Drawing from Observation for Beginners
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Learn different techniques to overcome the blank page and create a sketchbook filled with light, volume, and detail
Drawing is the art of observation, and for graphic designer and illustrator Alvaro Arteaga, better known as Alvarejo, it’s also the best way to understand the shapes that surround us. In this online course, learn how to overcome the blank page and train your hand to recreate on paper what you see in the world around you.
Alvaro teaches you how to draw with confidence and embrace your mistakes knowing you can redo your sketches as many times as needed. Discover the hatching technique and how to transform parallel and crossed lines into light, shadows, and textures in a sketchbook.
Meet your teacher, Alvaro Arteaga, better known as Alvarejo. He tells you about himself and how he developed his personal drawing style by simply observing the things in life that interest him.
Next, Alvaro teaches you how to draw using a series of tools and techniques that encourage daily practice and change the way you approach the blank page. Begin by looking at the materials and their characteristics and discover what differentiates one type of sketchbook from another before loosening up your hand with some exercises.
Learn how to connect your eye to your drawing hand and be precise when analyzing what you see. Then, draw a variety of textures in your sketchbook to get a grasp on key concepts like line value and how to control it, as well as hierarchies on a page.
Now it’s time to learn the hatching technique step by step. Start with some basic exercises and progress towards more complex designs by studying the work of great artists. See how to apply these concepts to draw a hand and recreate an image from a reference photo.
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