As artists, line quality plays a crucial role in our drawings. Developing good habits early on ensures that our artwork leaves a strong impression. In this lesson, we discuss 6 habits to help you achieve good line quality. You’ll learn how to avoid the common mistakes, find a comfortable speed, follow-through, ghost in your lines, rotate the paper, and use simple strokes. Remember to practice these habits while sketching, and check out the full Drawing Basics course at for more in-depth lessons, projects, and demonstrations. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - Avoid the Common Mistakes 02:20 - Find the Comfortable Speed 03:36 - Follow Through 04:38 - Ghosting 06:46 - Rotate the Paper 08:16 - Use Simple Strokes 09:25 - Outro Related Links: 13 Types of Lines and How to Use Them - How to Draw Confident Lines - The Tapered Stroke - Produce Better Drawings with this Sketching Warmup - #drawiglines #drawingtutorial #sketching Subscribe to Proko: Don't miss new tutorials - Hit the BELL! Premium Videos - Pose photo sets - FOLLOW PROKO: Email Newsletter- Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - Tumblr - Pinterest - WATCH MORE PROKO: Latest Uploads: Figure Drawing: Art of Caricature: Popular Videos: ABOUT PROKO: Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high-quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching. CREDITS: Artist | Instructor - Stan Prokopenko () Producer - Stan Prokopenko, Sean Ramsey (), Script - Stan Prokopenko, Tiffanie Mang () Production Assistance - Stephen Clark ( , Sean Ramsey, Charlie Nicholson Editing - Hongju Lim (, Sean Ramsey, Stan Prokopenko Publishing - Alex Otis, John Birchall Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra Additional music by Epidemic Sound
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