The three levels
The three levels have an increasing degree of difficulty: In level 1 the emphasis is on flat shapes and structures. In level 2 attention is paid to composition and the suggestion of 3D/plasticity. In level 3, perspective plays a greater role.
Materials
Standard size drawing paper (eg A4/A3), a nice drawing pencil (HB/B/2B), colored pencil, a good eraser and a sharpener. Of course you can also use other materials such as fine liners are fine but not necessary. Digital drawing (e.g. on an iPad) is also a possibility
- Share Basic pencil for free with others, at home, school or on a holiday.
- Choose a topic from one of the levels that interests you or use the search function
- Do you prefer lessons on paper? Each chapter and loose image can be downloaded and printed
- Explore stories and masterpieces of art.
- Do you have a question about a lesson? Send an email to info@basispotlood.nl
The idea behind these lessons:
During the Corona period, students were at home. I then came up with the idea of offering my drawing lessons of the past 25 years online in a coherent way, possibly as additional teaching material for teachers. Children/young people from about 9 years old (and eventually adults) increasingly expect to learn something concrete from drawing lessons. For example, how do you draw wings or human figures a bit more realistically? How do you come up with fun new ideas for drawings? The source of my lessons in that respect is the art of drawing itself, from masterpieces from art history to imaginative illustrations and comics. Drawing lessons and art appreciation in one! Of course, one student, young or old, has more talent than the other (just like with sports, language, arithmetic, music, etc.), but with good examples and exercises, everyone who wants to can learn something concrete and get satisfaction from it at any level. I deliberately chose pencil as an accessible material and mainly drawing in lines, so that the emphasis is on communicative subjects that stimulate the imagination of students. Of course, there is nothing wrong with using other materials for my lessons. Many thanks to the designers of Hollands lof Haarlem who designed the website.
About the author
Rogier van der Erve (1953) graduated from the Rietveld Academy Amsterdam in 1991, specializing in drawing and free graphics. In 1993 he obtained his first degree in drawing/art history at the HKU. Since that time he has worked as an art teacher for 20 years with children in the upper years of an elementary school. From 1994 to the present he works as an art teacher in secondary education exam classes havo/vwo in Rotterdam.
