How to Draw: Foreshortening with the Coil Technique

Hey everyone, this lesson covers the ’coil technique’ and how I use it when dealing with foreshortening. Something I forgot to mention that is also very important for foreshortening is overlapping lines. I don’t explain it but you can see when I erase areas that I try to make sure that the closer lines overlap the more distant lines to create the illusion of depth. Anyway, hope it’s still helpful. Tools: Adobe Photoshop CS6 Wacom Cintiq 22HD Camtasia Studio For FREE art resources, like photoshop brushes, reference images, art books etc... check out the Resources section at The forum at is a growing community of artists all working to improve and help each other, it’s free to join, so if you want to receive comments or critiques on your work, or maybe offer some advice, head on over! Follow me on Facebook at For full length feature tu