This project began in earnest back in April. The goal was to put together an online version of the introductory drawing course that we’ve been teaching in the studio for years. This is the course in which we teach many of the foundational drawing skills that students will need as they proceed to tackle complex subjects like figures and portraits, and is our suggested “starting place” for anyone new to drawing in general or new to our studio in particular.<\/p>\n
We began offering the in-studio version of this course because we recognized a problem among our incoming students enrolled in our figure drawing classes. Many beginners, despite being enthusiastic for the material, simply lacked the manual skill and conceptual framework to execute a figure drawing successfully, no matter how carefully we detailed the procedure. Simply drawing lines that are on-target, or building shapes that are in proportion, or identifying contrasts of value correctly and orchestrating the transitions between them \u2013 these abilities are usually beyond the reach of most beginners, and there’s no time to address them adequately in the context of a figure drawing class where the model is posing… and the clock is ticking.<\/p>\n
As a result, Drawing Basics<\/em> has become our “foundations” drawing class, where we suggest students start building their skill set. In a sequence of exercises, students gradually gain confidence drawing lines and shapes, and proceed to developing value scales and “progressions” \u2013\u00a0gradual transitions between different values. Simple forms are then introduced, beginning with the cube, where students learn to apply their new-found skills to drawing real objects from direct observation.<\/p>\n Once completed, students emerge from Drawing Basics<\/em>with a new grasp of the foundational skills required to draw anything, and a better sense of what they need to practice. We’ve noticed a stark difference. Students who have completed this sequence of exercises are better equipped to handle the challenges of drawing casts, figures and portraits \u2013 which is why we continue to advocate for this kind of training at Vitruvian, even after 8 years of operation.<\/p>\n We’re pleased to announce that the online version of this course is nearing completion. It’s been a long time in the making because we wanted to be sure we got this right. Concepts are thoroughly<\/em> explained in videos featuring plenty of visuals \u2013\u00a0diagrams, motion graphics and 3D animations. These concepts are then applied in extended drawing demonstration videos that include nearly every pencil stroke. This online course material is presented with a level of detail unmatched anywhere \u2013 even in our in-studio course, where time constraints limit the length of our demonstrations.<\/p>\n Drawing Basics \u2013 The Online Course<\/em> will be available for pre-order on our website on Friday, November 28th, 2014<\/strong> and will be accessible to students two weeks later, on Friday, December 12th, 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This project began in earnest back in April. The goal was to put together an online version of the introductory drawing course that we’ve been…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}