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Step-by-step drawing tutorials in pencil, on a graphics tablet, in Photoshop and Procreate. Each one covers a single subject — a face, eyes, lips, a figure, a house — from the first line to a finished piece. All free, no sign-up.
Learning to draw starts not with drawings but with the hand: line pressure, hatching, gradient, filling shapes. Then simple forms, perspective and light and shade come in. The text has a plan for the first month and the exercises that fit into it.
A female face is built on the same head construction as a male one — the difference is in the softness of the forms, the proportions and the handling of detail. Anton Korostov works constructively: the overall form and axes first, the features after.
Lera Fominykh walks through Procreate on iPad: canvas and settings, gestures, brushes and palette, layers with masks and blend modes, selection, transform, effects. And a whole drawing, from sketch to finish.
Lera Fominykh shows Photoshop from the point of view of drawing itself: canvas settings, layers and masks, brushes, eraser, smudge. Then the process — from sketch and underpainting to light and detail.
A fantasy mushroom character from the first thumbnails to the finish. Several three-value sketches, a chosen variant, colour, surface and ornament borrowed from Samarkand mosaics — that is how you draw a mushroom that does not exist in nature.
Sketching is the fast capture of what you see, and it has many directions: architectural, interior, industrial, fashion, concept, portrait. How they differ, what materials each one needs and where a beginner should start.
To draw a person the figure is assembled from the skeleton: proportions and landmarks first, then the pose and the line of action, then muscle over the construction. Part by part: skeleton, pronation and supination of the forearm, choosing a pose, torso, legs and arms.
The order of the first sessions is line, hatching, value, proportion, composition, perspective. What to draw with and how to hold the pencil, then step-by-step exercises for each block. Your first pencil drawing comes out along the way.
A graphics tablet is chosen for your hand and your eyes, not for its spec sheet — the school curators compare the brands and say what to look at. Then the software, getting used to your hand and the image being in different places, and exercises for coordination.
