Stop Sketching. Start Seeing.

Drawing Fundamentals — The Deconstruction Lab

Most drawing problems aren't hand problems. They're seeing problems.

This course teaches you how to really look at what's in front of you — break any subject down into simple forms, build structure from the inside out, and make confident intentional marks. Real objects. A garage studio. A system that works in every medium.

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What You'll Learn

  • How to see before you draw

  • Large to small shape hierarchy

  • Proportion and relationships

  • Tracking lines and surface information

  • Confident committed line work

  • Light to dark mark making

  • Building complex objects from simple forms

  • Three ways to show form

  • Timed structure exercises

  • The foundation for every course in the Deconstruction Lab

Hand-drawn sketch of various box sizes, including a small box with a ball on top, a medium-sized box, and a tall, narrow box, with notes indicating size differences and labels such as 'BIG to SMALL'.
Sketches of various object designs, including a rectangular shape, a cylinder, a square, and a can labeled 'symbol/memory' and 'exploration', drawn on sheets of paper with some colorful paint splatters in the background.
A hand-drawn sketch of a skateboard with annotations. The skateboard has a note indicating 'Too heavy, too soon' near the front, and arrows pointing to different parts of the skateboard with labels such as 'light to dark markings' and 'light past dar
A hand-drawn sketch showing the progression of creating a cylindrical container, starting from basic shapes and transitioning into a more detailed drawing with shading and outlines.
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This course is part of the Deconstruction Lab ecosystem.

Drawing Fundamentals builds directly on the system taught in the foundation courses. Before diving in, here's what's recommended:

Highly Recommended

  • Drawing Is Everything — the core philosophy and progression system. Referenced throughout this course.

  • Values & Color — value structure and the tonal vs. chromatic system are used extensively in every section.

  • Design & Composition - Pre-painting decisions. The blueprint. What goes where and why.

New to art or drawing?

  • Drawing Fundamentals — start here before anything else. Covers observation, line, mark making, and structural drawing from the ground up. (You Are Here)

The Deconstruction Lab

A complete foundation pathway

  1. Drawing Is Everything - The philosophy. Everything builds on top of this. You don't have a drawing problem. You have a thinking problem.

  2. Drawing Fundamentals - Structure is the permission slip. This is where you build it. (You Are Here)

  3. Values & Color - Most painting problems aren't color problems. They're value problems. This fixes that.

  4. Design & Composition - Most painting problems aren't paint problems. They're composition decisions you never made.

  5. Watercolor One: Loose On Purpose - Watercolor isn't fragile. This course proves it.

  6. Acrylic One - Most acrylic courses teach you how to finish a painting. This one teaches you how to think with paint.

  7. Mixed Media One (Coming Soon)

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