The Guide to Graphite: Mark Making and Blending
This course features:
4 Hours of Instruction
19 Videos
18 eBooks
30 Day Money Back Guarantee
Lesson Description
A look at different grips for mark making and a variety of graphite application techniques.
Lesson Materials
2B graphite pencil, kneaded eraser and Stonehenge drawing paper.
Lesson Resources
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Course Curriculum
Lesson 1: Introduction and Materials (6:15)Lesson 2: Graphite Grades and Sharpening (8:31)Lesson 3: Erasers (10:49)Lesson 4: Mark Making and Blending (12:57)Lesson 5: Light and Shadow - Part 1 (8:32)Lesson 6: Light and Shadow - Part 2 (7:45)Lesson 7: Sketching (12:16)Lesson 8: Texture Study 1 (14:50)Lesson 9: Texture Study 2 (15:16)Lesson 10: Texture Study 3 - Part 1 (12:30)Lesson 11: Texture Study 3 - Part 2 (12:12)Lesson 12: Landscape Drawing - Part 1 (13:26)Lesson 13: Landscape Drawing - Part 2 (9:45)Lesson 14: Portrait Drawing - Part 1 (12:49)Lesson 15: Portrait Drawing - Part 2 (13:05)Lesson 16: Powdered Graphite (13:09)Lesson 17: Water Soluble Graphite (8:33)Lesson 18: Colored Graphite (16:35)Lesson 19: Framing / Matting / Conclusion (9:30)
Thank you for informative lessons , Matt. I learnt lots of new things. I like cross hatching and circling techniques. ☺️
I cannot play any of the videos I have downloaded because the format (any of them) is not compatible with my Quicktime player. Is there some MAC compatible app that I need to download and use for your videos?
Thanks.
Hi Marc,
You can download the free video player called VLC at http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html. It will play any format for you.
All I can say is that I am impressed with this course so far and I am glad that I bought it. I only wished that I was presented with this course when I was doing my art lessons at school…. would have been much more interesting, fun and time-efficient.
Really liked the circling technique… also the ways to hold a pencil and the control exerted..thanks Matt
Hi Matt, thank you so much for these lessons, they really help to improve!
My question is about practice or exercises in drawing. I, personally, find contour hatching quite challenging. The lines need to be precise and follow the shape of the object, but it even getting sphere shading more or less believable took me couple of days. I try different ways to hold a pencil and I love overhand (drumstick). Now i am struggling with shading a cylinder. I think it will take me some time to get geometrical shapes right!
Do you think I should stick to geometrical shapes and shading them and get them right before I go to more complex objects? Like lemons:)? Or should I try different medias (pastels, tempera etc) just to change the focus after certain amount of time? Thank you in advance.
Is there a list of specific projects or assignments to complete with each of the videos or do you just try to practice the techniques shown in the video?
Hi Sue,
The expectation that you will complete the drawings/exercises that are demonstrated in the lessons. I hope this helps.
Thank for this course Mr Matt , this sites help me a lot to understand and learn to drawing.
cheers from Chile.
Inverted grip is very close to holding the bottom chopstick. Thank you for your videos. They have really helped me get back to drawing after a head injury.
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Can I stream these lessons to my TV?