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Musings and articles: How to hold the pencil
The least frequently asked question about drawing is “How do you hold the pencil?” Most people are simply unaware that there is more than one way to hold it. They unconsciously use the writing pen grip they learned in elementary school, and it does not occur to them to even think of changing it. Yet many typical beginner’s problems with pencil drawing, from wobbliness to hatched lines, originate from bad grip. The “scribe’s grip” that feels natural for most people is surely the worst grip for drawing: writing and drawing are fundamentally different activities.
Lackadaisy Expressions - StumbleUpon
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.
Create a Pencil Drawing of a Face
In this demo, I create a charcoal pencil drawing a face. If you haven't drawn a face successfully already, you may want to brush up on basics of drawing a human head before working through this page. I always say that knowing how the human head is structured sets you more at ease when drawing people. The woman I will be drawing is turning away from us toward her right side.
Dot: 360º video capture for the iPhone 4 by Jeff Glasse & Kickstarter - StumbleUpon
Hey Kickstarter-onians, Thanks for checking out our project! We call it Dot.
Make Watercolor and Marker Style Portraits with Illustrator
With this tutorial, we are going to work through ways of creating digital portrait illustrations that have a unique and somewhat tactile feel of marker and watercolor. This tutorial will focus on using a drawing tablet and Adobe Illustrator. There will be a focus on technique and technical settings, but the overall product will rely on your own personal style and taste. Preview Resources Portrait by Lillian Bertram (Creative Commons Share Alike – used here with permission)
Lessons
Articles and lessons, in the Beginner section of Drawspace focus on the very basics of drawing and are designed for both absolute beginners with no drawing experience whatsoever, and artists wishing to review or expand their current skills. Sections A to G articles and lessons focus on fundamental but very important technical skills and information. Sections H and I offer a selection of fun drawing subjects, including people, animals, and cartoons. Each lesson draws on several of the basic drawing skills introduced throughout sections A to G. As with learning anything new, you simply have to do some necessary, but less-desirable stuff, in order to develop strong skills. But, with fun illustrations and super simple exercises, I've attempted to make even mundane topics as interesting as possible.
How to Draw the Head From Any Angle
The Basic Forms To draw the head from any angle you must first understand its basic structure. Look past all the distracting details and visualize the underlying forms. This ability to simplify can be applied to the features of the face, but when starting the drawing you could look even further. Ignore even the features and simplify to the most basic form of the head. I use a method taught by Andrew Loomis in his book, “Drawing the Head & Hands”.
25 Spectacular Movies You (Probably) Haven't Seen
Midnight in Paris Woody Allen’s latest places starving writer Owen Wilson in Paris with his fiancée, Rachel McAdams. Searching for inspiration for his incomplete novel, Owen begins taking strolls around the city at night where he discovers an unexpected group of people.
