Illustration Masterclass - Draw More Accurately

Discover essential techniques for drawing more accurately in this 57-minute masterclass video. Learn to develop your observational skills and apply tried-and-true tricks to improve your illustrations. Explore the use of digital pencil brushes, working from big shapes to small details, creating bounding boxes, and aligning landmarks. Master the art of comparison measurements, refine your sketches, and understand the importance of negative shapes. Gain insights into self-critique applications and practice drawing detailed facial features. Apply these skills to various subjects, including figure drawing and animal illustrations. Enhance your digital art and traditional drawing abilities with guidance from an experienced illustrator.

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Drawing accurately from observation
Kyle’s pencil brushes
Working Big to Small
Creating a Bounding Box
Breakdown of the figure - alignment of landmarks
Finding the large shapes first - vertical placement lines
Locating head & shoulders
Comparison measurements
Refining the sketch - continuing breakdown of big to small
Locating the skirt and adjusting leg angles
Finding the book shape - looking at negative shapes
Self critique applications
Working on details of the face
Tiger drawing from observation