Foundations, ages 13 and up, fundamentals
Line & Shape
Confident lines, true ellipses, light on a sphere and a box in perspective: the skills under everything else.
- Level
- First steps to intermediate
- Lessons
- 17 in 5 units
- Time
- 3.5 hours of lessons
- Pace
- About three weeks
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The goal
What you’ll be able to draw
Control lines and ellipses from the shoulder, see the sphere and the box under everything, and start the warm-up habit.
How you’ll see the progress
A placement check at the start and the same items at the end, scored per skill; angles, proportion and landmarks weigh more than line quality.
Skills
- Line
- Form
- Perspective
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Confident Lines -
True Ellipses -
Shading a Sphere -
A Box in Two-Point Perspective
5 units, 17 lessons
The syllabus
The whole course is free.
- 5 checkpoint
- 5 drill
- 4 watch and draw
- 3 concept
- Free
Unit 1
Start
An unaided check of where you are now, to measure the change against later.
- 01 Where You Are Now Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
- Free
Unit 2
Lines
Plan, ghost, commit: straight lines and curves drawn from the shoulder.
- 01 Confident Lines Watch and draw, 20 min Watch and draw 20 min
- 02 Draw from the Shoulder Concept, 5 min Concept 5 min
- 03 Ghosted Lines Drill, 8 min Drill 8 min
- 04 Curves Through Three Dots Drill, 8 min Drill 8 min
- 05 Checkpoint: Lines Checkpoint, 6 min Checkpoint 6 min
- Free
Unit 3
Ellipses
Degree, axes and ellipses that sit on a plane.
- 01 Reading an Ellipse Concept, 5 min Concept 5 min
- 02 True Ellipses Watch and draw, 25 min Watch and draw 25 min
- 03 Ellipses in Planes Drill, 8 min Drill 8 min
- 04 Ellipse Tables Drill, 8 min Drill 8 min
- 05 Checkpoint: Ellipses Checkpoint, 6 min Checkpoint 6 min
- Free
Unit 4
Light on a sphere
The light family on the simplest form, the map of every round thing.
- 01 The Light Family Concept, 5 min Concept 5 min
- 02 Shading a Sphere Watch and draw, 30 min Watch and draw 30 min
- 03 Checkpoint: Light on a sphere Checkpoint, 15 min Checkpoint 15 min
- Free
Unit 5
The box
Planes and a box in two-point, drawn through to the hidden corner.
- 01 Ghosted Planes Drill, 8 min Drill 8 min
- 02 A Box in Two-Point Perspective Watch and draw, 35 min Watch and draw 35 min
- 03 Line & Shape Check Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 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
Line & Shape
finished by
your nickname
and the date you finish
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