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The Ball's in Your Court

The Ball's in Your Court

The First Basic Form

Mallory
Feb 13, 2023
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In this lesson, we’ll practice drawing the Ball, the first of the Basic Forms.

Skills in this Lesson:

  1. Drawing from the shoulder.

  2. Draw round circles.

  3. Draw rounded, symmetrical ellipses.

  4. Place two perpendicular ellipses in a circle to give it a spherical (ball-shaped) form.

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