Draw Like A Pro

“Why is it so important for an artist to learn sketching?”

Drawing in monochrome lays the foundation for greater things to come. You can move on to color pens, oil pastels, watercolor painting, acrylic painting and oil painting later on but without the skills to create the visual effects that you want, your progress will be [...]

The first phase of the oil painting process consists of drawing the scene on your canvas. Here are a few tips:Â
* Drawing – Unless you are into complete abstract art (and even then) it is absolutely necessary that you have some drawing skills. In fact, personally, I almost always start a painting with a drawing, [...]

Suppose that we have a profile where the head, arm, and fingers are visible and are in contact. Very often, the starting artist will endeavor to draw each of these elements individually. The approach will always lead to frustration and ultimately often to disappointment.
Instead of drawing each item individually, the first step in your drawing [...]

It’s not that difficult to draw a rose. It’s actually easier to draw a rose than it is to draw a decent circle. That’s because when you draw a rose you have many points of reference to compare and “triangulate” against.
But I’m getting ahead of myself.
1. Design. Typically, a rose is tall and narrow, and [...]

Once you learn to draw, soon you recognize: a major part of this art is just craftsmanship and technique. Once you are proficient in the primary techniques, your creativeness can rely on these basics. This gives you furhter freedom for developing your drawing skills and imagination rather than concentrating on employing the basic techniques properly. Therefore [...]

First, let us introduce a few definitions: * Eye Level – The eye level is the height of the line (eye level line) that connects your two pupils. This assumes that you stand vertically on a level surface.
* Eye Level Plane – A horizontal plane drawn through the eye level line is called the eye level [...]

Any scene can initially be seen as a composition of a series of forms that are all related to four basic geometric solids: the brick, the sphere, the cylinder, and the cone. In this article we concentrate on the cylinder, i.e., we will detail its properties and its place in the overall scheme of a [...]

Drawing eyes, can be the hardest part for an artist, when trying to capture the realism of the face. Whether it is a pet, a wild animal, a bird, or a human, its all in the eyes.

The eyes are called the “window to the soul” by many people, and when you are able to [...]

As with all features of the human face, it is important that we do not draw the preconceived ideas we have about eyes. The eyes are the windows to a person’s soul and reflect much of the emotionality and personality of that person. Therefore, they must be drawn exactly how they are.
There is much to [...]