the Figure Drawing LAB Pencil Drawing Lessons & Techniques : How to Draw with Graphite Pencils & Shading Tutorials for Cartoons & Comics Pencil Drawing : How to Draw with Pencils Lesson Learn the basics of learning to draw with pencils...techniques and what you need. Learn techniques for drawing with pencils with the following lesson for how to draw and shade with pencils. How to Hold Your Pencil Correctly in Many Positions When Drawing Pictures Lesson Learn the correct positions for holding pencils while drawing. Direction to Draw your Lines with 3-Dimensional Objects The direction of your lines matters when representing 3D objects...find out how to determine which direction to draw your pencil lines. How to Draw Children and People from Real Life with Pencils Pencil Sketch drawing lesson ... learn how to draw people in real life situations. Drawing with the Lead Pencil - A pencil has many excellent qualities. Drawing Pencil Sketches Lesson Create realistic drawing pencil sketches using a variety of graphite drawing techniques. Drawing Techniques: Using Carbon, Charcoal, and Graphite Welcome to the drawing materials section.
Learn to Draw - Graphite Pencil Drawing Tutorial. Work In Progress - Step-by-Step Title: "Inner Beauty" Size: 18" x 14" Medium: Charcoal, Graphite, Carbon on White Paper Step One: If you are unfamiliar with the use of frisket film, here's a video that will explain it for you: Step Two: Next, I blended the charcoal with a piece of felt and added the beginnings of wood grain. I repeated this several times to build up a solid tone. Step Three: Then, I sprayed the drawing with fixative, Peeled off the frisket and began rendering the subjects. The tape on the right shows what it looking like after I removed the real masking tape. Step Four: I have started adding the holes and lines of the notebook paper. I used charcoal for the holes to match the background. The lines on the paper were produced with a .3 mechanical pencil to keep them as sharp and clean as possible. Close-up Step Five: Here’s the final. I’ve included some close-ups to give you a little better Idea of the detail. Learn How to Draw!
Online Fine Art Instruction in Drawing, Painting, Pastel, Charcoal, and Lessons in Color Theory, Space and Composition What I Believe/Don't Believe About Art: - "Talent" is basically a myth. I believe that sensitivity, inspiration, hard work and conviction are much more important in producing quality work. - Neatness and speed do not count in art. - Being original really means being/becoming yourself. - There is no limit to what can be learned - it is a life-long process. - There are as many viewpoints in art as there are human beings. - There is no one, right way to make art. - There are rules in art to be followed - however, for every rule I've ever heard, I've seen a great work of art that is the exception. - The entire universe is potential subject matter for art. Practical Tips: Relax: inspiring music, comfortable clothes and chair. Wear clothes that you're not afraid of getting dirty. Look at other art - galleries, museums, books, art centers. Carry a sketchbook everywhere, for at least 1 year. Welcome to my online studio! I've been an artist for many years, and I feel that art is a vital part of our lives. etc.
Sight Size Drawing Method Sight-size or right-size drawing is a traditional method of observing the subject, still taught in classical ateliers. Mainly used for portraiture but applicable to other subjects, sight-sizing will help you attain great accuracy when drawing from life. How to Use the Sight-Size MethodBen Rathbone, a graduate of the School of Representational Art in Chicago, wrote this explanation of the sight-size method. He includes photographic illustrations and covers the use of plumb-line and calipers. The Benefits of Sight-Size DrawingA feature article in 'My American Artist' magazine. A First Cast DrawingFollow along with artist Paul, a 'lapsed painter', as he makes a cast drawing. Articles on Sight-Size from Charles H. Bargue Drawing DemoPaul, who doesn't seem to possess a surname, shares his experiences doing some copies of drawings from the Charles Bargue drawing course.
