Illustration and Drawing Made Easy

Improve your doodles.

Most of us find pleasure in drawing at some time, even if we never take it further than doodles on a telephone pad. For those who want to take it further, it can extend beyond a leisure activity into careers in cartooning and illustration in newspapers, magazines, books and beyond.

The Cengage Education Illustration and Drawing Made Easy course introduces students to essentials like shape, shade and perspective. You’ll learn basic shapes, line drawing and the convincing translation of human, animal and floral forms on to paper.

The course covers techniques like the use of grids and finishes with suggestions on how to apply your new found skills.

Illustration and Drawing Made Easy - Extra learning materialsKey areas of learning:

  • Basic Shapes from Beginning
  • Introduction to common floral shapes
  • The importance of Perspective in drawing
  • Drawing portraits of people
  • Black and White Line Drawing
  • Artistic Methodology and Applied Technique
  • Drawing animal portraits
  • The wonderful World of Fantasy Art
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Course Number B0017
Course Type Correspondence
Course Duration Max 18 months
Study Hours Approx 150 hrs
Qualification Cengage Certificate

Prerequisites

No previous knowledge or experience is required to take this course.

Learning periods

This course is divided into 2 learning periods.

Computer requirements

To complete this course you will need access to:

  • A computer with Windows® 95/98 or higher
  • CD-ROM drive

Assessment details

  • 12 Drawing assessments

Extra learning materials included

  • Drawing textbook
  • Artist sketch book
  • Ruler
  • Graphite sketch set
  • Water colour pencils
  • Eraser
  • Display binder

Subjects You’ll Cover

Art Materials and what is available for the Artist today

  • Art and drawing supplies and what to look for
  • Setting up your work area
  • What different pens and drawing pencils draw like
  • Examples of pens and some out-liners and fine-liners and how they look on paper

Basic Shapes from Beginning (circles – squares – triangles)

  • About Shapes in art
  • Using basic shapes for shape composition
  • Drawing an optical illusion called ‘ Refraction”

An introduction to common floral shapes

  • Learning the basic rules and fundamentals of drawings
  • A note about tone and shading

The importance of Perspective in drawing

  • A look at proportion in figure drawing (Grids and Proportion)
  • Basic Human Anatomy
  • How to draw hands

Drawing portraits of people

  • A boy and his pet rabbit portrait
  • A mother and child portrait
  • Helpful stick-figures

Black and White Line Drawing

  • Making a drawing grid to scale
  • Grid sizes and measurements
  • Adding a character to draw onto your grid
  • A detailed line drawing of a frilled-neck lizard

Artistic Methodology and Applied Technique

  • Your turn to be the art critic
  • Pencil or Monotone Drawing

The Natural World

  • Explore and discover some of the many wonders of seeing, sketching and creating drawings from the wonderful world of insects, plants, flowers and nature in general.

Drawing animal portraits

  • The Sumatran Tiger
  • White Tiger in the snow portrait
  • The jaguar sitting in a tree
  • Jaguar portrait – Face
  • Tiger portrait – Face
  • Leopard Portrait – Face

Drawing Small Animal Portraits

  • The baby wood-duck portrait
  • The wood-duck portrait
  • The rabbit portrait
  • The fairy penguin portrait
  • The peregrine falcon portrait
  • The barn-owl portrait
  • The kitten portrait
  • The fluffy dog portrait
  • The royal family pet portrait

The wonderful World of FantasyArt

  • Fairies and Elves
  • Unicorns and wonderful winged horses

How to draw dragons

  • The baby dragon or hatchlings
  • The mother dragoon
  • The fun dragon
  • The snacker dragon
  • How to preserve your drawings
  • What to do with your new artistic skills

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