Draw!
Welcome to Draw - one of Access Arts’ most popular resources.
The free-to-access Draw online workshop is aimed at adults aged 16 plus, and is packed full of drawing ideas, exercises and techniques.
- learning how to see;
- how speed effects your drawing;
- learning to see outlines;
- learning to see negative space;
- using relationships to help your drawing;
- warming-up exercises;
- why tearing up your drawing can be creative;
- how to make your mistakes useful.
Open the Draw! resource
Learning to Draw - Drawing exercises and inspiration
Draw creates a simple framework from which beginners and intermediate learners can explore and enjoy drawing as a process. The resource encourages users to think about what a drawing might be, and suggests practical exercises which are designed to enable thoughtful drawing action.
Each exercise is designed to make it easier for you to approach drawing with a fresh eye, and to enjoy drawing whether you are a beginner or more practiced artist. Teachers, artists, parents and home users have all found Draw a really useful resource.
Transferable ideas - Drawing for all
Draw is based upon teaching which took place in four venues in Cambridge: Kettles Yard, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Museum of Archaeology and the University of Cambridge School of Architecture. Although the original teaching took place with adults (aged 16+), the exercises and ideas can very easily be adapted for children and younger learners.
Drawing exercises - Print out
Buy the Draw PDF £5.50
The online resource is accompanied by the Draw PDF which provides a printable transcript of the ideas contained within the online resource.
The PDF is aimed at artists, teachers, workshop leaders and self-learners.
Feedback for the Draw online resource:
“I am attempting to rediscover an old passion for drawing - with some success - however I went through the exercises on your site and, wow, yes, I`ve learnt more in half an hour than I would have done scratching away with a “B” pencil for a month !!! Thank you very much !!! Michelle Howe
“I have just read through the drawing workshop for the first time. I think it is excellent…it has inspired me with a few ideas which I can incorporate into my Life Drawing classes and i shall certainly be referring some students to the site. Well done!” Bridget (Derby College….PGCE FE )
“Hello, Congratulations for your excellent drawing course, effective and to the point. Would it be possible to have it published all together in PDF format? Thank you,” Gianluca Turco - Italy
“I am an artist-teacher and found your site this evening. It is just what I have been wishing to find for my students. Thank you very much for this resource. I will pass it along to my art educator email list Monday morning.” Betty Bowen, Oklahoma
” Thank you. I really enjoyed reading the information on your DRAW! website especially the second part, making a drawing. I know I will come back to it for reference and inspiration.”
Catherine Scriven, fine Art student at York St John University college
“Hi, This is an excellent resource, alongside the tate distance learning I encourage all of my A level Art students to complete your drawing course. It opens their eyes and expectations of what they can do to so much more and they gain an excitement and enthusiasm for their art from the drawing course - keep it up!!” Jayne Butler, Weston Sixth Form.
this is great is there anymore?
only one proble was in part two the size slide does not load any chance of this being fixed? Once a again a great resoucre thanks for puttiing it up
cheers
Fixed! I’m sorry it got broken somehow…