Welcome to painting 101 “Drawing for Beginners”, a comprehensive and practical course designed to take you from complete novice to confident sketcher. Whether you’ve never picked up a pencil before or you’re looking to sharpen your fundamentals, this course will guide you through essential drawing concepts, techniques, and practices in a fun, approachable way.

Through hands-on exercises, video tutorials, and guided practice, you’ll explore key topics such as shapes, shading, perspective, texture, still life, and even basic portrait and figure drawing. You don’t need talent—just time, curiosity, and a willingness to practice.

By the end of this course, you can:

• Identify and effectively use basic drawing tools and materials

• Draw with confidence using fundamental shapes and forms

• Apply light, shadow, and value to create depth and realism

• Use linear perspective to create the illusion of space

• Represent various textures and surfaces through drawing techniques

• Accurately observe and draw still life arrangements

• Sketch human faces and figures using foundational proportions

• Build a daily or weekly drawing habit to continue growing

• Explore and develop a personal drawing style and creative process