If you want to learn how to draw faster this article is for you. I’m going to teach you how to draw faster using 14 tips and tricks I’ve learned from 20 years of drawing professionally. Schroll through and cherrypick the tips that resonate most. Let’s make a start. (I …
As an artist who occasionally makes hyper-realistic art, I hear the same old angst-ridden question: “What’s the point of hyperrealism? You might as well take a photo”. Is hyperrealism art or a skill? I think I’m well placed to answer that question. Hyperrealism is an art form if the artist …
How do you make flat, lifeless, pencil shading look like a three-dimensional shadow? In this post, I will teach you how to draw realistic shadows in pencil the correct way. When drawing shadows on a flat plane, the depth is created by making the inner shadow area slightly lighter than …
I’m often asked how I can draw so well. Did I go to art school? Is it in the family? When did you first realize you could draw? These are easy questions to answer, but can anyone learn to draw? Draw what you see and not what you know. Draw …
Drawing and sketching are similar but there are differences worth describing. Where they overlap the differences are subtle, but at either end of the spectrum, they differ noticeably. Let me define the differences in a brief summary. Sketches are the rapid notes and looser lines that usually precede a drawing. …
