Drawing Basics
Learn core drawing techniques used by professional artists
Develop a solid understanding of drawing basics in only two weeks
Learn the essentials with our online drawing workshop—from physical ergonomics and how to handle implements correctly to linework, shapes, perspective, and shading. You'll receive inspiration and feedback from an expert with years of drawing experience in film, games, and publishing.
Why study Drawing Basics at CG Spectrum:
- Lessons are crafted by an award-winning artist
- No experience required
- Learn drawing methods used in the industry
- Gain 30 days access to an online community channel on Slack where you can network, troubleshoot, and collaborate with your workshop mentor and peers!
Our workshops fill up fast—register now to secure your place!
What you'll learn
With 10+ hours of self-guided study content and two live, one-hour mentor-led sessions, this two-week workshop is designed to develop your core drawing skills and gain an understanding of art fundamentals. If you're serious about a career in concept art and digital illustration, it will also help prepare you for CG Spectrum's more extensive courses.
Learning Outcomes
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Understand basic drawing techniques
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Create foundational line and form drawings
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Implement perspective, contour, and shadow into drawings
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Understand relationships between objects in illustration
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Create drawings of nature, animals, and humans with accurate form and volume
It's one of the best discoveries of my life.
Never been so happy to study before. I've learnt so much in such a short time, and not only with the awesome mentors here, but thanks to this big community too! Thanks, CG Spectrum!
Thank you CG Spectrum for giving me exactly what I needed to get started in this competitive industry.
I started the Concept Art & Illustration Course to create a stunning portfolio to apply for an internship. Without CG Spectrum I would never have been able to create a portfolio on a level that got me an amazing internship in Beijing.
Thanks to CG Spectrum, I am a lot closer to my dream of being a concept artist.
The curriculum structure is very reasonable, with both academic basic theories and useful suggestions for career paths. Thanks to my mentors, Brian Huang and Victoria Sarkissian, who not only taught me drawing skills and design techniques, but more importantly, they also gave me the confidence to continue working hard.
The staff are really awesome. They genuinely care and they work very hard for you.
There are plenty of extra curriculars on offer. You can drop in on fundamentals classes every week. The Technical Assistants run friendly competitions. They have workshops and Q&As with big-name studios like Industrial Light and Magic. You get out what you put in, but they do their best to make a lot of good available to you while you're there.
They give you the right tools for the right job.
I enrolled in the Concept Art and Illustration course without any art background (theoretical and practical). Thanks to my enthusiastic mentors, Eric Wilkerson and Brian Huang, and knowledgeable fellas in group chat, I was able to improve my skills in a short time.
Highly recommend this school!
My teachers were very helpful and I have learned so much about the industry. The highlight I think is the community they nurture—I have great relationships with other students, alumni, and mentors from my time at CG Spectrum.
Studying concept art and illustration through CG Spectrum has been wonderful!
From helping me in achieving a better workflow to improving on designing things out of my comfort zone, the course has given me more confidence as an artist. You can tell the mentors really put a lot of thought and care into helping you create your best work, as well as preparing you for success in the industry.
Utterly brilliant!
If you really want to learn how to properly make concept art and illustration or just improve your art, then this is one of the best courses that you could do. The amount that you learn from the tutor and the assignments is huge - it would take many years of self-led practice to learn what is taught here. Fantastic experience!
Experienced, successful and friendly mentors.
CG Spectrum has pushed me closer to my dream of being a concept artist. The mentors are amazing, which really is their unique selling point! Very glad to have taken both the illustration and concept art course, and the advanced concept art course.
I've never improved as an artist so quickly.
Great course. They teach you what you need to know and don't waste your time with stuff that just fills out a course. It was specific to what I needed to know. The classes are very personable and the mentors are industry professionals that never hesitate to put in the effort to help you out. I definitely would recommend this to people interested in getting into the industry. It's set up so that industry professionals (who are still working in the industry) are teaching you. They are at the top of their game. You get the connections as well as the skill and insight into the industry. These guys tick all the boxes in my opinion.
