Learn Drawing

Figure drawing basics

2011-03-24T02:54:00.000-07:00

How many times have you tried to draw a person, and finally given up in frustration saying ?I can?t get this right?? Be patient with yourself and don?t give up! Mastering figure drawing may take several years; however, with practice, your skills gradually improve and your drawings of people begin to look better and better.

Brandon

2011-03-24T02:53:00.000-07:00

This heavily illustrated project invites you to use a simple grid to outline a realistically proportioned face of an adorable baby named Brandon (who just happens to be my grandson). Hatching is used to add shading to the face, clothing, and hair.

Baby Cameo

2011-03-24T02:49:00.000-07:00

A profile of an infant’s tiny face, shaded with hatching lines, provides insights into his or her facial proportions in relation to the head size.

Jamie

2011-03-24T02:48:00.000-07:00

With a focus on improving your observation skills by drawing upside-down, this project guides you through the process of combining lines with simple shading to draw a realistically proportioned face of a young child.

Sketching Figures with Lines

2011-03-24T02:47:00.000-07:00

Rough, gesture, or action sketches are usually rendered very quickly, sometimes in less than a minute. The benefits of making rough sketches are in the process, rather than the creation of a magnificent work of art. Hence, you only goal is to capture a mood, expression or gesture on your drawing paper.

Long Straight Hair

2011-03-24T02:46:00.000-07:00

You use slightly curved hatching lines of various lengths and values to draw realistic long straight hair.

Drawing Lips

2011-03-24T02:45:00.000-07:00

With a focus on improving your observation skills, this project offers simple step-by-step illustrated instructions, to guide aspiring artists through the process of drawing human lips with a line of symmetry. Shading is rendered with contour hatching graduations.

Sketching from a Manikin

2011-03-24T02:44:00.000-07:00

In this heavily illustrated lesson, I show you how to sketch a human figure from a wooden manikin. Manikins are wonderful models; they don't move, require no bathroom breaks, and don't talk your ears off!

Kim

2011-03-24T02:43:00.000-07:00

In this fun cartoon of a young girl, I show you how to render super simple facial proportions, and the shiny texture of dark straight hair.

Drawing Eyelashes

2011-03-24T02:42:00.000-07:00

In this project, you are challenged by the adversary of portrait artists –natural looking eyelashes. This lesson offers an understanding into the qualities of correctly drawn eyelashes, and shows you how to set up and draw the outline of an eye and add eyelashes.

Proportions of a Hand

2011-03-24T02:41:00.000-07:00

This project offers simple step-by-step illustrated instructions, to guide aspiring artists through the process of outlining a proportionately correct adult human hand.

Horizontal Facial Proportions of Adults

2011-03-24T02:40:00.000-07:00

Before you attempt to draw adult faces, it helps to know how to plan a place for everything, sort of like a blueprint. Even though the heads and faces of adults come in many shapes and sizes, the same basic guidelines for proportions apply to almost everyone.

Creating a Value Scale by Cindy Wider

2011-03-15T22:54:00.001-07:00

Most drawing subjects can be rendered to appear three-dimensional with only five values plus white. This simple lesson takes you through the process of successfully creating a value scale with three grades of pencils.

Getting Started with Shading by Cindy Wider

2011-03-15T22:53:00.000-07:00

This lesson is designed to introduce a beginner to several aspects of shading, from preparing and holding a pencil to creating and blending shading.

Baldy Noears

2011-03-15T22:52:00.000-07:00

In this project, you draw a three dimensional cartoon by using contour hatching to shade the four spheres that define the forms of the head, nose and eyes.

Smelly Spheres

2011-03-15T22:51:00.001-07:00

In this project, you draw a silly cartoon face that looks like a big fat nose!

Coming Out of the Dark

2011-03-15T22:50:00.000-07:00

In this lesson you draw the three-dimensional form of a sphere with a focus on light, shadows, and a cast shadow. The medium is charcoal, and erasers are the drawing tools.

Wooly Woo Noo

2011-03-11T03:12:00.000-08:00

You can't possibly make a mistake in this goofy project. The instructions are super simple and your only goal is to have fun!

Medieval Spoon

2011-03-11T03:11:00.001-08:00

The design of the medieval spoon in this project is from my imagination. However, it is a reasonable representation of many used by peasants during the Renaissance. Function was more important than perfectly smooth edges or symmetry.

Light on a Mug

2011-03-11T03:10:00.001-08:00

This project takes you step?by?step through the process of drawing a simple mug. You first sketch proportions, then outline the various contours, and finally add hatching lines to the sections that are in shadow. By the process of elimination, the remaining sections are touched by the light.

Seahorse

2011-03-11T03:09:00.002-08:00

This fun project takes you step-by-step through the process of drawing a seahorse. You first sketch proportions, then outline the various contours, and finally add hatching lines.

Tulip

2011-03-11T03:09:00.000-08:00

Tulips are among the most beautiful flowers and are also quite easy to draw. In this project, you use slightly curved hatching lines of various values and lengths to draw a tulip, as well as a section of its stem and leaf.Detailed step-by-step instructions take you through every aspect of setting up proportions, establishing the shape of the individual parts, and adding shading to create depth.

Serene Scene

2011-03-11T03:08:00.000-08:00

Sketching is an action word, and you can only learn this skill by actually sketching. To give you a feel for the sketching process, numerous illustrations and simple text take you step-by -step through the process of rendering a sketch from one of my sketches (much easier than working from an actual scene).

Graduations with Contour Hatching

2011-03-11T03:07:00.000-08:00

In this lesson, you use curved hatching lines and smoothly rendered graduations to depict the illusion of depth, and illustrate light and shadows on a close-up segment of a form.

Basic Contour Hatching

2011-03-11T03:06:00.000-08:00

In this lesson, you use contour hatching to depict the illusion of depth, by transforming a circular shape into a three-dimensional form.