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Un astfel de panou poate ușura activitatea didactică în mai multe privințe:

Este un bun mijloc de a centraliza informații diferite într-un singur loc, făcandu-le astfel mai accesibile elevilor și profesorilor.

Orice resurse de tip online de care ar putea avea profesorii sau elevii sunt disponibile atât în timpul cursului cât și ulterior, de exemlu pentru aprofundări din partea elevilor.

Panoul ii dă elevului libertatea de a-și organiza procesul de învățare după bunul plac, nefiind obligat să urmeze un parcurs cu care nu se poate armoniza. De exemplu în cazul panoului de față, elevul poate sa studieze oricare parte componentă a copacului, realizându-și propriul traseu de învățare.

De altfel, în vederea lecției de față, panoul padlet oferă instruncțiuni exacte cu privire la desenarea copaciilor, oferind exemple pentru părțile componente ale copacului.
De la acest element se fac legaturi cu jocuri, bloguri, tuoriale video, site-uri, artisti, deschizând astfel orizonturile lumii artelor.

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Panoul de față vine in ajutorul proiectului de lecție atașat aici, punând la dispoziție un ansamblu de resurse online pentru facilizarea procesului de învatare.
Informațiile sunt dispuse pe coloane, dupa cum urmează:

1)Anatomia copacilor
2)Descrierea formei copacului
3)Relație crengi-tulpină
4)Realizarea tulpinii
5)Realizarea rădăcinii
6) Realizarea coroanei
7)Lumină și umbră pe un copac
8) Ce înseamna studiu compozitional
9) Compoziție cu copaci
10) Copac 'altfel'
11) Copacii lui Piet Mondrian
12) Joc artistic
13) Tutoriale video
14) Tutoriale video ale lui Alphonso Dunn
15) Bloguri
16)Site-uri de tipul art comunity

După cum se vede, materialele disponibile aici sunt multiple: bloguri, video-uri, poze-tutoriale (cu precădere de pe site-ul Pinterest), un joc, site-uri de artă, site-uri de comunități artistice...

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Aici sunt cateva idei de desenat copaci intr-un mod mai creativ.

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Pencil doodle tree while I was talking on the phone. Drawn with my left hand (I am right-handed). On a scrap of paper to throw away but I kind of liked it.

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by Camilla Engman | birds | Pinterest | Illustration, Art and Birds

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Aici avem doua centre de interes: le puteți identifica?

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Ian Sidaway Fine Line | Sketchbook | Pinterest | Drawings, Art and Sketches

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Centrul de interes nu trebuie să fie mereu ceva foarte închis, poate fi, din potriva, zona deschis a lucrării.

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Aici copacul din prim-plan este centrul de interes în desen: asta înseamnă că
privitorul vede prima dată copacul, și apoi fundalul.

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Acelaș lucru este valabil si cu intensitatea valorației: desenul nu trebuie să fie la fel de negru peste tot.

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Care este aici centrul de interes?

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John Wesley Cotton (1868-1931) - The Canyon Rim. Etching on Woven Paper. America. Circa 1919. 6-7/8" x 8-7/8". | Arts & Crafts Etchings in 2018 | Pinterest | Drawings, Etching prints and Printmaking

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Rădăcinile sunt un alt copac sub pământ?

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Suspended Tree Sculptures Connect an Artist to His Cuban Roots

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Jorge Mayet's tree sculptures produced from paper, wire, fabric, and acrylic showcase the ways in which a tree's roots often mimic the branches that sprout abov

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Observați relția dintre mărimea coroanei și a rădăcinilor.

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Fractalii acestea pot oare semăna cu un copac?

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A "fractal" is a curved or geometric figure in which symmetrical patterns occur. Our Fractal Drawing Game allows you to create a wide range of abstract art simply by moving your mouse around within the area of the boxed "canvas" below. It's an open-ended game - you can move your cursor around and generate a nearly infinite amount of patterns and designs. Right-click and save if you want to keep a copy of your abstract art works, and then send it to us to include in our gallery!

Please note: this art game works best on a large screen, such as a desktop or laptop, due to the set size of the canvas.

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It's simple - just place your cursor in this box and start moving it around, to see how you can create new shapes and designs ...

As you're making your interactive art, if at any time you want to save your creation, simply right-click within the "canvas" and "save image as" and provide your own file name, saving it to your desktop or downloads folder. If you feel like sharing your creation, e-mail us the image file and we can add it to our gallery of abstract art from this game. Below are three initial examples to show you some of the art we've made with this fractal drawing game.

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Get Yourself A Comfortable Outdoor Chair For Good Drawing Results!

When you go out into the wild country, make sure you are comfortable. Keeping your back straight and your drawing board at about 45 degrees.

If you are uncomfortable, your drawing will suffer also. There are some very nice collapsible outdoor chairs available especially for artists and cost only about $15. Test one out for about 10 minutes to see if they are ergonomically okay for you (a good back support).

Drawing is easier and a lot more fun if you are in a relaxed state when drawing. Your drawing pad or board should be at arms length and as you get more professional, you will be keeping your pad almost vertical. Why? because your perspective will go awry (or incorrect) as you will soon notice in your drawing.

Drawing Young Children, Use Subtle Values, With No Harsh Contrasts

For this type of drawing, use a 2B - 4B lead pencil and an HB to outline the image. This drawing would lend itself well to an ink drawing.

Two Children here showing off the old traditional fashion.

Notice the bow in the girls headgear and the bow tie the boy is wearing.

This was drawn by Mr.Hooley who has contributed much of the drawings on this site.

In the old days of drawing, we would use light and heavy dots (called pointillism). In this drawing I think this is a little overdone--making the kids' faces it looks like they have got measles!

Get Your Ideas From Anywhere

Become Aware Of Abstract Forms
You can find many these random shapes in a pile of dirty clothes ready for the wash.
See the painting on the left, I used this to illustrate a rose as the "form" - it is not far from a rose.

