Drawing: Lines with Life

In less than 20 minutes, illustrator Melissa de Nobrega, is going to teach you how to enhance your drawings with specialized tips and tricks. She’ll take you through two different approaches to drawing with line quality. While she’s working digitally, you're more than welcome to use traditional mediums such as pen and paper.

For the class project, you’ll have a go at applying these techniques yourself by picking any household object and drawing it.

Through this process you’ll learn how to:

• describe the form of your objects and create a sense of depth in your drawings
• use light and shadow in your linework
• convey a sense of weight/weightlessness
• combine both approaches through one ultimate method of drawing!

This class is for anyone who wants to upgrade their drawing abilities. No prerequisites are required, though if you're working digitally, a tablet is recommended.

• Introduction
• Form
• Approach 1: Light and shadow
• Approach 2: Weight
• Combining approaches
• Conclusion