Drawing Tips
Drawing Tips - improve your drawing with these handy tips and ideas. Get tips on drawing technique, studio practice and sketching tips.
Artist Trading Cards and Business Cards
Artist trading cards are a great way to share your work around. To be successful as an artist, you need to be seen, and artist's trading cards are an inexpensive way to do this. They also make great business cards.
Artist trading cards are a great way to share your work around. To be successful as an artist, you need to be seen, and artist's trading cards are an inexpensive way to do this. They also make great business cards.
Drawing Tip: Using Contrast to Pop or Not
Contrast can be a friend or a foe when you are drawing in any medium. Here's a quick drawing tip to help you use it to your advantage
Contrast can be a friend or a foe when you are drawing in any medium. Here's a quick drawing tip to help you use it to your advantage
Drawing the Face - Drawing a Likeness
Drawing a likeness - making your face drawing look like face of the person you are trying to draw - is the whole point of portraiture, right? So what do you do when it ISN'T a very good likeness? Why isn't your portrait a good likeness, and what can you do about it?
Drawing a likeness - making your face drawing look like face of the person you are trying to draw - is the whole point of portraiture, right? So what do you do when it ISN'T a very good likeness? Why isn't your portrait a good likeness, and what can you do about it?
How to Apply Spray Fixative
If you decide to use a spray fixative to protect your drawings, applying it correctly will minimise image alteration and allow the fixative to do its job. Follow these steps for effective fixative application.
If you decide to use a spray fixative to protect your drawings, applying it correctly will minimise image alteration and allow the fixative to do its job. Follow these steps for effective fixative application.
Determine Your Dominant Eye
How to determine your dominant or 'master' eye. Using your dominant eye to judge the relative position of objects can help ensure an accurate drawing.
How to determine your dominant or 'master' eye. Using your dominant eye to judge the relative position of objects can help ensure an accurate drawing.
Drawing Tips
A collection of drawing tips and tricks to help you make life a little easier in the studio and get better results with your drawings. Including your suggestions and hints from your guide, covering a range of media and subjects.
A collection of drawing tips and tricks to help you make life a little easier in the studio and get better results with your drawings. Including your suggestions and hints from your guide, covering a range of media and subjects.
Set Up A Still Life For Drawing
Here's how to set up a still life to draw - learn how to add interest and variety to your drawing subject. Drawing a still life needn't be boring!
Here's how to set up a still life to draw - learn how to add interest and variety to your drawing subject. Drawing a still life needn't be boring!
Improve Your Range of Tone
A simple but useful exercise in using steps of shading and blending to develop the tonal range of your pencil drawings.
A simple but useful exercise in using steps of shading and blending to develop the tonal range of your pencil drawings.
Drawing Groups of Figures
Renowned animation artist Glenn Vilppu demonstrates his approach to drawing groups of figures when sketching 'on location'. Vilppu is a great teacher - browse the site for other articles.
Renowned animation artist Glenn Vilppu demonstrates his approach to drawing groups of figures when sketching 'on location'. Vilppu is a great teacher - browse the site for other articles.
Mike Sibley Fine Art (Studio Tips)
Click on 'Studio Tips' to learn about Mike Sibley's techniques in rendering fine detail of all kinds, especially grass and hair. A must-see, whether you draw in pencil or other media.
Click on 'Studio Tips' to learn about Mike Sibley's techniques in rendering fine detail of all kinds, especially grass and hair. A must-see, whether you draw in pencil or other media.
The Artist's Magazine 'Drawing Board' Page
Read this month's drawing article in The Artist's Magazine, and browse the rest of their tastefully designed site for tips, articles, images etc. Includes a link to Watercolor Magic Magazine. Look for the Archived article links.
Read this month's drawing article in The Artist's Magazine, and browse the rest of their tastefully designed site for tips, articles, images etc. Includes a link to Watercolor Magic Magazine. Look for the Archived article links.