Look carefully and you can also see a dogs head. Can't? Okay. Half close your eye (or squint) and you should be able to "see" a dogs head. Sure, and vaguely so, you can see the snout and the eye sockets!

This is where you have to see an image if you can "see" other shapes forming in your mind. This could also be a rough sketch of a birds head - see the eye and the bird's beak? What else has abstract forms and textures? Rocks, the sun creating all sorts of leafy forms.

So look around and find abstract forms or shapes; train your eye to "see" ideas for abstract things and incorporate them into your drawing.

You should never have a mental block on what to draw or paint as there are no limitations you can get from nature. You see a pile of scrap metal piled up -- now think of it as YOUR masterful abstract drawing. Draw a few and you will become a master.

Shortly, I will create a video to give you some ideas from abstracts to finished artwork. It will be easy to digest and follow in easy steps.

PS: Follow along with these short articles below here, there are lots of useful tips.

Have you ever thought how artists come up with the greatest drawings that leave you wishing you knew how to draw?

Well most of them didn't grow up drawing, they learnt the art of drawing.

Whether you dream of becoming the next Pablo or are simply thinking of giving your own imagination a creative outlet, you can learn how to draw in three simple steps. Here is a look.

Step 1: Start with a rough sketch and those beginners who wish to be great artists should start by drawing the simplest things from a rough sketch.

For instance, if you are drawing a flower, don't draw one petal at a time. You may end up drawing one section of the object and forgetting about the big picture. If you ignore sketching what you want to draw you may also end up running out of room or end up with an unattractive imbalanced picture.

When it comes to sketching, simply use light repeated strokes and loosen things up. You are bound to make mistakes but don't mind about them. There is no such things as "mistakes" in drawing.

This is simply putting a general idea on paper and not perfecting it. If you are drawing a real object, compare what you have sketched and what is on the original object. The sizes of the shapes relative to each other should be as accurate as possible.

Imagine what you want your flower to look like ultimately then have a light sketch of your imagination with a pencil. The best way to have a more realistic drawing is to imagine the basic shapes the object is made of.
Step 2: Enhance your sketch
You can use darker/heavier lines to emphasize your sketch. This is a great way to bring out the parts of the drawing you need (in other words to strengthen parts of your sketch).

You can take out the lines you don't need later. You can add details to your drawing bit by bit but always make sure you look back to see if it has what you wanted. There are several techniques you can use to enhance your ability to express ideas through your art.

You can draw with shading (like crisscross lines to give a shadow effect)

Think of how the light hits an object and which parts of the body need more light or needs to be darker. This is a simple way to add intensity, depth and luminosity to your drawing.

It is also important to practice with the shadows if you wish to have a more realistic drawing. You can be good at shadows if you study and understand the way light normally reflects from objects and the shadow that it leaves.

Step 3: Add realism touches

Understand what makes a certain object look real in a drawing and why some look wonky.

Mastering this practice is key if you want to make your drawings appear more life-like. This involves familiarizing yourself with perspective-meaning things that are far look smaller and that ones that are nearer look bigger. Also understand the proportion of the image-how different parts of an object relate to each other.

These Are The Simple Basics
and Easy To Understand

Have you ever thought how artists come up with the greatest drawings that leave you wishing you knew how to draw?

Well most of them didn't grow up drawing, they learnt the art of drawing.

Have you ever thought how artists come up with the greatest drawings that leave you wishing you knew how to draw? Well most of them didn't grow up drawing, they learnt the art of drawing.

Whether you dream of becoming the next Pablo Picasa or are simply thinking of giving your own imagination a creative outlet, you can learn how to draw in three simple steps. Here, take a look.

Step 1: Start with a rough sketch

Beginners who wish to be great artists should start by drawing the simplest things from a rough sketch.

For instance, if you are drawing a flower, don't draw one petal at a time. You may end up drawing one section of the object and forgetting about the big picture. If you ignore sketching what you want to draw you may also end up running out of room or end up with an unattractive imbalanced picture.

When it comes to sketching, simply use light repeated strokes and loosen things up. You are bound to make mistakes but don't mind about them. This is simply putting a general idea on paper and not perfecting it. If you are drawing a real object, compare what you have sketched and what is on the original object. The sizes of the shapes relative to each other should be as accurate as possible.

Imagine what you want your flower to look like ultimately then have a light sketch of your imagination with a pencil. The best way to have a more realistic drawing is to imagine the basic shapes the object is made of.

Step 2: Enhance your sketch
You can use darker/heavier line to elaborate your sketch. This is a great way to bring out the parts of the drawing you need. You can take out the lines you don't need. You can add details to your drawing bit by bit but always make sure you look back to see if it has what you wanted. There are several techniques you can use to enhance your ability to express ideas through your art.

You can draw with shading which will give your drawing a 3D Effect. Think of how the light hits an object and which parts of the body need more light or need to be darker. This is a simple way to add intensity, depth and luminosity to your drawing.It is also important to practice with the shadows if you wish to have a more realistic drawing. You can be good at shadows if you study and understand the way light normally reflects from objects and the shadow that its leaves.

Step 3: Add realism touches

Understand what makes a certain object look real in a drawing. Mastering this practice is key if you want to make your drawings appear more life-like. This involves familiarizing yourself with perspective-meaning things that are far look smaller and that ones that are nearer look bigger. Also understand the proportion of the image-how different parts of an object relate to each other.
It is important to understand that drawing is an art that gets better with practice.
Easy sketches, with a bit of practice, will advance your drawing skills up to a professional level.
With that in mind, you will be able to have a drawing that looks better than what you used to draw. You will not have a perfect drawing at first.

They bolster your foundational abilities, and they build your portfolio. It also feels nice to have a completed drawing to show off, even if you know it was relatively basic to complete.

Here are some guidelines for easy sketches which are the tip of the ice berg when it comes to art, and they are essential for developing your sketching skills.

Easy sketches to draw do vary from person to person. For some artists, the easiest sketches are fruit and vegetables. For others, flowers and animals seem are easiest. Picking the right easy sketch to start out with is ultimately up to personal preferences.

