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Draw anything with simple shapes

Loosen up your lines, draw boxes, spheres and cylinders in perspective, shade them, and build real objects from them.

By the end you’ll have made: A shaded drawing of an object from your home

Time to learn

≈ 7 h 5 min

That’s about 53 long showers.

1 h 37 min watching · 4 h 55 min practising · 33 min on quizzes and games

3 modules · 14 lessons

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Modules

  1. Week 1Confident lines

    ≈ 1 h 50 min · 22 quick sketches
    1. How to actually start drawing2:31
    2. Lines, lines, lines (part 1 of 3)7:02
    3. Lines, lines, lines (part 2 of 3)7:11
    4. Lines, lines, lines (part 3 of 3)7:12
    5. Five warm-up exercises6:16
    6. Confident lines gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  2. Week 2Simple shapes in 3D

    ≈ 3 h 19 min · 40 quick sketches
    1. Sketch simple 3D shapes (part 1 of 3)9:48
    2. Sketch simple 3D shapes (part 2 of 3)9:57
    3. Sketch simple 3D shapes (part 3 of 3)9:58
    4. Sphere, cylinder, cone and cube6:23
    5. Draw boxes correctly8:35
    6. Perspective for beginners7:28
    7. Simple shapes in 3D gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up

  3. Week 3Light, shade and real objects

    ≈ 1 h 56 min · 23 quick sketches
    1. Shade a sphere4:00
    2. Draw anything using simple shapes (part 1 of 2)5:32
    3. Draw anything using simple shapes (part 2 of 2)5:41
    4. Light, shade and real objects gamesTower · Speed round · Match-up