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Drawing Together Episode 54: Drawing Stairs
this episode is Part of the Drawing Together live video series – learn more here
Working with linear perspective can be a challenge, but we’re up to it today, right? This drawing of a set of stairs is going to test our understanding of perspective drawing, but I’m sure we’ll walk away from this learning something! Follow along using this reference image: https://bit.ly/2Egjs9J
We want to see your drawings! Share your finished pieces and any tips with us on this episode page.
Today, I’m working with:
- Write Rag or Charcoal Paper
- Charcoal Pencils (HB, 4B)
- Kneaded and Rubber Erasers
- Vine or Willow Charcoal
- White Charcoal Pencil (maybe)
- Shading Stumps
In this session, we’ll cover:
- Perspective Drawing and sketching
- Drawing Stairs
- Drawing Steps in Perspective
- Realistic shading techniques
Join artist Scott Maier, every Monday and Wednesday at 3PM EST.
This was the hardest drawing that I have attempted. Thank you, for your guidance.
Using plain copy paper again I like the smooth texture. Thanks for all the tips on perspective. Thanks
This is amazing! I couldn’t even post mine… it was awful! Lol. Architectural subjects are not my thing.
Nice work! Thanks for watching and sharing your drawing!
I’m glad to hear the suggestion was helpful. This looks great!
Very nice! You managed the perspective well!
I only have smooth paper so tried to “draw” texture that the paper couldnt give. Using charcoal I couldnt get the fine detail that I enjoy, but I did enjoy the challenge. It seems my phone camera lightens my drawings for some reason so some of the light/ shadow is lost. Thanks for another great challenge!
Your suggestion to work on a larger format was a good one for this. I found my charcoal pencils to be lacking when doing detail. I did manage to get that suggestive detail that satisfied me. The slightly wonky steps give it a nice aged look!
Interesting to work on watercolor paper. Good texture for the charcoal.
When I upload my pictures I can see more easily the things I would go back and adjust and fix!
that was pretty fun today. Enjoying drawing. Never thought I’d like it so much, thanks, Scott!
Thanks Scott. Wow this was tough!
Interesting challenge