. Eggs make stellar studies for easy sketches. With their simple shape, they easily exemplify how light and shadow create a sketch. When starting out, it's essential to have a reference object like this. Easy sketches for beginners comprise household objects

Three dimensional basic shapes are the easiest to draw like cones, pyramids, cubes all teach about shape, shadow, and space.

Easy sketches to-do should be done rapidly to stop you drawing before it becomes too messy as most beginners do.

Don't spend too much time on them. Pick simplistic subjects and set yourself a time limit. Mastering these basics will aid you in future, with sketches that are more complicated.

Simple Tools for Easy Sketches

One of the best places to start with is a very sharp HB pencil and, if you must, use an eraser. Start off with a quality HB and 2B pencils; it can be used to outline, fill in, and shade - and inexpensive. Pencils travel well, so they can be taken with you anywhere when you search for something you like to draw.!

With pencil drawings, don't be tempted too much to use an eraser. It's best to learn from your mistakes, so that you have a visual diary of your growth as an artist.

If you find yourself tempted to erase, switch to a pen. While your work might look messy, you'll thank yourself later for the permanent reminder of your growth as an artist.

Article written by Jolyon Hooley who contributes with his drawings and articles on drawing pencil sketches.

Drawing is for Everyone! USA

Do you want to learn how to draw? Many people think they're not "good enough" to make art, they don't have time, or they don't have enough money.

Art is, in fact, for everyone! The best place to start if you're thinking about making art is drawing. You don't need much, and it's a great gateway to other art forms.

You can jump right in to simple pencil sketches with an old-fashioned yellow pencil. The awesome thing about using pencils to learn how to draw is that 1) you can erase your mistakes, 2) you can create a variety of shades with one little pencil, and 3) they're inexpensive and easy to carry with you. So, to get started, grab a pencil, a piece of paper, and your imagination! The best place to start is to learn pencil sketching.
Start Simple

When you learn how to draw many times, you daydream about all the totally awesome things you're going to create. Robots, horses, seven-story tree houses, and so on

While daydreaming is okay, don't start out trying to draw these things. You're going to get frustrated that you can't yet do it. Instead, start simple.

A great first object to draw is an egg. Yes, an egg. It's one color - white - which means it's easy to draw with a pencil, it's an oval, which means you'll get to learn about how lighting and shading creates shape in a drawing, and it's commonplace. Once you've mastered your egg, then you can move on to more complicated things. Practice, Practice, and More Practice!

If you want to learn how to draw, the most important thing you have to do is actually draw! If you don't keep working at it, you'll never get any better. So, do you have your paper, pencil, and egg?
Now try to draw what you see!
Find a comfortable spot with good lighting - preferably a lamp that's pointed at your egg from an angle to create a lot of shadows around the egg - and sit so that you can look at both your paper and your egg without having to move your head. Hold your pencil loosely.

Pay attention to how the light wraps around the egg, the shape of the egg, and where the egg connects with the surface it's on.

Once you've done it once, do it again. Keep practicing! You're officially drawing.

It's Where You Can Find
A Wall to Paint On!

It is really an art form as It is described as drawings or sketches that have been painted typically on a bare wall.

This art form (which is how I describe it), is usually crudely drawn in not by art students at the local art school, but by any student studying politics or any number of subjects, trying to make a bold statement about their passion (not necessarily their own).

Sometimes art students, who have art skills, and like to make a statement about their art or drawing skills. Graffiti or "Wall Art" has been around since the Holy Roman Empire. Where would you classify the Sistine Chapel?

The paints used in graffiti are usually spray cans and markers, these are fast, furious and bright, in my experience, they do not last a long time.

When Graffiti became popular in the 50's and 60's, painting graffiti was classified as vandalism and a criminal offence.

There are many "genres" of graffiti and many of these merge into other art forms. You will notice the fonts are usually balloon shapes but these style come and go all the time.

Now find yourself a wall that is in a good condition-not flakey or loose plaster, do a little scraping to make sure your painting does not fall off, then start your painting. I am sure you will have a few sketches and ideas to get your graffiti admired by the local public. J

Anyone Can Draw - That Includes You!

A lot of individuals think that drawing is only reserved for those who are born with impeccable talent. We often think that it takes years of intensive training for someone to produce a great piece. But the truth is, drawing is skill that can be learned. If you have tried "amateur" drawing years ago or have kept a drawing book for your leisure sketches and scribbling, you can still nurture your drawing skills.

We continuously associate drawing with the great use of our two hands, but more and more people have proven that you don't have to use your hands. Back in the day, instructors as a way to motivate less confident students would say, " You can draw as long as you have hands "; but this is no longer true. More and more individuals show their impressive painting and sketches without using their hands. Some blind persons have impressively painted.

In fact, art like painting, has been the outlet of many individuals with disabilities. Here is a quick list of famous artists with disabilities:

Stephen Wiltshire is a famous architectural artist and an autistic savant;

Peter Longstaff with no arms is a foot painter

Keith Salmon who is blind, is a landscape artist

Dennis Francesconi who suffers from paralysis, paints using his mouth

There are more famous and lesser-known artists who didn't rely on their two hands. This movement has given rise to mouth and foot painting as well as groups like Artists Without Hands At Work. Many of their stories tell of using drawing to cope with their mental and physical limitations. Therefore, if they can, so can you!

If they have used drawing to find greater purpose, you can too! Drawing is more than just showing your talent and creations but a means to cope with stress, anxiety, or simply to find a new outlet as part of living a fruitful and happy life.

Ask an art teacher and the only advise, they would tell to a reluctant artist is to pick up the brush and pencil and just start. Like any endeavor, starting is the hardest part. Let go of self-doubt and past experiences that may have hindered you to draw.

Drawing well, needs passion. You need to have the passion to draw and to get this, you need to practice - practice daily not just to improve your skill, but also to increase your confidence.

