MOD EducationCourse sheet
First Marks: Learning to See a Plant
- Season
- Any time
- Months
- All year
- Medium
- Graphite pencil
- Level
- Beginner
- Lessons
- 14 recorded
- Running time
- 6 h 40 min
- Access
- 24 months
- Subject
- A single stem of whatever is in your garden
Kit
On the table
What the lessons use. You may own some of it already; the first lesson goes through it again.
- HB, 2B, 4B and 6B pencils
- Hot-pressed paper or smooth cartridge, A4
- Putty rubber
- Dividers (any cheap pair)
Outcomes
By the last lesson you can
- Measure a stem with dividers instead of guessing
- Draw a clean contour without sketchy lines
- Build a ten-step tonal scale from HB to 6B
- Keep one light source, upper left, on every drawing
Calendar
Where it sits in the year
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Any time: the subjects can be found or bought in every month, so start whenever suits you.
Next
Draw next
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