100 Drawing Projects Short Course

Course description

Unlock your creativity and build confidence in expressing your ideas through drawing! This course is perfect for artists and creative individuals who want to explore a wide range of techniques and develop a unique artistic style. You'll discover the basic principles that make your drawings stronger and more impactful, all while learning to think freely and without limitations.

Confidence in drawing is crucial for any artist or creative person. After undergoing a wide range of projects and techniques, you will have developed a stronger identity and style as a creative person. You will learn basic principles that will make your drawings stronger and more vigorous. Each project is carefully designed to help you break free from perfectionism and explore your creativity to find what inspires you. You'll receive step-by-step guidance, yet have plenty of room to experiment and develop your personal creativity, generate ideas for drawings and expand on themes that are important to you.

You will try out many drawing techniques you have never encountered. This will enable you to understand what methods work best for you, what are your core values as an artist, and how to communicate them through drawing. In addition to hands-on practice, you'll dive into the ideas and theories of contemporary artists, helping you develop a well-rounded ‘drawing toolkit.’ By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills, confidence, and creative voice to tackle any artistic project that comes your way! Expect to try out new drawing techniques that will help you understand what works best for you and shape your identity as an artist.

The course offers a great opportunity to:

• Practice several traditional drawing methods from the old masters.
• Experiment with techniques used by many contemporary artists.
• Learn to draw faces more easily by mastering proportions.
• Master composition to make your drawings more engaging.
• Understand body proportions to make drawing the human figure simpler.
• Use Cubist techniques to reveal the structure of people and landscapes.
• Experiment with various ink wash techniques.
• Use tracing paper to add depth and interest to your drawings.
• Try mixed media drawing to create rich textures.
• Master oil pastel resist techniques for unique effects.
• Explore ways to layer images and mediums for impactful drawings.
• Develop classic techniques like chiaroscuro, used by old masters.
• Learn dynamic techniques to draw moving figures and objects.
• Discover and refine your unique drawing style.
• Practice observational drawing outside the studio setting.
• Understand how to use line, tone, and texture effectively.
• Work with materials like charcoal, Conte crayons, ink, and graphite.
• Learn perspective techniques for dynamic compositions.
• Use drawing as a tool for generating ideas and expressing your vision of the world.

Please note: this course is available in 2 formats - an intensive 5-day course with 25 hours of study and a condensed 5-week evening course with 12.5 hours of study. The 5-day intensive course offers more studio and class time for the activities, while the 5-week evening course will include exercises and homework over 5 weeks.

Who should take this course?

• Beginners who want a fast track ride through all areas of design.
• Those with experience who want to reconnect with raw and immediate working methods

Entry requirements: none

Level: beginners as well as more experienced students.

Please note: This course is for students aged 18 and older

• Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology they will make sure they explain what they mean.
• New methods will be shown to students through live demonstrations, in a way that’s crystal clear and easy to understand.

• Study at Central Saint Martins, Granary Square a world-famous art and design college
• Network and share ideas with students from across the globe
• Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline
• Shop in our college shops for any materials you might need
• Ask questions of your tutor in real time
• Receive feedback and critique on your assignments
• Experience the many sights of London on your down time

• You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it!
• As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance.
• We always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience!
• Certificates and digital badges are great to complement your cv.