Patience is a virtue, they say. When taking lessons or exercise, you need patience to achieve the best result. Do not feel frustrated right away. When drawing an object, take your time to look and study them closely before you recreate the image on your sketchpad.

Focus and concentrate. Zone out and let your intuition as well as expression flow as you create. Follow your emotion as this will result to your own distinct style and character as an artist.

Most of all turn off any self-criticism. Many artists strive on criticism to continuously improve their skill but for beginners, you need to shut it down. Your subconscious mind plays a major role here and if you listen to its negative feedback, you will just give up drawing completely.

Be patient, find a good teacher, and join an art workshop. Spark your creative self or rekindle your passion for drawing. There is no reason why no one shouldn't be able to draw.

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Drawing Knows No Boundaries

We continuously associate drawing with the great use of our two hands, but more and more people have proven that you don't have to use your hands. Back in the day, instructors as a way to motivate less confident students would say, " You can draw as long as you have hands "; but this is no longer true. More and more individuals show their impressive painting and sketches without using their hands. Some blind persons have impressively painted.

Take a slow casual walk through this short missive. You might even think it could be a bit of fun. Hey, it is always good to be creative and make you feel good about yourself.

Challenging yourself to draw doesn't mean it's too hard. Drawing should be a natural skill and something you like to do. Do not push yourself to hard or think about self-doubt.

Draw things that you like. Draw for yourself. Immerse with positive people that encourages you and motivates you to be a better artist.

When you enjoy and love drawing, you will carve your own niche and just be yourself. Your emotion will clearly reflect on your work.

Talent in drawing needs to be nurtured. Do not put it into waste by practicing and aiming to improve and learn something new and challenging. Let these tips help you in refining and cultivating your skills in drawing.

"Fast Pencil Sketching Can Help
You Create A Masterpiece"

This Can Make You Drawings Look a Lot "Cleaner"

How is that? you ask? Well, if you constantly keep drawing over the SAME line to try and "make it look right" it goes kinda fuzzy as you only need ONE line to make a statement. That is also why it is good practice to switch over to pen and ink. Then you will see quite a difference between pencil and pen. TIP:Look up some of Rembrandt's drawings in both mediums. See the difference?

This is a line drawing with pencil shading to show the form (that is, to an extent, three-D).

With shading, you can use straight lines or curved lines which will show contours of the form.

Try "cross-hatching" with straight and curved lines.

You can "shade" with any type of line, even just "scribbling" will do the trick.

So try this: Draw a shape with your 2B black pencil and make it about 3 inches square. Draw a heart shape if you can't think of anything. See the heart shape that both are holding? Now run your pencil randomly without thinking of your scribble shapes. Choose a smallish area inside the heart shape--the start to press a little harder with your pencil. Done that? Now pic another shape and this time draw straight lines close together. Next trick is the start drawing lines starting very soft then pressing harder as you run your pencil across a few inches.

Now fill in randomly with scribble lines where ever you find a white space. What to do now? Load it up on this site. There is a prize of a free pro lesson which will be chosen by Kim Langerman.

Drawing Pencil Sketches lets you know if any new Web pages or articles appear on this drawing site, which keeps you up-to-date with other news and postings.

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Creating The Art You Love
There are so many genres in drawing and sketching from pencil, pen and ink or charcoal.
That Gives You A Broad Range Of Choices

The first thing is to decide on the subject matter, the medium you like using.

A soft pencil is one of my favorites followed by a soft charcoal. I choose charcoal often as you can achieve rich blacks, I can create soft or hard edges to create dramatic effects.

The choice of what to draw once you have developed plenty of confidence in your drawing skill. I have thousands of animals followed closely by the human form. Initially this was difficult as there are so many variables with soft to hard forms which have to be accurate unless you want to cartoon the image.

Many students prefer to draw cartoons as the human forms can be exaggerated and still look correct. And it can be lots of fun drawing your buddies exaggerating their features.

So , if you want to make a career with your drawings, dive into the areas where you have the most interest. With WHAT you want to draw or paint AND WHAT medium you'd like to create with!

Is Your Canvas Rotting
From Cheap Oil Paint?

Way back in the Fifteenth Century you did not have a wide choice of support for your paintings (canvases) to paint on.

Hey, but these guys were really creative! They found a way to get around painting on flat wooden supports. Now, the choice is quite broad. Introducing the Canvas.

We all now paint on the faithful canvas. There is a special feeling when painting with a brush on canvas, a "springing-ness" with vibrations giving wonderful textures. Pity they did not experience this in those long gone days. Canvases today are light, portable and easy to store.

I used to buy my canvases in rolls and stretch it which is much cheaper - although when I sold several large paintings a week I purchased ready-made canvases online. Made my own. Cheap!

Flax canvases are a good choice if you want your artwork to last longer than a few centuries.

You will find a big variety of textures in cotton, flax and other fibers. Be careful with cheap cotton canvases as oil paint will rot the canvas after awhile.

If you are short on cash you can try hessian which has an open weave so it takes up and absorbs more paint.

Remember, you canvas must be primed (sealed) before you start to to paint. That is only for oil paint as acrylics won't rot the canvas.
With such a HUGE population of nearly eight billion humanoids living on this planet, with only a handful of creative artists! True Masters of the Arts.
Try putting you primer on with a pallet knife where you'll get marvelous textures on your finished artwork.

Are You An Artist
Who Was Born To Paint?

There is nothing magical about being creative. We are, all of us, inherently born to paint, and to be creative in any of the arts.

I went to an art college for a few years and was taught all the techniques of oil painting. Here, I was exposed to many of my fellow-students work when I became aware of the lack of creativity and began wondering if it is possible to break away from the norm?

I used to ask myself "Surely I don't have to paint this way, there must be other ways to be more effective?" As an example I got a huge 3ft x 3ft piece of drawing paper (4 sheets stuck together) got out my soft pastels and started sketching on a very LARGE scale.

The results were different and the teacher validated my creativeness. This did spark and interest from other students, not for the size but the way I was using the pastels edges rather than the tip.

