Drawing for Painting Course

Discover How Drawing for Painting Can Be Simple and Fun

The easy way to lay out your paintings - without even using a pencil if you don't want to!

If You're Like a Lot of My Students, the Word "Drawing" Can Make You Cringe

After all, who wants to waste time drawing when you could be doing the fun stuff? Like - painting!

But a good drawing is the heart of a good painting, and it doesn't have to be tedius.

Drawing Can Be Simple and Fun!

A drawing is just another word for a map for your painting. Without a map, you never know where you'll end up. But, with a solid start, you clear the way to be creative and spontaneous with your painting without getting lost or confused.

I'll show you how you can use the principles of line and shape to create some structure for your painting - and you don't ever have to pick up a pencil if you don't want to!

In This Recorded Online Class You'll Learn:

How drawing can be used to create a map that makes the rest of the painting process flow easily

Creative suggestions for different materials - including wax crayons, oil pastels, charcoal, and paint!

Useful techniques like:

How to use a thumbnail to find the best composition
What a pick-out drawing is and how saves you so much time
How to lay out a simple drawing without going into tedious detail

Class Format

In this 1-hour recording of a live online class I demonstrate taking an image from the thumbnail stage through the three major stages of making a drawing that I could easily paint a painting on top of.

Course Lessons

5 Ways We Struggle When Drawing
Let's explore why the transition from drawing to painting can sometimes be difficult
Composition & Thumbnail Sketches
How to quickly find your favorite composition and find the most important shapes and values
Drawing Part 1: Framework & Gesture
The first step is to quickly find the movement and biggest shapes
Drawing Part 2: Proportions
The second step is to refine and make sure the shapes relate to each other properly
Drawing Part 3: Value, Details
The final step is to establish your values and tighten up your shapes

Also Includes

Downloadable and Clickable Shopping Guide with my favorite drawing supplies and tools

Downloadable eBook with tips on using value and a printable value scale

What Students Are Saying:

"Very nice job presenting a very complex concept!"

- Ruth M.

Class Cost: $35

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Class FAQs

Is this only for oil painters?

Not at all! With the exception of actual oil paint, all of these techniques will work great with acrylics, pastel, or gouache, and most of the concepts will apply to watercolors as well.

Do I need to know how to draw to get anything out of this class?

Nope! A hallmark of the way I teach drawing is getting you to see in simple lines and shapes, which is so much simpler to learn than the types of drawing, doodling, and sketching you were probably exposed to in art class.

What's the skill level for this class?

The concepts in this class will be great for all skill levels, from absolute beginners wanting to know where to start to more advanced painters who want to streamline their drawing process.

Hello! I'm Whitney Hall (aka The Curious Painter)

I've been a full-time painter since 2008 and have been teaching painting and color theory for just as long!

My favorite thing is helping painters of all levels overcome whatever is frustrating them in the studio so they can find more joy at their easels.

I'm also a total color theory nerd. I love researching everything I can learn about color theory and color psychology and color science, and finding a way to explain it in the simplest way possible.

I live in Bozeman, Montana with my blue heeler. When I'm not painting or teaching, you'll probably find me gardening or exploring somewhere in nature.