Drawing must be fun! In this course I reveal my professional pencil drawing secrets with a relaxing and easy process for drawing and then shading 5 woodland animals. You'll learn how to draw your animals using shapes, slowly at first then you'll be shown how to draw your animals from memory. With practice you could even be drawing your animals in just 60 seconds just like I demonstrate.

Theres also more animals to practice afterwards and with left and right facing views. I've included another booklet on plants, leaves and flowers too.

Spend a few hours with me in the studio

Grab yourself a cuppa and relax. I'll take you through this step-by-step in real-time. It's like you're spending a few hours with me in the studio as I personally show you my professional techniques. Don't worry though. I've spent years figuring out the quickest and easiest ways to do things so that you don't have to. Just come and follow along with me. This is going to be a breeze.

Here are just a few of the pro tips I'll be sharing with you...

Your 4 major skills for drawing - draw better immediately

These 4 skills will immediately improve your drawing skills in general. They're skills that most of us are born with and use on a daily basis. We're going to use these skills while we draw our woodland animals.

Learn to draw and memorise 5 woodland animals

Have you ever tried to draw woodland animals only to discover you aren't sure how to draw them? Maybe you've tried but what comes out of your hand is definitely not what you had in your mind.  I know how you feel. I felt the same way once upon a time, until I realised that actually the secret to all dawing is to start out with shapes first.

Shade 5 woodland animals using 5 areas of light and shadow

Have you ever wondered where you should be putting the highlights and shadows in your drawings? Use this very simple theory to place your shadows in 5 different areas to make your images more realistic.

A simple system using just 3 ways to shade

Did you know that there are just 3 different ways to shade and if you use these in the right places your drawings will look more realistic and have that wonderful sense of form. 

A fully planned image

Once I've shown you how to draw your woodland animals individually, then I'll show you how to create an entire image. You'll learn where to put things in the various areas of a picture including foreground, middle ground and background. 

Plus loads of other tips and techniques sprinkled liberally throughout the course...

This course was filmed in real-time with just a few small edits to keep it flowing for you. As I'm drawing I chat about little nuggets of graphite pencil wisdom all throughout. No boring bits I promise!

Works with cheap pencils and professional brands too

The great news is that for this course it's up to you what pencils and paper you choose to use. I've especially chosen a range that you can buy from a stationery store just to show you that it can be done! Its all about technique! The techniques I'm revealing will work with cheap supermarket brand-name pencils as well as the more expensive professional brands.