Foundations, ages 13 and up, fundamentals
Form & Light
Turn line drawings into solid forms with value: scales, hatching, the light family and real objects.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Lessons
- 14 in 4 units
- Time
- 4.5 hours of lessons
- Pace
- About four weeks
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The goal
What you’ll be able to draw
Turn line drawings into solid forms with value: value scales, hatching control, the light family on the basic forms, cast shadows, local value and restraint.
How you’ll see the progress
A value check at the end (scale evenness, value matching) against earlier results.
Skills
- Value and light
- Form
- Observation
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A Coffee Mug -
An Apple -
An Egg and Its Shadow -
A Pear
4 units, 14 lessons
The syllabus
Unit 1 is free for everyone, so you can see how it feels first.
- 4 checkpoint
- 4 watch and draw
- 3 drill
- 2 concept
- 1 draw from life
- Free
Unit 1
Value
Even value scales, hatching that hits a target, and squinting to see.
- 01 Value Scales Drill, 8 min Drill 8 min
- 02 Hatching Control Drill, 8 min Drill 8 min
- 03 Squint to See Values Concept, 5 min Concept 5 min
- 04 Value Match Drill, 8 min Drill 8 min
- 05 Checkpoint: Value Checkpoint, 6 min Checkpoint 6 min
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Unit 2
The basic forms
The same light on a cube, a cylinder and a cone: planes against a gradual turn.
- 01 Where Is the Core Shadow? Concept, 5 min Concept 5 min
- 02 Checkpoint: The basic forms Checkpoint, 15 min Checkpoint 15 min
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Unit 3
Objects
Everyday objects as the basic forms, each with its own local value.
- 01 A Coffee Mug Watch and draw, 40 min Watch and draw 40 min
- 02 An Apple Watch and draw, 40 min Watch and draw 40 min
- 03 An Egg and Its Shadow Watch and draw, 30 min Watch and draw 30 min
- 04 A Pear Watch and draw, 40 min Watch and draw 40 min
- 05 Checkpoint: Objects Checkpoint, 15 min Checkpoint 15 min
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Unit 4
From life
Real objects under one lamp, simplified to a few values.
- 01 A White Object Under One Lamp Draw from life, 45 min Draw from life 45 min
- 02 Form & Light Check Checkpoint, 5 min Checkpoint 5 min
When you finish
A certificate for the fridge
Finish every lesson and Lapis makes a certificate to print or download, with the nickname, the course, the date and a drawing from it. Children get one too.
Lapis certificate
Form & Light
finished by
your nickname
and the date you finish
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