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Lesson 26 of 84 ยท Drawing

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Still Life With Fruit (Part 3)

๐ŸŽจStudio Brief #26

Arrange three pieces of fruit on a table and draw them from observation.

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Draw it slow. Then draw it again, faster.

โšก The twist

Draw with your wrong hand for the first 30 seconds.

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Mind = Blown

๐Ÿคฏ The pencil was invented over 400 years ago. Same idea ever since.

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Artist Spotlight

๐ŸŽจ Leonardo da Vinci filled 13,000+ pages of sketchbooks โ€” most just curious doodles.

Practice observation in this art lesson: still life with fruit (part 3).

What You'll Learn

Arrange three pieces of fruit on a table and draw them from observation. Still life teaches you to see shapes, shadows, and how objects relate to each other in space.

Techniques You'll Practice

observationvalue shadingcomposition

Materials Needed

Drawing pencils (HB-6B set)Charcoal pencilsSketch paper

Step-by-Step Guide

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Where you see this in real life

Every comic, animation, and architecture started with a quick sketch.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Sketch one thing in your house you've never really looked at before.

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For the dinner table

โ€œShow me your sketch. What's the part you'd do differently next time?โ€

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