| Introduction to Drawing - Sketching | |
Welcome to Drawing/Sketching! This site overview doesn't cover everything on the site, but is a good place to start.
Novice Artists
Before You Buy Drawing Materials Will help you choose your equipment. Follow the links on that page to an article on paper, the Buyer's Guide which lists the best drawing sets and sketchbooks, and Materials subject pages which will help you find out more about art materials from manufaturer's informative websites.
Draw Step-By-Step is the place to look if you are in a hurry to produce a drawing and don't have the time to learn, or just want to be guided through a drawing from go to whoa.
Learn to Draw lists the site features of interest to beginners and has some helpful advice.
Drawing Lessons lists all the onsite drawing tutorials and has links to drawing lessons elswhere on the net. At least each fortnight, a new drawing tutorial is added to the site.
Intermediate and Advanced Artists
Tips and Ideas will help you find technical tips, composition ideas and motivation to keep your art progressing.
The Subject Library describes all the subject resource pages on the site, or you can choose a theme or medium of interest directly from the sidebar. These include links to pages on the site and elswhere on the net.
All articles on this topic lists all of the drawing/sketching articles and tutorials on this site.
Community
Community features of the site will help you keep in touch with other artists. Get feedback on your work in the gallery, or let us know about your own gallery by posting it in the forum. Find out about using the forum and chat, and how to submit work to the gallery.
Newsletters
Guidesite Newsletters are back! Subscribe (it's free and fast!) to get a weekly update on the latest on the drawing/sketching site. (You'll also get a sponsor newsletter - these help keep the site free.)
A Word About Advertising
You'll notice banner advertising on the site, as well as sponsored links on the subject pages and popup adverts. Advertisors allow us to provide expert guidance and information without subscription fees. If you have a problem with any advertising on the site, email your guide.
Next page: Find out about the drawing/sketching community features - the forum, chat, gallery and classifieds.
