Foundations of Drawing

The curriculum facilitates clear direct instruction through video demonstrations with the instructor modeling techniques step-by-step.

Kevin McEvoy teaches through video lessons up to 30 minutes, demonstrating drawing techniques while students can follow along, pause as needed, and then complete their own labeled drawings.

The curriculum explicitly teaches art vocabulary through labeling exercises and downloadable reference materials.

Students label various aspects of drawings including halftones, highlights, background, external contour, shadow shape, cast shadow, and reflected light, with downloadable PDFs summarizing key principles and art vocabulary.

The curriculum integrates art history throughout lessons by featuring famous artists and their techniques in relation to what students are learning.

In most lessons, McEvoy teaches about famous artists and their techniques, includes 'Art History Reference Image' sections with additional artist information, and analyzes works by well-known artists in terms of geometric shapes.

The curriculum provides excellent structured instruction in drawing techniques, with detailed demonstrations of shading, lighting, shadows, and 3D effects.

McEvoy teaches advanced techniques for shading, lighting, and shadows in early lessons, demonstrates specific methods like pencil sharpening, and provides step-by-step instruction with labeling of drawing elements like halftones, highlights, and cast shadows.

The curriculum is designed for independent learning and provides some support materials but may require basic drawing knowledge from instructors.

The course includes downloadable PDFs and detailed materials lists, but McEvoy assumes students already know how to draw basic geometric shape outlines, suggesting some foundational knowledge is expected.

The curriculum is heavily structured around geometric foundations but allows for creative application through guided drawing practice.

Students follow specific lessons on geometric shapes like spheres, cubes, and cylinders, but complete their own drawings following the demonstrated techniques, with the structure building toward independent artistic analysis.