Sketching is the basic skill of painting, but do you have a lot of doubts about sketching? Traditional sketching tutorials tend to focus on the list of knowledge points and case training, so that the reader only "knows what is" but "does not know what is". This book will tell you why you should learn sketching in this way through the personal experience of Mr. Zhou Sir and Mr. Wei Wei, and summarize the whole basic technique of sketching into four basic abilities of "shape, color, and body", leading you to practice the basic skills of sketching in an efficient and systematic way.

This book is divided into eight chapters. Chapter 1 introduces what sketching is; Chapter 2 introduces the tools needed to practice sketching; Chapter 3 introduces in detail the methods of lining up and eliminating lines; Chapters 4 to 7 are special training, introducing "shape", "color" and "body" respectively. "color", "body", and "quality", with case studies as exercises; Chapter 8 is a comprehensive training, leading the reader to review the learning framework of the book; finally, Mr. Zhou Lei shares his own experience in sketching in the afterword. Finally, in the afterword, Mr. Zhou Lei shares his own solutions when he encountered resistance in the learning process of painting.