Lackadaisy Expressions Boy, I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I started this. I've had requests for some sort of expressions tutorial dating back a while now, so I figured, "Sure! I can explain expression drawing...and it'll be way better than all those tutorials out there that are nothing but charts of generic expressions. Yeah! Just give me a day or two to whip something up..." Um. Anyway, I found all I could really do was try to explain ways to teach yourself...and then add some pictures. Learn to Draw Learn how to draw what you see, with these step by step beginner drawing lessons. Discover essential drawing skills from how to hold a pencil through to perspective, pencil shading, and sketching. Progress into portraiture and figure drawing. Learn About Drawing Mediums You can start learning how to draw with just some scrap paper and a number two pencil. Getting Started - First Drawing Lessons These drawing exercises take you through exploring your medium, learning how to follow lines in space, follow contours and explore three-dimensional form. Structure and Perspective To learn how to draw a realistic object, you first have to learn to see and understand structure and perspective. Value / Tone and Shading Learning to use value (also called tone, or tonal value) - light and shade - in your drawing - requires a slightly different approach to contour drawing. Sketching Keeping a sketchbook is considered essential by most artists, for many reasons. Figure Drawing Portraiture Pen, Ink and Wash
Drawing Hair in Pencil By Maery Drawing hair is hard work. It's complicated, time consuming, and often the results are terrible, and trust me, I speak from personal experience when I say that. So, why bother? I used to skip it all together when drawing portraits, thinking I'd never be able to do it well, so I didn't do it at all. Witness exhibits A and B from early 2000: I'm posting them here (much to my ever-lasting shame) to demonstrate something. Getting Started: tools Pencils: It sounds pretty simple, but I'm going to go over the basics once more. Whew! Down and Dirty: drawing hair Layout: putting down the basics Here I've started with a face already drawn in for simplicity's sake. As you might imagine, the first thing you have to do is block in the hair. Also, keep in mind the environment. Establishing Mid-Tones: the foundation of your piece At this stage, you're basically feeling out where the mid-tones will be. In this stage it's really important to consider your light source. Me? Tips and Tricks
Free Drawing Lessons- Learn How to Draw-Videos By Matt Fussell About The Drawing Lessons You'll Find Below Looking for great drawing lessons online? Below, you'll find tutorials on a wide range of subject matter and media. This list is updated often and most of the drawing lessons include videos. All of the demonstrations are taught to you in an easy to understand and follow format. Members have access to even more including courses, ebooks, and more! When I started TheVirtualInstructor.com, I created short, but concise videos on a variety of art-making subjects. This course is for beginner and intermediate artists and features over 300 minutes of HD video instruction and 178 pages of ebooks covering the true essence of drawing including the elements and principles of art, and a variety of drawing media and techniques. (28 Modules) “Pastel Landscape Mastery” is a members only video course on drawing landscapes using pastels. DRAWING TUTORIALS (By Medium) Below you'll find links to single demonstration video pages. What is Drawing?
The Art of OaKoAk | Current - StumbleUpon Some of the best street art has humor built into it. In the case of French street artist, OaKoAk, they take what the city gives to them and creates a witty street piece. Who hasn't wanted to turn a tile doorstep into a piano, or a sewer cover into a Viking's shield? A lot of these pieces are simple statements done very well. Via TCR.
tonal value Painters do not have the apparatus problems of a photographer, but they do face a similar value design problem: anchoring the middle value of a painting in a way that communicates the intended feeling of light or dark without sacrificing a complete representation of the tonal range. Our visual system naturally adjusts to the average luminance in our environment to produce the best visual representation. Because this adaptation also affects the appearance of any physical gray scale, the key to the value design of a painting lies in the distribution of gray values across the luminance range. What should this distribution look like? The CIELAB L* scale, which is a benchmark measurement of surface reflectance and the vertical scale used in the artist's value wheel, represents the basic reflectance range; this is overlaid (in orange) with the value range used to describe paints in the guide to watercolor pigments. Creating a Value Scale (Grayscale). 1. a naive value scale 2. 3. 4.
Gothic Architecture Pictures - stock photos and fine art prints - StumbleUpon All text and pictures © QT Luong. See conditions for use of pictures. There are 28 pictures on this page out of 228 pictures of Gothic Architecture. Street art in Poland Art & Design Usually artists work alone, but sometimes a collaboration works out well. A good example is the street artists Chazme, Lump and Sepe. They worked together to make the streets of Poland look better. Share
Minjae Lee – Colorful Illustrations | Illustration Minjae Lee is a young South Korean artist whose work is filled with powerful colors, aggressive scenes and a clever blend of beauty, innocence and fragility. At just 22 years old, he’s a self-taught artist, that uses old-fashioned tools, such as markers, pens, crayons, acrylics, to create his illustrations. His dramatic works are all about pattern and texture that just add more authenticity to his illustrations. You can check out more of his fantastic works on his DeviantArt profile. For purchasing his canvas prints and other products, check out the artist’s website. I have loved color since I was 7 year old. (All images via Minjae Lee)