Resources For Learning To Draw and Paint
Posted in Drawing on Jan 24th, 2010
Almost all beginning artists struggle with the simple technique of learning “to draw what you see”. It doesn’t matter whether you paint from a photograph, your imagination or life itself, you can often struggle to work out the structure of what you are looking at and how to draw it.
Gary Gumble has written a great [...]
Posted in Drawing, Learning Art Basics on Jan 12th, 2010
You may think children as young as 9 years old may not be able to draw realistic portraits of people. Sounds impossible doesn’t it? However, strange as it may seem, there are basic techniques which children can quickly get the hang of and be producing great portraits in no time.
Tara Scott has written an article [...]
Posted in Art News & Stories, Drawing on Jul 28th, 2009
In recent times, the increase in profile and re-emergence of drawing has slowly put it front and centre in the art world. This very interesting article by Mike Brennan touches on the history of drawing and how it is now rising in the art scene:
Drawing Conclusions – The Rise Of Drawing In The Contemporary [...]
Posted in Drawing on Aug 22nd, 2008
Cartooning is not about drawing it is about telling stories. Yes, even when you are drawing a single illustration you are telling a story. Cartooning is about expressing your thoughts. And it is your thoughts expressed beautifully through your cartoon characters that make you different from other average cartoon makers.
But as in every other field [...]
Posted in Drawing on Aug 4th, 2008
Drawing the human form is no easy task. In fact, it’s probably the toughest task an artists can try and master. Why? Because every person is different and each stroke of the pencil represents the model and the observation of the artist and their interpretation. There are a few principles to keep in mind as [...]
Posted in Drawing on Aug 1st, 2008
A sketchbook is like diary for an artist, a place where you can just let out all your art without any worries. Any person who wants to get better at drawing should have a sketchbook, because it not only records your ideas, thoughts and experimentations, but a sketchbook also gets you drawing and drawing, building [...]
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