You Can Draw in 5 Weeks: The Fun, Easy Way to Learn to Draw Within 30+ Days

By Martha Folsbee

Get better at drawing in just over a month!

No one is naturally skilled at sketching; it takes years of consistent effort to get better at it. And if you're a newbie at drawing or searching for a book that offers guidelines and inspiration for daily sketching, you can never go wrong with this one because it includes both instructions and exercises that will help you concentrate and improve your skills every day. 

From Week 1 through Week 5, you can learn the fundamentals of drawing before applying them to sketch people, flowers, animals, natural formations, and other useful subjects

Your sketches will become easier every day with clear directions, straightforward language, and detailed pictures, and you will see real results for your efforts. 

This book includes:

• A different subject to enhance skills
• Suitable for drawing beginners with 
• Top-quality and easy-to-grasp illustrations
• Practice sections to draw or paste your work on
• A Drawing schedule with slowly detailed concepts and written steps 
   

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cactus books
• Release date: Aug 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223630159

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You Can Draw in 5 Weeks

The Fun, Easy Way to Learn to Draw Within 30+ Days

Martha Folsbee

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To my wonderful wife, Sarah, Thank you for loving me, and for making life more colorful. I love you.

To my amazing sons, George and Tobi: There genuinely are no words. I'm proud of you all and I love you all very much.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT DRAWING

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

MATERIALS YOU’LL NEED

TEST YOURSELF

PART 1

THE BASIC SHAPES

Lines

Circle

To draw a Circle

A Square

The Ellipse

PART 2

HOW SHAPES CREATE FORMS

A Cube

CUBES to DICES

CUBES TO CARDBOARD BOXES

CIRCLES TO BALLS

CIRCLES TO WATERMELONS

Draw a half-circle for the watermelon, then add the rind and corners.

ELIPSES TO SOUP CANS

CUBES TO CHAIRS

CELL PHONE

PART 2

LIGHTENING AND SHADING

Light Source

Shadows

Value

SAMPLE LIGHT SOURCE AND SHADOW IN A PYRAMID

HATCHING AND CROSSHATCHING

PERSPECTIVES

Terms to Note

One Point-Perspective

Two-Point Perspective

ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS

A Room in One Point Perspective

A CITY IN ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE

2 POINT PERSPECTIVE CITY

PART 3

MORE DRAWINGS

HANDS

Draw a Hand

DRAW A PALM

NOSE

Draw a Nose

Draw From the Side View

EYES

Different From the Side View

THE FACE

Drawing a Male Face

DRAWING A FEMALE FACE

MOUTH

The Lips

Full Lips

Side Profile

BLENDER

TREE FROG

WINE BOTTLE AND GLASSES

SEASHELLS

WEDDING CAKES

BANANAS

TREES

The Shape of Trees

A Simple Stick Tree

LEAVES

LILLY

ALAMANDA

ROSES

ANIMALS

CATS

SNAKES

Draw a Snake

BIRDS

How to Draw a Bird

Epilogue

About the Author

Get in touch

Introduction

If you picked up this book, it's probably because you're interested in learning how to draw and becoming known as an artist. This book can be thought of as your art diary for five weeks.

Anyone, no matter how good they are, can start to learn how to draw. Even if you don't know anything about art, practice and a desire to learn will help you get better at sketching and find your creative side.

This book is all about breaking things down into their basic shapes and drawing those shapes with pencils. It