Hone your skills or learn to draw today with these informative articles.

Pencil Portrait Drawing Tips on the Eyes (2 views)
By Remi Engels
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... read more

Pencil Portrait Drawing Tips on the Ears (3 views)
By Remi Engels
Drawing ears is not that easy. There are many different parts to an ear. However, here is where working with a refined grid can help you enormously. If you work with a small grid, the problem is reduced to that of a puzzle with plenty of hints as to how the pieces fit together. Note that only the part of your overall grid that covers the grid needs to be refined... read more

Pencil Portrait Drawing Tips on Facial Hair (4 views)
By Remi Engels
A man’s mustache or a beard usually has lots of fullness. Therefore, it must be built up in layers. It is the superposition of layers that will create the impression of fullness and thickness. As with all features in a pencil portrait, you need to look at facial hair in terms of shapes and not just in terms of outlines. The values are also of critical importance especially in relation to the values of the neighboring skin... read more

How To Draw Cars - Beginner Tips & Tools For Success (5 views)
By Ralph Serpe
Learning how to draw cars is not as difficult as you may believe. Many beginners when attempting to draw cars will fail at first because of that "I can't do it" mentality. They will see all of the details, the shadows and the highlights and become intimidated and lose confidence. In order to succeed, to really learn how to draw, you must remove all preconceived notions about drawing... read more

Keeping Motivation and Overcoming Fear When Learning to Draw (9 views)
By R. Schmidt
The biggest challenge most beginner artists face: the fear to make mistakes! Even expert artists struggle often with their lack of self-confidence. At last these feelings are causing most artist's blocks - sometime the artist is aware of this, sometimes not... read more

How to Improve Your Fantasy Artwork (7 views)
By Will Kalif
Fantasy art is different than any other kind of art because it is often composed of things that don’t exist. These things come from your imagination and while you can’t grab a unicorn and ask it to sit still so you can draw it there are some techniques you can use that will improve your fantasy art... read more

The Secret to Drawing Realistic Portraits (12 views)
By Enigma Valdez
There are many different techniques as there are artists, when it comes to drawing realistic portraits. If you walk into any major book store and head over to the art section, you’ll clearly find out within just a matter of a few minutes that almost every author has their own style... read more

How to Make Your Drawings Realistic (11 views)
By Enigma Valdez
This article will help you create more realistic art by breaking down objects that you see into basic shapes ans the use of shading... read more

How to Practice Shading and Create Realstic Art (27 views)
By Enigma Valdez
This article explains the basics realistic drawing with the use of shading by using a simple shading exercise... read more

Learn How To Draw - Top 20 Drawing Tips For Beginners (38 views)
By Ralph Serpe
Learning any new form of art is always a challenge, and as a beginner, I am certain you have many questions about drawing. We all need a helping hand when just starting out, so I put together this list of handy tips to help you on your way to becoming a better artist... read more

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