This yearlong workshop guides you through 52 weekly lessons that not only improve your technical skills but refine your personal style, preferences, and expression. The first half of the year focuses on learning and polishing the building blocks - such as line, perspective, and shading - while the second empowers you to make choices and question "methods." Each week includes an introductory quote from art history, what (and how) to practice for the specific lesson, and further "if you have time" suggestions to build on. Going beyond simple step by step, each lesson also includes works by artists in other mediums to look up, rooting the theme in its broader artistic context. By the final assessment lesson of week 52, you'll be more skillful and knowledgeable about drawing, as well as yourself as an artist. AUTHORS: Magali Cazo lives and works between Paris and Vogue. She teaches drawing and colour at Lisaa. Michel Lauricella was trained at the Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts de Paris. He is currently a professor at Lisaa and at Fabrica 114. SELLING POINTS: . 52 weekly lessons teach you basics as well as how to hone your personal style . Lessons can apply to both beginners and more-experienced artists . Includes additional practice exercises, artists to look to for inspiration, and quotes from art history 550 colour and b/w images