This taught me a new way of seeing things - it's like a student who said this is a bull drawing - and Picasso said "No, it is a typwriter."

I realized that creativity in oil painting was formed by constant change--it is not easy to pickup a brush and paint something really new, or different.

So over the years, you can become creative just by holding a paint brush and knowing all about techniques which forces you to become creative and a GREAT PAINTER.

Write to me from the "contact" page and tell me if you feel you can become a creative oil painter.

Jon Mumford

Webmaster for Drawing-Pencil-Sketches.com
Have you ever tried painting with Acrylics? Why not?
Painting With Acrylics Yet?

Acrylic paints usually come with a dull or matt surface unlike oil paints--also the depth is quite limited with acrylics.

But, there are lots of mediums you can use to change the surface appearance of your acrylics. You get a choice of glossy, transparent, matt, texture or grainy.

One of the biggest problems I've had with acrylics is that it dries far too fast especially when you have a large canvas to cover! There are retarders available but they can also change the surface texture.

But your drying time can be increased by an hour or more.
Why varnish it?
That's why I love oil paints so much. I can spend days on one painting.

Your choice of acrylics is either gloss or matt. It is great to use both in a painting to give those subtle contrasts.

It's really to seal the canvas after you have completed your painting.

Also you can get an acrylic paste --you plaster you canvas giving a really impasto (thick paint look) thereby saving yourself a few bucks.

I will be writing more on acrylic paints - so stay tuned to my news feed on the internet.

Jollyon Hooley
02/2018

Why Do You Need to Keep a Sketchbook?

Well, you need to collect prep sketches for later use in a landscape. Maybe you have your range of pencils to hand but no colors and today, they looked magnificent in the autumn with a beautiful harmony of color!

Hmmm, I also forgot my Conte Crayons so that was another missed opportunity. I thought about charcoal as you can get super-soft effects from jet black to a very soft gray.

I always try and tell my students to carry only the bare essentials otherwise great opportunities will be lost. That would be a ring-bound sketchbook, several sticks of soft and hard charcoal and a few rags for blending. I am going to teach you how to create marvelously soft effects using only charcoal.
Yeah, Dogs and Cats can love each other and they are warming up for St Valentine's Day just around the corner!
St Valentine's Day

Which is the Feast of Saint Valentine and an annual celebrated on February 14 every year.

The day became associated with romantic love within the circle of Chaucer in the 14th century, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. Have you marked in you diary for flowers for your loved one? In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards

No Easy Walk in The Park...If

You Want To Be Successful As An Artist

As Mandela said, it is a long walk to freedom and that means the amount of practice you put in. And for what niche you want to shine in.

That will include architecture, interior design, designing furniture or fabrics, glassware sculpting, textiles, woodcarving or oil painting. Can you think of anymore niches you are interested in?

Maybe you have a sense of humor and you'd like to create a children's comic strip? That pays well if you are good at it - and you can become famous!

What will that take? Years of practice in just drawing, load that up with learning about color and mixing paint! Think it is easy? Ha! You have to be tough to stick at it.

You can to get into the architectural college, you love designing buildings from skyscrapers to residential up-market houses along Malibu Beach.
Learning To Draw Pencil Sketches Like a Pro
You are passionate about architectural styles and design. So you apply for a job interview and the Director asks you casually "You see that building over there created by one of our staff..."What would you change to make it more dynamic?" Your answer "I think I would change the color balance, make it less intrusive." You blurt out..."I am not that keen on color sir!" The door is now closed for you.

Bottom line, you have to be passionate about ALL ASPECTS within the niche. And that means sheer hard work! And do not think sitting behind a computer will give you a leg up in creativity. Sorry. You have to be different.

There are times when you look at an abstract painting in an art art gallery or a museum and wonder what the hell in the world the artist was thinking! Take a peek at the map of Texas congressional districts and you could ask the same question. The weird squiggly lines, weird shapes and crazy-awkward elongations can give a casual observer a headache!

What does all this mean? You wonder, it has nothing but meaningless shapes thrown together that would not inspire a truly creative artist.

Although I've listed this as a blog, I want to share other news about what is going on around us in the drawing world, some funny stuff there, and things you can get inspiration from unusual ways - robots, not humans - who can draw abstract art. Yes, it is Crazy!

Nature Elephant Sketches

Drawings of Flowers for Beginners:

How To Draw Flowers

Caricature of Bill Clinton

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When his mother was found, her dress was covering her face, an image that has been suggested as the source of several of Magritte's paintings.
Inspirational Talk By Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on video
Anyone Can Draw! A lot of individuals think that drawing is only reserved for those who are born with impeccable talent. We often think that it takes years of intensive training for someone to produce a great piece. The truth is Anyone Can Draw.

Abstract Art and Drawing is Gaining in Popularity

Have you ever tried your hand at drawing abstract shapes and forms? It is not as easy as it looks especially if you are only using a pencil. To fill in masses of shapes you need charcoal and crayons.

Also, as with other genres, you do need to consider how you are going to draw your visitors into your drawing. Apply the rule of thirds - I've mentioned this a few times where you guide your viewer into your picture in stages. It is a skill, and you should know it.
Humor is really the only effective medicine you can find that really works!
Follow along on this blog - there's always tips you can use.

Rich dad, Poor Dad, I don't think it matters a hill of beans. Who your dad is and not very relevant in today's world.

Wealth is where you find it. You can make a fortune right now in internet marketing or selling beans, or amassing bucks by playing crap shoots in Vegas! Of course - you can make money from your art. You can make money by doing the things you really love. No question.

The choice is yours - but hey, stick to drawing or do something you love!

The big bucks are found in entertaining people and making them laugh usually with below the belt crap. Look at the hoops you have to jump through to get the girl of your dreams.

You soon forget about your dreams and of buried treasure to go to work. Then one day you come home to find that your dream girl has run off with your best friend. A note attached to the front door saying that you were not fun anymore.

