Learning the basics is very much important in any art form.
Drawing basics:
1. Lines
2. Shapes
3.Form
4.Composition
5. Principles
6. Colour
7. light, shade, shadow
8. Visual measurement
If you have all the above mentioned senses you can master Drawing.
Preferable Age group - 5 to 13
As these age category have much free time they can practise a lot and get trained to the core with simple basic excercises.
I structured my course based upon my understandings and how i learnt on my own way.
Stage 1: mastering lines
stage 2: understanding the shapes
stage 3: transforming shapes into forms
stage 4: practising patterns
Stage 5: grid pattern drawing
stage 6: grid mirror pattern drawing
stage7: mandala mirror pattern
stage8 :grid object drawing - simple
Stage9 : grid object drawing - complex
stage 10: freehand mirror drawing
Stage11: draw what you see
Stage 12: draw what you imagine.
Later it continues with pencil shading, colour pencil rendering, dry pastels, acrylic painting, oil painting.
Lets explore more and more in Drawing.