The Elements of Drawing: A Free Course from Oxford


In The Ele­ments of Draw­ing, Stephen Far­thing R.A. presents eight prac­ti­cal draw­ing class­es using John Ruskin’s teach­ing col­lec­tions to explain the basic prin­ci­ples of draw­ing.

1. Intro­duc­tion to the Ele­ments of Draw­ing

2. The Tip of the Pen­cil

3. The Edge of the Pen­cil

4. Toned Paper

5. Mak­ing a Live­li­er Draw­ing

6. Mea­sured Draw­ing

7. With Colour

8. Field Notes

9. Cre­ativ­i­ty

You can watch the lec­tures in the course above. Or find the lec­tures on iTunes or Oxford’s web­site.

The Ele­ments of Draw­ing has been added to our col­lec­tion, 1,700 Free Online Cours­es from Top Uni­ver­si­ties.

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