DRAWING UPGRADE

Your first life-drawing session doesn't come with instructions. Drawing Upgrade gives you simple ways to get started.

Ben Weeks · 20+ years as a professional illustrator · 1,000+ hours of life drawing

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You can’t draw everything you see

You can't draw
everything you see

You can't

draw everything

you see

A life-drawing session gives you more information than you could ever put on a page. So you have to choose.

What do you notice first? What matters? What can you leave out? What do you want to exaggerate, simplify, or change?

You're not a camera. You decide what to conceal and what to reveal.

And that's where your drawing starts to become yours.

Two people can look at the same model, in the same room, at the same moment—and make completely different drawings. Neither one is the single “correct” answer.

There is no perfect drawing. So how do you know what to do?

A life-drawing session gives you more information than you could ever put on a page. So you have to choose. What do you notice first? What matters? What can you leave out? What do you want to exaggerate, simplify, or change?

You're not a camera. You decide what to conceal and what to reveal.

And that's where your drawing starts to become yours. Two people can look at the same model, in the same room, at the same moment—and make completely different drawings. Neither is the “correct” answer.

There is no perfect drawing. So how do you know what to do?

And that's where your drawing starts to become yours. Two people can look at the same model, in the same room, at the same moment and make completely different drawings. Neither is the “correct” answer.

There is no perfect drawing.
So how do you know what to do?

Drawing Upgrade gives you the exercises, ideas, and ways of thinking that help you make those decisions for yourself.

YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF SAYING

“It’s a terrible drawing, but I love it.”
“I didn’t know I could do that.”
“That didn’t work at all. I want to try it again.”

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET

HERE’S WHAT
YOU’LL GET

Guidebook (27-page PDF): mindset, 4 key exercises, materials list, and annotated examples.
Session Journal: reflect after each session on what you noticed and tried.
Portfolio Tracker: log the approaches you’ve tried and pick what to explore next.

Complete Guidebook: mindset,
4 key exercises, & examples.
Session Journal Template
to track your journey.
Portfolio Tracker: keep track of the different approaches you've tried and see what you want to explore next.

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Drawing Upgrade Guidebook, Video Course and Bonus Handouts

Choose How You Want to Learn

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You Want to Learn

Guidebook

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27-page printable guidebook

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Session template and tracker

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Audiobook bundle

$55

Audio guidebooks

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Guidebook and bonus materials

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Video masterclass

$89

Artist technique breakdowns

Techniques for dynamic poses

Focus and mindfulness framework

Curated reading and artist list

Guidebook, audio and bonuses

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7-Day Satisfaction Guarantee.
Files are yours to keep forever + 12 months of updates.
🔒 Secure checkout via Lemon Squeezy. Terms & Conditions Apply

7-Day Satisfaction Guarantee. Files are yours to keep forever + 12 months of updates.
🔒 Secure checkout via Lemon Squeezy.
Terms & Conditions Apply.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I’M READY?

Curious what you could do with drawing?

You've been curious about life drawing but haven't known where to start.
You've tried drawing from life and sometimes felt unsure what to do next.
You want to experiment rather than worry about getting everything “right.”
You'd like to spend some time making something that's genuinely your own.

You don't need to be good at drawing. You just need to be willing to try.

Curious what you could do with drawing?

You've been curious about life drawing but haven't known where to start.
You've tried drawing from life and sometimes felt unsure what to do next.
You want to experiment rather than worry about getting everything “right.”
You'd like to spend some time making something that's your own.

You don't need to be good at drawing. You just need to be willing to try.

You've been curious about life drawing but haven't known where to start.
You've tried drawing from life and sometimes felt unsure what to do next.
You want play to heal perfectionism.
You'd like to make your own thing.

Portrait Photograph of Ben Weeks by Luis Mora

Hi, I’m Ben Weeks. As an illustrator and motion designer, I’ve worked with clients like The New York Times, Canada Goose, and Penguin Random House. I've taught at Sheridan College and Miami Ad School. Over 20 years as an artist, I found that drawing can be a place of refuge. A place to refine your creative intuition and discernment. But it also helps to draw with other people in a kind of community.

I created Drawing Upgrade to help someone about to try their first sessions. This guide is some of what I’d walk you through if we were side-by-side to help you get started life drawing.

Hi, I’m Ben Weeks. With over 1000 hours of life drawing practice and with 20 years as a professional illustrator, I created Drawing Upgrade to help give you get started life drawing.

FAQ

No. Life drawing isn't a test — it's a practice. You don't need to be "good" before you start. Drawing Upgrade gives you a plan so you can focus on the experience instead of worrying about whether your lines look right.

The short version: a large sketchpad (A3 minimum — newsprint is perfect and cheap), willow charcoal or soft pencils (2B–6B), a kneaded eraser, and clips to hold your paper. Leave the fancy supplies at home. The Guidebook has a full materials checklist so you're not guessing.

That's exactly the kind of problem Drawing Upgrade is designed to help with. Instead of giving you one "correct" way to draw, it gives you exercises and a framework for deciding what to notice, what to leave out, and what you want to explore next.

You can still use the exercises in your sketchbook, draw people in coffee shops or on public transit, or ask a friend to pose. A dedicated life drawing session is ideal, but you don't need one to get started.

Try Drawing Upgrade for 7 days. If it doesn't give you something useful to take into your drawing practice, email me for a full refund. No questions asked.

Watching your own drawings appear

through your hands is like magic.

"Watching your own drawings appear
through your hands is like magic."

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