What You’ll Learn:

• The basic materials, tools, and surfaces for creating realistic drawings with pencil.
• Why the element of art, value is so important to your success and how to use it in your drawings.
• How to create the illusion of a variety of textures with pencil.
• Blending and shading techniques for pencil drawing.
• How to use a variety of forms of graphite including traditional pencils, specialty pencils, powdered graphite, and lead holders.
• How to ensure accuracy in your drawings by using the grid technique.
• How to ensure accuracy through sighting and measuring.
• The importance of observation and how to see the abstract shapes that make up a subject.
• How to use the eraser as a mark-making tool.
• How to draw challenging subjects such as flowing water, reflections, and transparency.
• How to apply the concepts learned to any subject that you wish.