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Anybody can draw. It’s true, and artist Siobhan Twomey shows you just how to do it. Watch this course and learn the incredible secrets that every aspiring and seasoned artist must know to transform what is seen by naked eye into expressive drawings on paper.

Drawing is seeing. It`s that simple. If you can see it –or imagine it– you can draw it IF you know where to begin! In this 20-tutorial course by the talented artist and dedicated instructor, Siobhan Twomey, you learn her insightful techniques and discover the deepest principles of drawing.

In the first section you learn just what drawing is and how to set up your workspace. Now that sounds rather simple. However, you quickly “see” is, in fact, a very important part of the artistic process!

The next section dives into the concept of contour drawing. In this section you learn the magic of drawing by accessing the part of the brain that helps you draw naturally! Once you understand contour drawing and see how to deeply connect with your subject, Siobhan unleashes your creative energy by teaching you the concept of gesture drawing. This is where you learn how to quickly capture form and shapes in bold fast moving strokes! Then you learn how to combine those two techniques using all your senses to produce drawings that have both shape, form and energy!

The last five tutorials explain the concept of drawing from life. Here you learn not only how to find interesting subjects but how quickly capture their feeling, overall flow and emotions all at the same time.

Throughout this beautifully constructed course, Siobhan takes you gently by the hand and guides you through the process of discovering the very essence of what art is. She shows you how to tap into that magic place to find the artist and artistic nature that resides deep inside. As this course progresses you not only learn how to draw, but you learn, too, about your artistic self and the unique qualities that you can bring to the artistic table.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Drawing & Seeing
3. Materials
4. How to Set up Your Workspace
5. First Marks
6. Introduction to Contour Drawing
7. Opposite Hand Drawing
8. Drawing Yourself or a Friend
9. Intro to Gesture Drawing
10. Gesture Drawing a Plant
11. The Gesture in All Things
12. Using All the Senses
13. Reviewing the Process
14. Drawing a Piece of Fabric
15. Combining Contour & Gesture
16. Drawing from Life
17. Gesture Drawing from Life
18. Contour Drawing from Life
19. Weight & Modelled Drawings
20. Conclusion: The Daily Composition