Hi I'm Felix,

and I'm passionate about teaching drawing fundamentals, as they were the key that unlocked realistic figure and portrait drawing for me.

I believe anyone can learn to draw well and save years of frustration by learning the fundamentals first.

Sadly, many drawing students get overwhelmed, bored by their lack of progress, and eventually... quit.

Does Drawing Feel Like an Unobtainable Skill to You?

I can relate!

For many years I struggled figuring out how to get better at drawing.

I'd find one method of drawing and focus exclusively on it, only to realize months or years later that drawing that one way felt limiting.

❌ I had a long phase of just measuring angles, matching values, and "copying" what I saw exactly. At first I got excited when my drawing finally looked realistic. But then I realized being a human copier machine isn't what got me into drawing in the first place.

❌ I had another phase studying anatomy in detail. I'd learn about muscle insertions, how they connect, function and so on. At first I got excited as my figures looked more "put together". But they also looked too muscular and "anatomical".

❌ Then I had a phase of focusing on gesture drawing. I studied animation drawings and again got excited. My drawings were becoming more dynamic and flowy! But somehow my accuracy, my anatomy knowledge and everything else became worse.

❌ Then I'd learn about form and perspective. I'd try and make my drawings look more boxy and solid...And while I learned to draw boxy mannequins, I still was at a loss how to use form to make better drawings.

To read every drawing book, attend any seminar, and take any online course by pros I admired, until I finally "get" drawing.

And that's what I did.

I learned from a wide range of teachers from very different schools of thought.

From sight-size drawers, animators, illustrators, painters... Anyone who could draw in a way that inspired me I learned from.

And piece by piece the "big picture" of drawing started to emerge, leading up to this big realization:

Once I realized this something magical started to happen:

While in the past I often got worse from drawing to drawing, now, each drawing I made was significantly better than the last.

I could SEE which fundamental was holding my drawing back, I KNEW how to improve that fundamental drawing skill using targeted exercises, and I understood how to BALANCE the newly improved skill in my overall drawing process.

You too can get the drawing skills you dream of!

By learning the foundational drawing skills taught in The Drawing Fundamentals Course, you too can become great at drawing in weeks not decades, and make big skills jumps with every single drawing you create.

Who This Course is For:

-> Beginners wanting to learn drawing the right way.

-> Those excited by realistic figure and portrait drawing but not sure how to improve.
-> Anyone who wants to get great at realistic drawing but is confused and overwhelmed.

Day 2: Linear Mark Making

Mark making refers to your hands ability to draw a line as your mind intends it to, confidently, accurately & beautifully.

It's a crucial drawing fundamental, a huge determinator of the success of your drawing, yet most beginners never learn about it.

The best part: You can improve your Mark Making leaps and bounds practicing simple exercises for 5 minutes a day.

Topics covered:

-> How to make confident, beautiful and correct linear marks, and how to consciously design your drawings using 3 types of lines.

-> Specific exercises you can practice anytime, anywhere to improve your mark-making skills.

-> Posture: The key to confident marks, that's rarely talked about.

-> Head & Subject Positioning: The secret to avoiding distortions and improving accuracy, that's often overlooked.

-> Figure Drawing Demonstration: See how to apply linear mark making in an actual drawing, and experience how this fundamental translates into more beautiful final drawings.

🟢 Do This Now: Linear Mark Making Workout

Day 4: Shape Design & Measuring

This module combines shape design with free-hand measuring techniques, because mindlessly measuring without training your sense for design is pointless.

Shape design has a huge impact on how well your drawings read, yet most beginners don't even realize it exists.

Topics covered:

-> Intuitive freehand measuring techniques: how to get a likeness using angles, plum lines, triangulation, negative space and more.

-> The actual key to likeness: How to see and design shapes.

-> How to practice shape design: Watch me as I demonstrate a John Singer Sargent shape design master study.

🟢 Do This Now: Shape Design Workout

Day 6: Value & Edges

Value is a critical layer of any image, and as fundamental as line or shape. Edges describe the transitions between values and communicate turning form.

This module is a fast-track to using value & edges in your work for greater depth and atmosphere.

Topics covered:

-> 2-Value Studies: How to use them for a strong read & why they are so effective

-> 2-Value Velazquez Study Demonstration: Learn how to train your eyes to see in 2 values using this highly effective exercise.

-> Toned Paper Techniques: Learn a simple material combination for enhanced realism and rendering.

-> Sculpture drawing demonstration: Watch an in-depth demo of me rendering a sculpture, using black and white pencil on toned grey paper.

🟢 Do This Now: Value & Edge Workout