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SBH Drawing Course:              From Zero to Hero           
                               RAPP2draw:  A step by step method to help you draw Anything you see             RAPP2sketch- Drawing Simplified

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DATE CHANGE DUE TO NEW EQUIPMENT

The Sketchbook Hero Journey:
Coursework, Mission, Plan, Exercises

Your Journey
STARTS HERE

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0.0 You 

0.1    Purpose: The Why

               What is your purpose for this skill?

                  - Fun - Communicate - Artistic Intent - Plan Course of action

0.2  Goals and Expectations: 

Short-term - Long-term - Desire - INTENTIONS - STYLES - Course/ Plan (BEST)

0.22   RAPP2DRAW is the Fastest and Best way to learn to draw: GUARANTEED

0.3  Mindset, Discipline, commitment, and dedication:      YES, You Can!!!

               Long game- The level and depth of grit, persistence, and perseverance

                Time management

                 Identity: What you do and what you think about yourself

0.4  Habit: 

Consistent Practice 

0.5  Curiosity and Coachable: 

           0.51 - Ask questions be Curious

           0.52 - Understand, structure, parts, and whole

           0.53 - Problem-solving

           0.54 - Feedback, Reflection, Constructive Criticism

           0.55 - Tools and Materials

0.6  Elements and Principles of Art and Design: 

              0.61 - Foundational- Language

1.0 Line 

1.1    Line is movement:

               Flow, sub-conscience movement through time

1.2  Straight Line: 

Shortest distance between two points

1.3  Line Quality:    

               Flowing, Thick, Thin

1.4  Contour lines: 

Edges, cross contour, blind contour

1.5  Psychology of line: 

               Feelings

2.0 Shape 

2.1   Everything is made up of shapes:

                Structure                                                                     bored Panda Light of Hope 

2.2  Types of shapes: 

Geometric (Golden)- Organic - Implied - Negative/ Positive

2.3  Simple to complex:    

               Basic - Complex - Implied

2.4  Ratios: 

Shapes have height and width

2.5  Shapes have axis/ Center lines: 

               axis

2.6  Angles: 

Shapes have angles/ direction

2.7  Proportions: 

2.7  Placement: 

3.0 Form 

Today's Resources will be shared in the chat as well

Simple FACES

https://letsdrawthat.com/

Below are the points I cover each week in class.

Click on the Focus title to go to the in-depth web page

STAGE 

Week 1 Scratch Video: Progress in Progress-
Sorry about the Ums

This week we focus on taking action as we ponder why we drawing is valuable and what is the biggest barrier to drawing.

  • Commitment:

  • Enjoy the line: 

  • Just Do it: TAKE CONSISTENT ACTION 

    • Praise the process - Practice with purpose-

    • Be happy with your work, just not always satisfied 

    • Intention- Focus  

                                                                      

                                           

  • Exercise
    • 0: Lines & Scribbles             Variety & Consistency                One line drawing (<2:25:51)    
    • 1.0: Look for shapes and Ratios   

Extra Resource Videos:  (+PLUS)

 How to Learn Anything! For Creatives & Self Learners—Whiteboard Session Homeschool Edition (>58:46) 

 

TEACH OTHERS, if you want to learn at a deeper level and obtain True Mastery.

The more you help others the more you help yourself

Every person develops at a different pace

STAGE 

This week we focus on taking action as we ponder why we drawing is valuable and what is the biggest barrier to drawing.

                                  RATIO TEST/ PRACTICE

Reference images:

Oaktree Search          Oaktree     Wisteria     Day Lily 

Lamps  Bottles 

 Basic Shape drawings  Baltimore Oriole   Sparrow   Blue Jay

In today's class, our lesson will be "angles" and we will be drawing ROCKS

Review-Level of Commitment Discipline- Learner Mindset - Repetition is the Mother (Practice)-  Ratio & RAPP method- RATIO CHECK- 

Open Minded Learner Mindset     “Every Child is an artist”   

                                         "Mistakes are the stepping stones to better drawing" ~ Eladio

Resources

Rock Google search   

 Rock 1    Rock 2    Rock 3

HardCore Heroes:

Critique: Criticism can Kill Creativity , if you let it                             ANGLES and Curves

 

Extra Resources

  • DOVE    SIMPLE DRAWINGS                                                           Special Thanks to

                                                                                                              The Hathaway Ranch Museum

RATIO TEST/ PRACTICE

 

PLUS +        Discipline (>)  Routine (>)

How to Paint Fur - Photoshop - Wolf Portrait with Aaron Blaise (< 2:04:19)      thirty

Shapes and Angles- Forms and angles- Perspective and angles                                               (I will add a new 4 Space Negative pos

3D Geometric Shapes

  Practice: Not prescription- Self prescriptive - Self Paced - Self Commitment

            SOLID DRAWING

            Geo and Org forms   

Simple ocean animals (IMAGE)

Oar Water (Image)

Kids in Water

Exercise 9: Drawing the Head. Profile View           

Once you know better do better

Art Fundamentals: Shapes & Forms   Cube, Sphere, Cylinder (<2:08:57)       

PLUS +

Everyone Can Draw !!!!!- Cant's in the pants  (Brandon Dayton Practice Learn to draw >18:57) (Mark Kistler - Bill 30 days >18:01)

PDFs

   Simple Drawings PDF  Absolute Beginner PDF   Start Sketching and drawing now PDF  Realistic drawing secrets PDF 

                                                           PDF DRIVE

https://skribbl.io/  

This week we focus on taking action as we ponder why we drawing is valuable and what is the biggest barrier to drawing.

