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Basic Drawing Exercises with Catherine Bobkoski, Chris Legaspi, Heather Lenefsky, Leo Mancini-Hresko

Basic Drawing Exercises
Learn How to Use and Sharpen Your Pencil! Learn drawing exercises & how to hold a pencil

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In this lesson, instructors Heather Lenefsky and Chris Legaspi will walk you through how to use and sharpen your pencil. You will begin to experiment with different mark-making techniques through multiple drawing exercises.

This lesson belongs to the course Drawing Foundations I. This course is designed to empower new students with a structured approach to learning how to draw. Join instructors Steve Huston, Chris Legaspi, Heather Lenefsky, Catherine Bobkoski,  Bill Perkins, Joshua Jacobo, and Mark Westermoe as you learn the fundamentals of perspective, rendering, and composition. After completing this course, you will develop a solid foundation in drawing.

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