Many people would think it's a tragedy and would feel pity. But, the man in question I know very well and he laughed and thought it was the funniest joke in the world. In that instant of enlightenment hit him, right between the eyes.

You can still find your place in the sun if you would but open your eyes and use the gifts the creator has endowed you with. Do you really need a cell phone? Are you better off with the Internet? Of course you are not!

You don't have to play the Game at all. Just do it! And you'll win on your terms.

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Tattoos: Ugly or Beautiful Skin art?
How to draw a rose? It's a phrase almost as famous as "A rose by any other name,still smells as sweet."

Roses are Nature's Queen. They make your back yards into gardens and floral arrangements into bouquets. They give you fragrance, beauty and color you only find with Natures Queen. Sooner or later in your art education, you'll want to know how to draw a rose.
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High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood,toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. George Orwell

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When you go out into the wild country, make sure you are comfortable. Keeping your back straight and your drawing board at about 45 degrees. If you are uncomfortable, your drawing will suffer also. There are some very nice collapsible outdoor chairs available especially for artists and cost only about $15.

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Tarn 2016, Derwent XL Graphite and Charcoal on paper, 55x55cm
Hello! Are you up for some creative fun? Great! Welcome to the Derwent blog!

We're going to dive straight in, so here's the materials we're going to use:

A tin of Derwent XL Graphite blocks (for double the fun grab a set of Derwent XL Charcoals too). You'll need paper, any kind and any size, but the bigger and heavier the better. You'll also need water, a big brush and an eraser - but importantly, you need a vivid imagination and a yen for the unpredictable!

Ok - so this is what we do - try it for yourself:

In your head imagine the paper divided in two horizontally - the sky and the land. These two sections form the main parts of the composition, but they don't have to be equal - in fact it's more exciting if they're not. The sky can be vast and the land small - or vice versa - you choose, but don't spend ages pondering about it - try to be spontaneous.

Be warned we're now at the messy stage, so take off any expensive haute couture, throw on an old t-shirt and let's get started!

Without giving it too much thought, fill the sky bit and the land bit with colours - I've used blues and greys for the sky and greens and yellows for the land, but you can choose any colours you like. Work quickly, be brave - but do not try to draw clouds or trees at this stage. Then, take your wet brush and give it a wash all over. See Illustration 1. Don't worry what it looks like. It'll resemble a dog's dinner at this stage - but remember you must remain open-minded.
Illustration 1
Now step back, admire what you've created and allow your imagination to see the potential for creating recognisable landscape features from the random marks you've made. It's a bit like looking for mages in a fire or gazing at the sky and seeing animals or faces in the clouds - we've all done it - haven't we? Ok - just me then! But trust me, you'll begin to 'see' the cloud shapes, a horizon and the profiles of distant hills, maybe even a stretch of water, a wind blasted tree or a crumbling stone wall.

Whilst it's drying grab yourself a well-earned coffee break (or maybe something stronger) and don't think about the piece. Genius comes naturally!

Next, allowing the random marks to stimulate your imagination, take the eraser and by removing sections of the drawing begin to define the horizon then the clouds and any highlights on the distant hills. This process is called 'reductive drawing'. If needs be add a little extra white from the XL charcoal set.

At the same time, you can build up areas by adding more colour with the XL blocks. You can easily create an illusion of depth by using paler tones in the background and darker colours in the foreground. See illustration 2.
Illustration 2
You really can't go wrong! The fail-safe of this process is that you can keep adding and removing marks until the composition balances and the desired level of definition and detail have been achieved. See detail 1.

However, don't give too much away - create a little mystery to stimulate the viewer's imagination.
By David Winning David Winning is an artist who describes his art as exploratory, subjective and autobiographical. Based loosely on sentient experiences the resultant images are little more than an expression of his own consciousness and his relationship with things, places, time and others. He describes his approach as spontaneous and unsophisticated, oscillating between the clumsily figurative and abstract expressionism. For David, engagement with the media and involvement with the process is far more important than the outcome. Drawing is the foundation of all his work and underpins my practice as a painter. David has worked with Derwent for many years, delivering a selection of workshops for all age groups and levels of artistic competency.
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Step-by-step: Creating an imaginary landscape by David Winning

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Tarn 2016, Derwent XL Graphite and Charcoal on paper, 55x55cm Hello! Are you up for some creative fun? Great! Welcome to the Derwent blog! We're going to dive straight in, so here's the materials we're going to use: A tin of Derwent XL Graphite blocks (for double the fun grab a set of Derwent XL Charcoals too).

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Drawing tutorials and how to draw. Learn how to draw step by step for kids of all ages. Our simple steps will guide you to drawing cartoons, illustrations, and cartoon characters with fun lessons for children.

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"Drawing on the right side of the brain" este o carte care pune la dispoziție o serie de exerciți prin care să se dezvolte capacitatea de a vedea în spațiu.
Aici este blogul scriitoarei.

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Thoughts on drawing and creativity by Dr. Betty Edwards.

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Acest artist a fost un pictor olandez care a avut importante contribuții la mișcarea artistică de Stijl.

Pentru el, copacul este o tema recurentă. El a pornit de la realizarea unui copac în mod tradițional, abstractizându-l în etape, până a ajuns la o formă aproape indescifrabilă.

Aici se află câteva dintre lucrările sale:

1)https://www.piet-mondrian.org/the-red-tree.jsp
2)https://www.piet-mondrian.org/the-gray-tree.jsp
3)https://www.piet-mondrian.org/tree-2.jsp
4)https://www.piet- mondrian.org/the-flowering-apple-tree.jsp

Alte informații despre artist se pot găsi aici:
https://www.theartstory.org/artist-mondrian-piet.htm

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The Internet is the best resource for sharing your artwork.

It's never been so easy to build a following around your work and make a name for yourself in the art world. Only problem is finding the right websites to use, DeviantArt being the most popular and oldest since its launch in August of 2000.

Although you can find find plenty of similar sites like DeviantArt with even better sharing features and more focused communities.

This is my list of the best alternatives to DeviantArt that all offer the same supportive community for artists.

