Design & Technology made teachable — practical strategies, visual thinking, and digital fabrication for today’s D&T classrooms. Built on two decades of experience across mainstream, ASD, and international schools.
This is the the simplest of all 3D forms. The oblique drawing. If you can draw a shape, you can draw oblique. Simply adding a third dimension at 45 degrees to the horizontal.
In this video I’ll show you how you can learn about the concept of an Oblique Drawing and how to practice with a variety of oblique blocks. Then we move on to drawing oblique shapes and forms.
For the last bit, we always need some fun. I’ll show you how you create 3D Oblique building block structures.
In this video I bring you through the steps of warm ups for sketching.
As usual I drop some nuggets of tips and tricks to help you make better progresses. You will learn about warm ups with lines, circles, ovals and curves. And how you can create intermediate variations along the way and on your own. For example varying spaces and line weights, and sizes, etc.
Feel free to pause after each warm up section so you can continue with more practices on your own, or simply just taking a break to digest the contents. Or if you are quick enough, follow me through the entire video without stopping.
At the end of the warm up practices, I’ll attempt to identify a meaningful profile from the ‘mess’ and turn it into something comprehensible and familiar. If you are adventurous enough, follow me through to creating a 3D form out of that.
Watch and learn with me about sketching “Warm Ups”
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Let me know in the comments what else you like to learn and watch.
Drawing 2D Geometric & Organic Shapes; They are just about as fundamental as drawings can get.
What’s the difference between the two? And how do we make the best out of practices?
In the video I’ll explain to you how you can draw various 2D shapes. With lots of just-in-time tips to help you supercharge your progress. I’ll also be explain why I chose to do certain things or draw in a certain way.
Feel free to “Paused” in between shapes to practice on your own, or create your own variations. You will also find tips on how to create a variety of shapes on your own.
We end with the finale by interpreting the ‘mess’ from the practices and create cool & fun shapes.
Watch and learn with me about sketching “2D Geometric & Organic Shapes”
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Let me know in the comments what else you like to learn and watch.
Here you will find videos and tutorials which you can watch, learn and practice together with me. I will be populating more videos whenever new ones are ready over the next few days or weeks. Make sure you come back to check out new updates.
In the following series of videos of “Sketching & Drawing Practice with Mr Daniel” you will be guided through Warm ups, Basic 2D and 3D Geometric and Organic shapes and forms practices, and finally One & Two Point-Perspective practices.
And before we even begin, let me share with you some essential “Drawing Basics” that is absolutely necessary for you to understand before you dive right into the rest of the tutorials and practices.
You don’t have do everything. You may choose one or two areas you wish to learn or develop on. In every video I will be providing you tips and guides on how you can draw more effectively and efficiently.
But at the end of the day, how well and confidence you will draw, depends on how often you practice.
Cannot draw? I know right. But you got start somewhere. These videos will guide and help you kick start your progress from ZERO to HERO.
Sketching and drawing can be a very daunting activity for many people. Too often than not you will always hear people say “I cannot draw.”
Trust me, everybody can draw. Draw me a square. See? You can.
The only problem is you may not draw them in the right proportion. That is where practice and awareness comes to play. Allow me to guide you through a series of practical drawing practices from warm ups, to 2D shapes and forms, to 3D forms.
In every video I’ll also be dropping some PRO TIPS on how you can handle your tools and approach to a successful sketch - one that you eventually will tell yourself “I didn’t know I can sketch or draw!”.
However mastery takes practices. Not by the hours. Months maybe. But the really good dudes did it for years. Daily. So if you want to be good, it is not good enough just watching a video like this. You got to go practice.
So practice with me. You may pause my videos for extra practices in between different techniques, or you may need more time to practice a technique before you move on to the next.
There is no rule. The point is YOU PRACTICE. And you will surely get better.
Let me know in the comments what else you like to learn and watch.