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We will be drawing Forms and doing figure drawings today

  • Feedback: 

  • Review: RAPP

  • Proportions

  • Level One: People Peep Drawings

  • Practice Form- Cubes and Cylinders as well as shading (Review focus 5)

How to draw heads video

LOOMIS HEAD DRAWING PDF

  • Horse Anatomy and Drawing Website (Excellent)

  •                                                                                                                                                          

TODAY'S DRAWING LINK 

Reference images:

      HORSE IMAGE SEARCH CLICK HERE 

Always do your best- even when the plane is going down- I think, especially when the plane is going down.

End Goal (Why) Tough steps: Badges - Dopamine

Reward your Wall and Effort:  Steps/ Process- (>6:00)

  •  Celebration Next week                                                                                                           

Extra Resource Videos:  (+PLUS)

 How to Learn Anything! For Creatives & Self Learners—Whiteboard Session Homeschool Edition 

 

TEACH OTHERS, if you want to learn at a deeper level and obtain True Mastery.

The more you help others the more you help yourself

Every person develops at a different pace

This week we focus on creating three-dimensional space on a flat two-dimensional surface​                           Space Pods

  • We will be drawing plants for the first hour and a bit of perspective   Image 1   GSearch   Adobe Stock   

    • Simple One point perspective. You will need a ruler or straight edge   

  • We will be doing watercolor plants the second hour

Perspective is a technical skill that was developed/ devised during the Renaissance about 500 years ago by the architect Filippo Brunelleschi around 1415                          https://mymodernmet.com/perspective-drawing/ 

 

Image by Severin Candrian
Charming Street

Show your work for a class screenshot of your work 

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  • We will be drawing portraits. From level one to level three 

  • Share - Inspire - Connect

  • Reflection - C-RIDE: Celebrate, Reflect (RAPP), Direction,

  • Praise the process - Practice with purpose-

  • Be happy with your work, your journey                                                          

Art Gallery
Creative Art
Image by RhondaK Native Florida Folk Art
Artist Painting in Studio
Art Gallery
Fiesta!
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August 5, 2021

We Are Here

Resources:

:https://rapidfireart.com/                 How to draw people

https://www.doodleaddicts.com/    

Future lessons:

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Channels:​  Semi-arranged by quality  Contact me if your favorite channel is not here. (Let's Chat)

Resources:

Draw a ​Box !!!  Skriblio              

The myth of innate ability: ->  Designer starter Kit    

Disney Careers

Sketches And Sketchbooks 

Famous Artists Sketches

  • Practice with a PURPOSE-  with Perspiration, Patience Persistence: RAPP 2 (squared)                       PPT

    • RAPP2 :  Ratios & Relationships, Angles And Curves, Proportions & Placement, Practice, Patience, & Persistence​

  • lITTLE BY LITTLE, sLOWLY BUT SURELY, bY THE yARD IT IS HARD, BY THE INCH IT IS A CINCH - What is your STAGE

  • Form review  Sketchup Challenging App

  • Complex Forms: Videos coming soon
  • Shading
    • Hatching - Cross-hatching- Circling ​ (Loose to Tight/ Different line weight)      Cross contour Shading     Feel the form
    • Value scale
  • Texture and Tone

Reference images:

      HORSE IMAGE SEARCH CLICK HERE 

  Drawing Hands (>37:41) Goes into painting-VALUE MORE IMPORTANT THAN COLOR    

   DRAWING Different Head Shapes   

  • (1)Self- (2) Time 5-10 minutes a day (Plus) 30- 60 minute drawings  Self- Discipline (> 4:12:54) 

  • Containers from a side view:  30-60 minutes                    How to draw a bottle

  • Class Format

  • Process: RAPP- Big to small -                 It's about progress, practice, and process, not perfection!

  • Simple to Complex: Simplify  KISS    3 Basic Shapes- Geometric/ Organic - Silhouette

    • Orthographic view: Shelf view/ Side view        Point of View      

  • Sketching- is not Precious - Scribble book - Quantity over quality -

  • Focus on ratios- no details/ Silhouette drawing exercise         If you change the way you look at things (")           

  • Quickly capture the essence- SKETCH What you like-   

  • Discipline: Motivation      Emotional Battle (>19:07)      Struggling?  (>11:16) Challenges/ Call to Adventure         Video Coming Eventually

Commitment, Discipline, Routine, Training

ZENTANGLES: Examples(Image Search)- Directions (Web page Zentangle.com)   Mandala Art image search   

Reference images:

Lamps  Bottles 

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Stage3: Angles

  • 3 Main Angles: Vertical. Horizontal, and 45 degree    

  • Angles do not change with size (Scale)

  • All shapes have axis lines- Flow/ Movement (Major and Minor axis)

  • Perspective follows simple angle rules ( All lines are either Verticle or go to the vanishing points 1-2-3) 

  • Elements and Principles of Art & Design

  • AWARDS- BADGES- Effort- What we Respect and Value 

https://archive.org/details/CharlesBargueDrawingCourse/page/n11/mode/2up

Stage 6
Stage 7
Stage 8
Anchor 1
Anchor 4

Joy is finding and solving problems you want to solve

We will be starting with simple drawings the first-hour complex drawings the second hour and advanced drawings the third hour

Bring links to drawings or pictures you would like to see me break down. Ask questions and be curious!

Eladio

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