Drawing Tips

Drawing from imagination. We all love to draw and have images in our head that we want to put on paper - but will drawing from imagination really create the vision we see in our mind's eye?

What's your workspace like? Do you have a corner of your kitchen table or a studio of your own? Do you work alone or as part of a busy office? How do you make your studio space - or lack thereof - work for you? See submissions

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.

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 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?

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.

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.

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.

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!

A simple but useful exercise in using steps of shading and blending to develop the tonal range of your pencil drawings.

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.