FORMS
Master the building blocks of art: spheres, cubes, and cylinders. Grasping these fundamental forms unlocks depth and dimension in your drawings. Build a solid foundation and watch your artistic skills transform.
THE BASICS: Your three best friends-Cube, Sphere, Cylinder



The Basics Part 1 Using Shapes.
0:00 Introduction
4:25 Lesson begins: Basic ...shapes
7:18 Using a Newspaper or magazine
8:37 Drawing a bird
12:30 Drawing a straight sided mug
13:38 Drawing a tapered sided mug
16:00 Drawing a box with text on
19:54 More Newspaper doodling
In this this short film I show you how I learned to draw anything from cartoons to complex race cars and motorcycles using basic shapes to construct the objects. After getting started with shapes drawing is just a lot of practice and do enjoy your drawing.
There are links in the film to other youtube videos where you can see a complete drawing from start to finish of a racing car, Rob Austin's Audi A4 'Sherman' in the 2014 British Touring Car Championship:
http://youtu.be/qxWjW2o3LRc
And a cartoon from start to finish for an exhibition at the 2014 Isle of Man TT races of John McGuinness and Michael Dunlop:
http://youtu.be/BI3VvHZ8BBk
And here is the link to Part 2 of How to draw ANYTHING! The Basics Shading:
http://youtu.be/VKJQI0_oeWQ
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The Drawing Database - Northern Kentucky University
The Drawing Database offers free, public access to art education resources. This channel, associated with Northern Kentucky University’s School of the Arts, provides college-level drawing lessons for students worldwide. The videos encourage active learning through a draw-along format, maximizing student engagement.
FORMS
Master the building blocks of art: spheres, cubes, and cylinders. Grasping these fundamental forms unlocks depth and dimension in your drawings. Build a solid foundation and watch your artistic skills transform.
THE BASICS: Your three best friends-Cube, Sphere, Cylinder


The Drawing Database - Northern Kentucky University
The Drawing Database offers free, public access to art education resources. This channel, associated with Northern Kentucky University’s School of the Arts, provides college-level drawing lessons for students worldwide. The videos encourage active learning through a draw-along format, maximizing student engagement.