. I'm sure I could…
If you're interested in investing time into improving (it's hard to tell based on your comment alone) it sounds like https://drawabox.com/ (it's free) starts with just what you're asking for -- how to make straight lines on a page. A big part of the first lesson is practicing how to make confident, accurate strokes using your whole arm.
Cool, thanks. Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's something fundamentally incorrect about how I draw, even though it feels fine (but the results are terrible).
Re: Ask HN: Anyone here have good material for learning how to sketch from scratch?
#133I can't draw at all. Skills stopped evolving at age 6 :P Is it really something you can learn, or do you think there is some pre-requisite innate "gift"? I can't get my head around it.
Re: Ask HN: Anyone here have good material for learning how to sketch from scratch?
#134On Wondrium.com (used to be The Great Courses). They have a course I have been taking and love it. I was an aspiring artist but I dropped out of the pursuit for many years. Recently I got the itch to draw more seriously than a rare doodle. I find their How to Draw course is perfect in content and style (https://www.wondrium.com/how-to-draw .
I think you can get a 14 day trial for Wondrium to try it, which is what I did.
However, I keep renewing my sub because there are tons of great courses. Good luck! -KC
Re: Ask HN: Anyone here have good material for learning how to sketch from scratch?
#135On Wondrium.com (used to be The Great Courses). They have a course I have been taking and love it. I was an aspiring artist but I dropped out of the pursuit for many years. Recently I got the itch to draw more seriously than a rare doodle. I find their How to Draw course is perfect in content and style (https://www.wondrium.com/how-to-draw .
I think you can get a 14 day trial for Wondrium to try it, which is what I did.
However, I keep renewing my sub because there are tons of great courses. Good luck! -KC
Re: Ask HN: Anyone here have good material for learning how to sketch from scratch?
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