About Drawing/Sketching
Drawing/Sketching
The recent popularity of TV shows like CSI and 'Without a Trace' has renewed interest in the career of police forensic artist. Forensic artists, or sketch artists, work with old-fashioned paper and pencil as well as state-of-the-art computer graphics. Forensic...
"It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character." ~ Camille Pissarro. I love words. Much of my artwork is full...
This illustrated tutorial shows you a useful trick for drawing hands - start off by visualising a mitten over the fingers, and draw the resulting shape first. Getting the essential line through the finger tips and joints helps you to...
This exercise uses a newspaper image as a starting point to practice shading. Even hesitant drawers can achieve pleasing results, having the edges of one part to begin drawing from and the other part as a reference. For best results,...
The New York Public Library has the most wonderful online library of images. You'll find everything from William Blake prints and Japanese woodcuts, old illustrations, Black history, Hebrew manuscripts, scientific images, and loads more. Its free for personal study and...
What is negative space drawing? It sounds like something a science fiction illustrator might do, but in fact, negative space drawing is an essential technique that anybody who does realist value drawings will use constantly. Find out what negative space...
Often figure drawing is so daunting that we freeze up and produce stiff, awkward work. Sure, its important to observe carefully and get those tricky bits right, but first try this approach to quick sketches to free up and capture...
If you've just been drawing a little while, check out this list of the most common errors that beginners make. Most of them are easily fixable, and you might find a way to kick-start your art. Read More...
The General Electric company have this fun Virtual Drawing Board with a cool moving marker pen, several colors and sizes, that records and replays your pen-strokes - you can email it to a friend and they watch the drawing being...
Dreams are elusive things, and get harder to remember with each passing day. When you write down your dream, and give it a timeline, it becomes a goal. Goals are tangible, acheivable things. Don't just dream about your art career....
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