✓ work with hometasks, the main aspects of training
✓ line as the main tool of an artist
✓ the analysis of additional tools of the programs interface
✓ first objects, the plane, and the volume
✓ primitive-based drawing, basic shape usage
✓ auxiliary volumes drawing and kinematic schemes
✓ the basic drawing principle (from general to particular)
✓ work with dynamic lines and strokes
✓ properties of drawn objects, transfer of the material texture with the help of a line
✓ volumetric elements in 2D-drawings, volume depiction
✓ line change depending on lighting, the depiction of light and shadow
✓ physically correct parameters when drawing objects: connection to plane, the mass of objects
✓ the depiction of contrast by line, the glare, refraction angles, reflections, and bends
✓ the depiction of object texture, drawing patterns, and repeating objects
✓ line depth, the use of the line as a determinative of the objects distance from the viewer
✓ line hierarchy for individual objects, creating a readable and quickly perceived image of an object
✓ the concept of an object’s shape and volume
✓ the study of object sections, simple and complex shapes
✓ volume display using the studied line properties
✓ determination of normals on an object's surface, the concept of the basic plane
✓ an object's sections according to given normals
✓ cutting and combining parts of various objects, slices, secant planes, and incremental volumes
✓ the principles of displaying guides and dynamic lines on the surface of an object
Stage 4: Light and shadow
✓ The structure of light and shadow in objects. The main features and patterns in work with chiaroscuro
✓ ambient light, directional light
✓ construction of simple and complex shadows using the beam method
✓ building a quality shadow from a complex object, learning to draw fake shadows
✓ the concept of general lighting for all objects in a figure
✓ color and light in the work of a digital artist, physical and digital parameters
✓ Itten's color circle, blending, and color separation
✓ basic methods of working with color
✓ using contrasts of brightness, color, saturation
✓ warm and cool color tones, the methods of their use
✓ recommendations for work with color and it's range
✓ color schemes and harmonies
✓ the concept of perspective
✓ one-point perspective
✓ work with perspective convergence points
✓ "point-to-point perspective", architecture and design
✓ "three-point perspective" as a tool for non-standard and complex angles
✓ "aerial perspective", levels and location plans of objects
✓ work with line in perspective
✓ work with color in perspective
✓ "open space perspective": landscapes, architecture
✓ "the enclosed space perspective": design, interiors
✓ "frontal perspective" and scale
✓ work with light and shadow in perspective
✓ construction of complex objects in perspective
✓ the sequence of work with a picture, methods, and options
✓ life hacks for the proper organization of work
✓ examples of certain techniques use in practice
✓ work with views, angles, camera
✓ angle, mood and composition—creating a story in a picture
✓ creating fast sketches, quick solutions—80% of the result in 20% of the time
✓ the concept of composition, proportions, and ratio
✓ formal composition
✓ "the golden ratio" rule, "rule of thirds"
✓ transfer of feelings and emotions through composition
✓ the basic set of compositional solutions for the artist’s works
Stage 8: Further picture development
Stage 7: Basics of composition