Free Drawing and Sketching Tutorials
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Drawing Lesson - Everything is a SHAPE
Sometimes it is hard to look at something 3 dimensional and see the 2 dimensional shapes that make it up. The shadows and details can get in the way. This exercise, using tracing paper, will help to block out the details and really see the shapes!
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Drawing Lesson - Shadows & Shading
Make objects look 3 dimensional with shading...
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DRAWING GRASS - an Introduction to "Negative" Drawing
The title of this article is really too specific as the techniques described here apply as much to the drawing of hair as to grass. This is also an introduction to the use of "negative" drawing - drawing around white space, which only exists in your mind until you surround it with positive marks. I will cover "negative drawing" in more detail in a later article.
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GRID METHOD of RESIZING
Artists have been using mechanical aids for centuries. In the 15th and 16th centuries, for example, a Master would draw on paper his complete design for a fresco, then his assistants would transfer an area of that design to damp plaster sufficient for the day's work.
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Drawing Tips for Beginners
You once learned to write, read, and do arithmetic. Remember how slowly you went at first? Gradually you got better and faster. Drawing is just another manual and mental skill. Don't buy the myth that you must possess some mysterious "talent" in order to draw well. When I started out my drawings were out of proportion and crude. But as I kept at it I gradually improved.