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The Art of shapes - Learn to draw anything using shapes
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I'm passionate about art illustration and have a bachelor degree within art illustration. I know how difficult is can be to start your art journey or improve if your already interested within art, i'm here to help. My goal to keep students challenged and entertained within these lessons. I also provided homework after each lesson.

Shapes is the key to drawing freely and effectively. This is done through obseravtion a vital skill for artists to produce amazing and accurate drawings. I've designed this course as guide whether a beginner or advanced, this is made for people who want to start to improve within drawing.

You'll learn how to identity shapes within photographes and your favorite artists using 2d/3d shapes. Use those shapes to draw images and build visual memeory for future drawings. And finally create a full illustration using what you've learnt.
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Print out items,objects,subjects and your favourite artists to use as reference for your drawings.
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