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5 Face Drawing Ideas
Artists that love figure drawing or life drawing should practice their face drawing techniques to perfect them.
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How to Choose a Sketchbook
Choosing the right sketching supplies helps an artist sketch more, and no sketching supply is more important than a good sketchbook.
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How to Draw a Cartoon Baby
Drawing cartoon babies gives an artist the chance to exaggerate body proportions in fun ways. Plus, it's a great drawing project for kids.
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How to Draw a Cartoon Baby Monkey
It is important to give kids simple drawing exercises, like this baby monkey cartoon character, to boost confidence in drawing skills.
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A Month's Worth of Drawing Ideas
Sometimes an artist just needs to produce art to hone their skills. The hard part is coming up with drawing ideas. This list will keep an artist busy for a whole month.
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How to Do Colored Pencil Techniques
When many people think of colored pencil, they think children's art supply. Using advanced colored pencil techniques, though, the artist can create paint-like drawings.
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How to Draw Feathers
Whether drawing birds, angels or gryphon's, it is important to know how to draw feathers.
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How to Draw Wings
Being able to draw wings is a staple of fantasy, anime, manga, sci fi and cartoon art. Luckily, just a few simple steps are needed to create a wide-range of wing types.
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How to Draw Clothing
Drawing clothing is an essential part of figure drawing. The artist should know how to translate the folds, wrinkles and creases they see into convincing lines on paper.
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How to Draw 3-Dimensional Buildings
Drawing realistic architecture relies on a basic understanding of perspective and basic 3-dimensional shapes.
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How to Draw 3-Dimensional Shapes Step-by-Step
No object can be drawn without an understanding of advanced 3-dimensional shapes including the cube, prism and pyramid.
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Spring Sketching Ideas
Spring not only brings new life to Mother Earth, it can also bring new life to an artist's sketchbook.
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How to Draw Fashion Designs
Fashion designer/ fashion sketch artist Rachel Burt shows budding fashion artists what they need to know to create fashion designs and fabric sketches.
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How to Draw Manga Heads
Drawing manga is easy as long as you follow some basic principals when drawing the head.
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How to Draw a Christmas Stocking
Christmas stockings are a fun image to draw on the blustery days leading up to the big holiday. Their simple shapes make them easy for anyone, even children, to draw.
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How to Draw Teeth
Many young artists think that teeth are just blocks of white drawn into the mouth. Teeth are actually formed from drawing the negative space around each tooth.
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How to Draw and Sketch PineTrees
Drawing and sketching evergreen trees is simple and can be done with short, dashing strokes of the pencil to create bark, needles, and the general shape of the tree.
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How to Draw and Sketch Deciduous Trees
Drawing and sketching deciduous trees is easy when several simple methods are used.
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Understanding One-Point Perspective
One-point perspective helps the artist draw images are three-dimensional using a vanishing point, horizon line, and orthogonal lines.
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How to Choose the Right Paper for Colored Pencil
Watercolor and vellum papers have unique qualities that can be a help or a hinder to the colored pencil artist.
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How to Choose Drawing Supplies
Most people think of pencils when they think of drawing, but there are many other drawing tools for creating a drawing, sketch, comic, or cartoon.
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How to Pick a Pencil for Drawing
There are many kinds of drawing pencils; here's an overview of lead hardness, line darkness, and varieties of pencils for drawing.
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How to Draw Parts of the Hand
Here are tips and tricks to help make your hand drawing fears fade away.
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How to Draw Children
How to use simple principals to draw realistic children.
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How to Draw a Dragon
The talented Cynthia Cummens shows us how to draw a dragon in this article for Painting at Suite 101.
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Contributing Articles in Drawing
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The Art Technique of Watercolor Pencils
Watercolor techniques can be hard to master, especially for those unfamiliar with the medium. Watercolor pencils make it easier to produce beautiful results.
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Protecting the Paper of a Pencil Drawing
When drawing in pencil it's easy to get your paper soiled or dirty from either greasy hands or from eraser smudges. That's why it's important to protect your paper.
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Walter Fitch, Drawing Master of Botanical Art
One of the greatest and most prolific botanical artists, Walter Hood Fitch was a master of plant anatomy and plant dissection.
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How to Remove Colored Pencil Pigment
Colored pencil artists use everything from erasers to tape in removing excess color. Care should be used as it isn't as easy as removing graphite pencil marks.
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Ways to Improve Drawing Ability
Why do some people have a natural drawing ability and others struggle with drawing even the most basic of subject matter?
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How to Organize Colored Pencils
Deluxe colored pencil studios are wonderful, but you don't have to have an elaborate work area when just beginning to draw with colored pencils. Here are some tips....
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How to Draw a Family Pet
There's no better to remember a beloved dog or cat than having a portrait drawn of your best friend. Why not draw your beloved pet yourself? Here are some tips...
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A Day For Art: Drawing Day
There is a day set aside for artists to gain recognition for their work. June 7, 2008 is a day that should be marked on all artists' calenders: Drawing Day.
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Creating Colored Pencil Textures
You don't only have to draw when using colored pencils. By learning some simple techniques you can create a variety of textures in your colored pencil drawings.
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Drawing Flowers in Colored Pencils
Colored pencils are an excellent art medium for drawing vibrant flowers. Here are some helpful tips for producing realistic colored pencil drawings of flowers.
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Drawing Birds in Colored Pencils
Although drawing birds in colored pencils may at first seem intimidating, after you've learned a few techniques, you'll soon fall in love with colored pencils.
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Drawing Abstract Art
Using abstraction in art can be a daunting task for beginners, especially since so many people think they don't like "abstract art," but don't be afraid to experiment!
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Drawing the Human Figure
The human body is one of the most challenging and rewarding subjects to draw; however, many beginners often find it intimidating and frustrating.
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