Have you ever lost yourself in a work of art that was so real you felt part of it? How do artists trick you into thinking that a flat surface is 3 dimensional? This is how artists create depth in a drawing: Distant objects drawn in perspective, reduce in size, …
If you feel like you’re stuck in an artistic rut and there’s no way out, it’s time to find inspiration to draw, and fast. This post will help you to break out of your art block and come up with some new drawing ideas. Find inspiration to draw by looking …
Sometimes you hit an artistic brick wall and need a few drawing prompts to kick-start your imagination. This post is intended to get your creative juices flowing with 55 drawing prompts for beginners, including techniques, and easy exercises on the themes of nature and animals. Easy Drawing Prompts For Beginners …
Getting back into drawing is like riding a bike. You never really lose it. Your drawing skills might be as rusty as your old bike, but it’s nothing some wire wool won’t fix, right? Taking a long break from drawing can feel like a setback, but it’s a situation many …
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 fundamental difference between drawing vs sketching in a brief summary. Sketches are the rapid notes and looser lines that …
If you admire an artist’s work, you want to know how they did it, right? Perhaps there’s a magic formula that only professional artists know. Maybe it’s the kit list? If only you knew the best drawing supplies to buy. This article is about my personal kit. These are the …
Drawing requires patience, skill, and attention to detail. Whether you’re a beginner or a professional artist, it’s easy to fall into bad habits and make silly mistakes. It happens to us all. In this article, I’ll cover 32 common drawing mistakes and bad habits to avoid, ranging from the most …
Choosing the most practical way to learn art is daunting for a beginner. Many students start with a book, so let’s answer the question – are drawing books worth it? Drawing books are worth it for learning art. They provide a structured approach to mastering various techniques and styles at …
Those who can – do, and those who can’t – teach, a little unfair perhaps but there’s an element of truth to it. So how do you get better at drawing if the teacher isn’t very good? Get better at drawing by learning how to hold a pencil correctly, drawing …
Most artists don’t know when to stop. It’s hardly surprising, there’s so much going on. Making art is a mixture of dreams, expectations, obsessions, excitement, fear, pointless perfectionism, and the list goes on. This post will attempt to teach you how to know when your drawing is finished. Your art …
Many artists struggle with drawing accurate proportions and even when they can, it takes too much time. A grid helps artists create more realistic drawings, but is drawing a grid cheating? Drawing with a grid is not cheating, it’s a practical tool used for copying a 2D image accurately. However, …
There is a new drawing app in Canva so what can it do and how useful is it for an artist? Can you draw on Canva? Canva has released a new feature, it’s a drawing app with basic functions. It can be useful for creating simple designs or adding your …
In this post, I will show you how to trace a drawing, or to be more exact, how to trace any picture. There are more ways to trace than you might think. Tracing has a long history. The easy way to trace a drawing is to tape a thin sheet …
I’ve been passionate about drawing animals for as long as I can remember. In this post “Cool Animal Drawings” I will showcase some of my best work, both old and new, in the hope that sharing my tips and experience will inspire you to create your own beautiful animal drawings. …
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. Let’s make a start. 1. Sketch Faster by Drawing From Life It’s important to …
You need to protect and preserve your pencil drawings but there is a lot of poor advice out there and I want to put it right. This is my advice in a nutshell: Use acid-free tracing, wax, or parchment paper dividers between loose pencil drawings. Clamp your drawing pad shut …
When I’m talking to a novice, I’m often asked where I begin and the first thing I tend to say is ‘draw a quick outline’ but that’s not the whole truth. As an artist, you have to plan and compose your art before you can make a start. In that …
A contour drawing is, at its core, about using the fewest lines possible for the maximum effect. Yet there are different types of contour drawing, so what do they mean? A contour drawing is a technique that is used to study the shape and volume of an object and calculate …
Graphite has a major drawback, it reflects light, giving your drawing an unwelcome sheen. It can ruin an otherwise perfectly good drawing. All is not lost however, there are ways to reduce the problem and even stop pencil shine from happening in the first place. Pencil shine can be stopped …
There are a number of reasons why artists change style, sometimes a style just evolves, while at other times it’s a conscious effort to change tack. Artists change their style as they grow, when they try out new things, and experiment with new materials and techniques. They also change their …