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Foundation Drawing and Rendering

Develop a clear understanding of linear perspective and form rendering with this series of nine comprehensive workshops by masters of the craft: Gary Meyer, Scott Robertson and Neville Page. Learn how to accurately construct environments and objects in space, and practice techniques for rendering basic forms with convincing light, shadow, and tonal value. Through step-by-step demonstrations, the lessons progress from simple shapes to more complex scenes and objects, teaching the importance of visualizing, constructing, and shading with clarity. This path also includes a Workshop on the fundamentals of painting with Photoshop, for those new to digital painting.

Beginner to Intermediate 29h 56min 11 Workshops
Neville Page Gary Meyer Scott Robertson
By 3 Instructors
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Fundamentals of Perspective 1

In this lecture titled Fundamentals of Perspective 1: One-Point Principles and Concepts, the basic concepts of one-point perspective will be covered. This lecture primarily focuses on the fundamental understanding of the principles, terminology, and the concept of scale in perspective...

Gary Meyer by Gary Meyer
Beginner
3h 6m
12 Lessons
drawing perspective environment design
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Fundamentals of Perspective 2

In this lecture titled Fundamentals of Perspective 2: Two-Point Principles and Concepts, we continue the discussion with an overview of Two-Point Perspective. Gary discusses methods of measuring and plotting scale correctly in two-point perspective by first discussing ways to transfer scale correctly...

Gary Meyer by Gary Meyer
Beginner
3h 21m
13 Lessons
drawing perspective environment design
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Fundamentals of Perspective 3

In this lecture titled Fundamentals of Perspective 3: Three-Point Principles and Concepts, we begin by discussing three-point perspective. Here, Gary breaks down three-point perspective and illustrates the terminology and concepts to consider when using three-point perspective...

Gary Meyer by Gary Meyer
Beginner
2h 12m
15 Lessons
drawing perspective environment design
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Basic Perspective Form Drawing

On this title Scott introduces the basics of 1, 2 and 3-point perspective drawing and leads you through the exercises needed to gain the skills necessary to draw man-made forms of your own design...

Scott Robertson by Scott Robertson
Beginner
2h
8 Lessons
drawing perspective vehicle design
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How to Draw Cars

In this title, Scott demonstrates the basic drawing techniques he uses when drawing cars. The lecture begins with a detailed look through some of his past car drawings and the strategies employed while drawing them...

Scott Robertson by Scott Robertson
Intermediate
2h
8 Lessons
drawing perspective vehicle design
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How to Draw Airplanes

In this title, Scott demonstrates the basic drawing techniques he uses when drawing aircraft. The lecture begins with a detailed look through some of his past aircraft drawings and the strategies employed while drawing them...

Scott Robertson by Scott Robertson
Intermediate
2h
8 Lessons
drawing perspective vehicle design
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How to Draw Hovercraft and Spacecraft

The lecture begins with a quick look at several of his past hovercraft vehicle drawings and the strategies employed while drawing them. Next, Scott demonstrates his techniques of drawing eleven different flying vehicles of his own design...

Scott Robertson by Scott Robertson
Intermediate
2h
6 Lessons
drawing perspective vehicle design
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Rendering Matte Surfaces: Volume 1

In Volume 1, which focuses on Rendering Matte Surfaces, Neville offers a deep dive into the shading methods that he has refined across more than 30 years of professional work and teaching. Starting with the basics, he shows how light interacts with flat planes, using a cube as the foundation, and explains how our eyes and brain interpret form through value changes...

Neville Page by Neville Page
Beginner
2h 3m
8 Lessons
drawing perspective
photoshop icon Photoshop
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Rendering Matte Surfaces: Volume 2

In this second volume of Neville Page’s Rendering Matte Surfaces series, he continues teaching the essential skills that all designers need to learn. Blending clear demonstrations with real-world observations, Neville helps artists to train their eye and sharpen their technique, whether just starting out or refreshing their foundational knowledge...

Neville Page by Neville Page
Beginner
2h 40m
8 Lessons
drawing perspective
photoshop icon Photoshop
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Rendering Matte Surfaces: Volume 3

Neville demonstrates a clear, technical, and logical approach to assigning values across panels and compound curves. As the examples progress in complexity throughout the lessons, he showcases a range of lighting strategies in Photoshop to help artists render impressive and sophisticated forms...

Neville Page by Neville Page
Intermediate
2h 29m
9 Lessons
drawing perspective
photoshop icon Photoshop
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Digital Painting in Photoshop

To hone your digital painting skills in Photoshop, you must master the menus, tools, and settings that will deliver the best results. This 6-hour workshop is dedicated to teaching the foundations of professional-level painting in Photoshop...

Dave Neale by Dave Neale
Beginner
6h 05m
11 Lessons
character design digital painting
photoshop icon Photoshop
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Learning Paths have been organized to help both aspiring and professional artists, who are looking for training based on the fundamental categories of creative work in the visual effects, animation and games industries. Each Learning Path has been curated to contain a collection of workshops that guide artists through a series of topics relevant to that path, but they are not necessarily sequential. When appropriate, however, we have organized the workshops in a path to be in a logical order. All workshops are tagged with their level (beginner, intermediate, advanced) so that you can browse the path and choose a title that matches both the subject matter and level that you are looking for.
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