Drawing Outside the Lines: A Beginner Drawing Workout
A fun, beginner-friendly drawing course designed to loosen up your habits and help you see differently.
Through timed exercises and guided assignments, you’ll explore blind contour drawing, negative space, upside-down drawing, opposite-hand drawing, angled lines, curved lines, and other simple ways to break out of automatic drawing habits.
You’ll complete the exercises yourself, then watch Robert work through the same assignments so you can compare approaches and see how the ideas can be applied in different ways.
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Materials
Materials you need
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Blind contour
drawing without looking
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Blind contour assignment
Drawing assignment without looking
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Robert's take blind contours
Robert’s take on drawing without looking
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Semi Blind Contours
Draw with quick glancing
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Semi Blind Contours Assignment
It’s your turn to try drawing with a quick glance
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Robert's take semi blind contours
See Robert’s take on quick glance drawing
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Negative space
drawing the negative space of an image
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Negative space demos
Learn how to draw the negative space of an image
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Negative space assignment
Your turn on drawing the negative space of an image
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Robert's take negative space
See Robert’s take on drawing negative space from an image
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Upside down
Draw an image upside down
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Upside down assignment
Your turn on drawing upside down
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Robert's take upside down
Robert’s take on drawing upside down
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Opposite hand
Use the opposite hand to draw
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Opposite hand assignment
Try drawing with the opposite hand
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Robert's take opposite hand
Robert’s take. on drawing with the opposite hand
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Straight lines
draw with straight lines only
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Straight lines assignment
Try drawing objects using only straight lines
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Robert's take straight lines
Robert’s take on drawing objects using only straight lines
What You’ll Explore
Blind contour drawing
Semi-blind contour drawing
Negative space drawing
Upside-down drawing
Opposite-hand drawing
Straight and angled lines
Curved lines
Timed drawing exercises
Breaking habitual drawing patterns
Learning to observe more carefully
Who It’s For
This course is ideal for complete beginners, returning artists, or anyone who wants a low-pressure way to improve drawing skills through experimentation and repetition.
No polished drawings required. The emphasis is on seeing, responding, and building confidence through practice.
What’s Included
20 step-by-step lessons
Timed assignment videos
Guided drawing exercises
Instructor demonstrations of the same assignments
Beginner-friendly progression