Drawing & Sketching for Beginners
Learn to draw what you see — objects, people and places — with pencil and paper, 20 minutes a day.
Your Readiness Proof
A sketchbook of 30 drawings made during the course, including a final urban or nature sketch and a self-portrait, compared with your day-one drawing.
Who this is for
- Complete beginners who "cannot draw"
- People looking for a calm, creative routine
- Designers who want stronger sketching
Better to start elsewhere
- People looking for digital illustration software training
What you will be able to do
- See shapes, proportions and negative space
- Use line and shading to show form
- Draw faces and figures in simple steps
- Sketch outdoors quickly
- Keep a daily drawing habit
Modules and lessons
1Seeing like an artist
3 lessons
- Shapes
- Proportions
- Negative space
2Line and tone
3 lessons
- Line weight
- Shading
- Light and shadow
3Still life and objects
3 lessons
- Everyday objects
- Perspective basics
- Textures
4People
3 lessons
- Faces
- Figures
- Hands
5Out in the world
3 lessons
- Urban sketching
- Nature
- Your sketchbook habit
Course author and support
Written by an illustrator who runs beginner drawing classes.
Self-paced, with automated checks and a final assessment. A coordinator answers questions by message within three business days.
Your result tracker
Every week your tracker shows what is done, what is next and what your mentor said. Your coordinator checks in if a checkpoint slips.
- Week 1 · CheckpointSeeing like an artist
- Week 2 · CheckpointLine and tone
- Week 3 · CheckpointStill life and objects
- Week 4 · CheckpointPeople
- Week 5 · CheckpointOut in the world
- Week 5Readiness Proof submitted and reviewed
- After the course+30 days: post-course follow-up
After the course
6 months of access to all materials and updates after you finish, a 30-day check-in from your coordinator and access to the alumni community.
Format and time
Video lessons, readings, exercises, quizzes and a final assessment, at your own pace. 2 hours a week.
Requirements
A laptop or desktop computer, a stable internet connection and about 2 hours a week.
Certificate
Certificate of Completion, issued when you pass the final assessment.
This is a MAKE ME FIT certificate with a public verification link. It is not a state qualification or a professional licence.