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An introduction to drawing for programmers (or anyone else who thinks they can't learn to draw)

Zed A. Shaw
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A detailed introduction to drawing for programmers and other people who want to learn to draw but were always told they can't. I assume nothing about your background, explain why drawing is difficult, and go through 5 exercises you can do to rewire your brain so you can draw what you see. Every lesson is accurately marked in the timeline below, and I explain everything in full detail with demos of each technique. You only need some paper and a pen or pencil to get started, but later you should get a Strathmore Sketchbook and Prismacolor Ebony pencil to work on your sketchbook. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:06:26 - Lesson 1: Contour Drawing 0:07:19 - * Why Drawing is Difficult 0:11:00 - * Upside Down Portrait Demo 0:23:45 - * Normal Portrait Demo 0:28:58 - * Explain Why It's "Wrong" 0:31:55 - * Contour Drawing Lesson 0:43:40 - Lesson 02: Cross Hatch Shading 0:44:35 - * Previous Lesson Review 0:45:33 - * Upside Down Portrait Demo 0:59:23 - * Intro to Val …...more
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Intro

0:00

Lesson 1: Contour Drawing

6:26

Why Drawing is Difficult

7:19

Upside Down Portrait Demo

11:00

Normal Portrait Demo

23:45

Explain Why It's "Wrong"

28:58

Contour Drawing Lesson

31:55

Lesson 02: Cross Hatch Shading

43:40

Previous Lesson Review

44:35

Upside Down Portrait Demo

45:33

Intro to Values

59:23

Value Strips

1:03:28

Crosshatching Demo

1:14:23

Lesson 3: Memory Drawing

1:29:29

Review

1:30:45

Warmup Contour Drawing

1:36:57

Warmup #2

1:55:13

Drawing from Memory

2:03:43

Memory Drawing Demo

2:08:08

Drawing Tablets are So Cheap

2:33:53

Materials List

2:37:33

Lesson 4: Simple Sketching

2:41:37

Review

2:43:24

Memory Drawing Demo

3:01:31

Sketching Review

3:14:38

Painting Demo

3:47:11

Lesson 5: Basic Measurement

3:56:02

Expressive vs. Accurate

3:56:44

Measurement Lesson

4:25:07

Lesson 6: Pulling it Together

5:21:44

Final Review

6:17:38

Outro

7:12:06
An introduction to drawing for programmers (or anyone else who thinks they can't learn to draw)
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Apr 112025
A detailed introduction to drawing for programmers and other people who want to learn to draw but were always told they can't. I assume nothing about your background, explain why drawing is difficult, and go through 5 exercises you can do to rewire your brain so you can draw what you see. Every lesson is accurately marked in the timeline below, and I explain everything in full detail with demos of each technique. You only need some paper and a pen or pencil to get started, but later you should get a Strathmore Sketchbook and Prismacolor Ebony pencil to work on your sketchbook. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:06:26 - Lesson 1: Contour Drawing 0:07:19 - * Why Drawing is Difficult 0:11:00 - * Upside Down Portrait Demo 0:23:45 - * Normal Portrait Demo 0:28:58 - * Explain Why It's "Wrong" 0:31:55 - * Contour Drawing Lesson 0:43:40 - Lesson 02: Cross Hatch Shading 0:44:35 - * Previous Lesson Review 0:45:33 - * Upside Down Portrait Demo 0:59:23 - * Intro to Values 1:03:28 - * Value Strips 1:14:23 - * Crosshatching Demo 1:29:29 - Lesson 3: Memory Drawing 1:30:45 - * Review 1:36:57 - * Warmup Contour Drawing 1:55:13 - * Warmup #2 2:03:43 - * Drawing from Memory 2:08:08 - * Memory Drawing Demo 2:33:53 - * Drawing Tablets are So Cheap 2:37:33 - * Materials List 2:41:37 - Lesson 4: Simple Sketching 2:43:24 - * Review 3:01:31 - * Memory Drawing Demo 3:14:38 - * Sketching Review 3:47:11 - * Painting Demo 3:56:02 - Lesson 5: Basic Measurement 3:56:44 - * Expressive vs. Accurate 4:25:07 - * Measurement Lesson 5:21:44 - Lesson 6: Pulling it Together 6:17:38 - Final Review 7:12:06 - Outro

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Zed A. Shaw

156 subscribers