ArtStation

No doubt the fastest-growing digital art community on the web is ArtStation.

This website is a true haven for illustrators, concept artists, and animation artists with the best profile interface I've ever seen.

You can build an entire portfolio right on their site organized by categories or projects.

Not to mention they have an entire "bio" section where you can add links to your social accounts and your personal website.

ArtStation is truly about the art which should be apparent right from the homepage. You can browse through all the latest works in their community and sort by different projects or media types(2D or 3D work).

And one of the coolest new features is the ArtStation job board where artists can find freelance or full-time jobs in many fields. This is something DeviantArt really lacks so it's one reason I generally consider ArtStation a more "grown-up" professional version of DA.

The majority of work published to ArtStation is digital and related to entertainment artwork like characters, creatures, environments, storyboards, or thumbnail sketches.

A traditional artist can still join and publish work. The community is great and you'll likely get plenty of feedback.

But I do feel that the community skews more towards digital 2D & 3D works so it's mostly a site to publish your finished pieces and build an online portfolio.

CGSociety

Another fantastic DeviantArt alternative is CGSociety. This site is totally free just like ArtStation and even has a similar feel to the ArtStation design.

If you visit the galleries page you can browse through all the latest posts from artists on CGSociety. You'll notice most of these are 3D renders, models, or wireframes of characters/creatures.

That is probably the biggest difference with CGS vs ArtStation. With the CGSociety community you'll get a lot more 3D artwork compared to 2D paintings.

There is a decent mix of both if you look hard enough. I just notice it slants more towards 3D. Which is great!

3D modeling is a growing field with plenty of opportunity in game design and animation.

But there's one big aspect of CGS that I really recommend checking out: the CGTalk Forums.

Their forums follow a typical BB-style layout where posts are threaded and archived over time.

This way you can easily read through older replies and gather advice from other artists.

Forums offer more space for critique than just comments on a post, so that's one reason I like this setup over the current DeviantArt comments section. It's also a bit more active than other art forums.

If you're looking for another site to share your digital artwork then definitely join CGSociety. It's totally free and growing fast.

Drawcrowd

If you want a site kinda like DeviantArt but with more variety then Drawcrowd is fantastic.

This is designed like ArtStation but it doesn't have a specific focus on digital or traditional. It's really a balanced community of both styles with so many artists at varying skill levels.

You can use Drawcrowd as a way to share your progress from complete noob to pro, or use this as a portfolio for your polished work. Or maybe a mix of both.

Drawcrowd has all the social features you'd expect like artist profiles, follower counts, photo "likes" and reshare buttons too.

But one reason Drawcrowd stands out is because of its more laid-back social environment.

I see ArtStation as more of an online portfolio that you'd want to keep clean and tidy for job opportunities.

I see Drawcrowd more like Instagram or Twitter where you can post any of your works to share with friends, followers, and your fanbase. Pics can range from simple studies to more abstract personal projects.

Really, anyone who's looking for a site just like DeviantArt will be thrilled with Drawcrowd.

Only trouble is the site's pretty new and doesn't have the largest userbase.

Yet with all these features I think it's growing fast and it's likely to be around for years to come.

You can keep up on site news from the official forums and sign up for a free account on the homepage.

Pixiv

I wasn't sure whether to include Pixiv because it's really not designed for English-speaking audiences. But this site has grown so fast over the past 8-10 years that it simply cannot be ignored.

Pixiv is an online illustration & art community created in Shibuya, Tokyo back in 2007. It was relatively unknown to the western world until somewhere around the early 2010s... or at least that's when I found it!

The goal of Pixiv is much like DeviantArt: share your artwork, get feedback, and build a following on your profile.

It also has a star rating system where users can rate your works and you can sort by the highest rated illustrations in any category. Same with sorting by tags which Pixiv uses to offer recommended artists as you browse.

You can make an account for free and you'll find so many cool features once you're inside. They even have a live drawing tool where artists can stream art sessions live right through Pixiv. Basically Twitch for artists.

And users who create multi-image manga-style comic books can submit galleries as single posts. This way people can read your mangas or comics page-by-page all from the same gallery.

You can even design your own manga and publish the whole thing on here.

The only problem?

Pixiv was built for a Japanese audience.

While you can change the website's default language to English, most of the userbase is Japanese. That means you won't get many comments in English or find many other users with English names.

In fact many of the artwork tags use Japanese characters(Hiragana/Katakana) so you'll get totally different results if you search "zelda" vs ゼルダの伝説.

The team has worked hard to update the search to automatically recognize English and Japanese phrases for popular tags(for example " Mario ").

But it's far from perfect and the site clearly caters towards Japanese users.

I do think it's worth joining at least to browse and get some ideas if you love the anime art style. You can also publish work on there if you want, but you won't get much feedback compared to ArtStation or Drawcrowd.

Behance

I'll admit that Behance is more of a digital design portfolio site rather than an art community.

But it does offer a genuine alternative to DeviantArt, especially with their portfolio feature.

DeviantArt does a great job of organizing projects, sketches, studies, and practice work into one place. However Behance just looks a bit "cleaner" and feels more professional to share.

This makes it easier for prospective clients to browse through your work at a glance.

Their comment system is also pretty simple and feels a lot like DeviantArt. But they don't have threaded comments so it's tougher to reply directly to people on there.

One nice feature is that you can post galleries of artwork like this example from Stockholm artist Therese Larsson.

This makes it super easy for artists to share entire projects cataloging their work from start to finish. From basic sketches all the way to final pieces, you can organize everything into one post and share it all together on Behance.

Anyone can sign up for free and start posting right away, no hassle and no BS.

It's one of the more lenient sites out there with a very large userbase. It can be easy to get lost in the noise so you'll need to do a lot of self-promotion to build up your following.

But even aside from the mix of design work and digital media there's plenty of room for artists to make a name for themselves in this community.

Dribbble

Dribbble is much like Behance except it's an invite-only website.

The goal of private invites is to keep the quality high. This started as a design-only community where UI/UX designers would invite their friends, then they'd hand out invites and it would grow from there.

Nowadays it's not too difficult to get an invite since there are so many people on the site. But if you're an artist you may not bother joining since it's primarily a designer's community.

I still wanted to include this here because there are some truly talented artists in Dribbble. They are few & far between compared to all the designers but I think Dribbble would do well to invite more artists into the mix.

One of my favorites is Rogie King who publishes a lot of his own illustrations. He's a designer/artist hybrid so you'll find a lot of mixed work on his profile.

But you can also search through the site for keywords like painting or character design to see what you can find.

And the best thing about Dribbble is the potential for client work.

People know Dribbble accumulates great talent. Many agencies and creative teams look there when hiring a freelancer for a project.

There may not be as much demand for illustrators on Dribbble compared to ArtStation or DeviantArt. But it's one more site you can use to showcase your work and build your online presence.

Tumblr

I'm hesitant to recommend Tumblr since it's not a fully-focused DeviantArt alternative.

This is primarily a blogging network so there's no specific "art" section of Tumblr. You'll need to go out of your way to build up a following for your Tumblr page and use it strictly for your artwork.

With that said, many artists do use Tumblr to show off their art. The userbase is full of artists and full of people who love art; you just need to know where to find them.

The downside? Not much room for critiques, commentaries, or back & forth conversations.

There are private messages but most people use Tumblr to reblog photos rather than leave comments for the creator.

If you already have a Tumblr then you might understand its potential in promoting your work. If you don't have one then I can't say you're missing out too much... especially considering all the great alternatives listed above.

Still I think it deserves a spot in this list because it's a website much like DeviantArt where you can share artwork, build a following, and create a profile to interact with the art community.

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Websites Like DeviantArt: Best Alternative Art Communities For 2018

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What art blogs do you go to for news, tips, and resources? This one, of course. (You can subscribe to our weekly email here.)

But, as the Cubists taught us, there's always room for more than one perspective. Here are 20 of our other favorite art blogs, split into five categories:

Happy reading!

Blogs about the art world

These art blogs will get you up to speed on what's happening now with reviews of exhibits, news about art-world controversies, and interviews. For similar blogs with a more local perspective, see the next category.

1. Hyperallergic (home page →)

The go-to site for news, reviews, essays, and more about the global art world. Hyperallergic is based in Brooklyn, but the thoughtful news, reviews, and other articles come from contributors nationally and internationally. With many posts daily, it's hard to encapsulate the breadth of coverage here, but there's always something to read.

2. artnet news (home page →)

Where Hyperallergic is keenly focused on the ideas, politics, and power dynamics of art, artnet is the place to go for news about the art market: auctions, fairs, and the like. This blog aims to be a resource for anyone who wants to keep on top of the international art market.
3. The Aperture Blog (home page →)
Aperture publishes a print magazine, but their blog also features web-only content - all about photography, just like the magazine. You'll find plenty of reviews, essays, and interviews about mostly contemporary photographers. (For more tutorial- and gear-focused photography blogs, see below.)

Blogs about the arts in DC

Washington, DC is full of culture, and it's not all at museums (though three museum blogs are featured here). Don't miss what's happening in your backyard!

4. East City Art (home page →)

East City Art is your best bet for reviews, features, and news about events and exhibits around DC. This blog is premised on the idea that there's more to DC art than what you can find on the Mall and in NW.
5. Broad Strokes (home page →)
It can be tough to keep up with all the gallery openings, but they manage to do it! East City Art also puts on the Emulsion show and annually publishes a print magazine quarterly.
7. Experiment Station (home page →)
Like all good museum blogs, the blog for National Museum of Women in the Arts features a mix of content: not just what's in their collection, but what's going on with women artists all over the world. (You may know this blog, and the museum, as the genesis of the #5WomenArtists project.) Check out their Art Fix Friday posts for links to the week's most interesting articles and exhibits to see.

Eye Level is the official blog for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery, which means it has tons of great material to work with. We love museums' behind-the-scenes posts, and you'll find them here. As a DC institution, this blog includes local posts as well as posts about American art in general.

The Phillips Collection's blog has lots of contributors who post about exhibits, conservation, installation, events, music, and everything else going on at Phillips. It's also illustrated by Elizabeth Graeber. Because different posts are written by different people, you'll get lots of perspectives: how visitors react to artwork, what staff members saw on their vacation, and so forth.

8. Daily Campello Art News (home page →)

Local artist and writer Lenny Campello has posted here since 2003, making it one of the oldest art blogs on this list. He posts news about the local arts scene, including criticism, events, exhibit opportunities for artists, links to news stories, scam alerts, and photos of his works in progress.

Creativity and inspiration art blogs

These art blogs spotlight individual artists' work, not necessarily in exhibits but presented as ain't-it-cool inspiration, ripe for sharing.

9. The Jealous Curator (home page →)

Danielle Krysa, a.k.a. the Jealous Curator, shares images of amazing contemporary artists. If you're featured on The Jealous Curator, you'll know you've made it! This blog is heavy on images, light on text, which is just fine with us.

Krysa also hosts a podcast, Art for Your Ear, which we featured in our podcasts post.

10. BOOOOOOOM (home page →)

That's Booooooom, with seven o's. Here, you can find all kinds of artist spotlights and features, with the occasional bit of news thrown in.

11. Hi-Fructose (home page →)

This quarterly contemporary art magazine also publishes articles in a blog. Like the other blogs in this category, it's one to bookmark just to see what kinds of projects other artists are working on.

12. Creators (home page →)

This Vice project doesn't focus only on visual art, but there's plenty of that to be found. They also publish some news articles (after all, it is a news organization).

Blogs about running your art business

For working artists, navigating galleries and websites and art fairs presents a variety of pitfalls. These art blogs are here to guide you. (For similar articles, see this blog's Artful Resources section, with articles about things like creating a website or pricing your artwork.)

13. Art Biz Blog (home page →)

Alyson Stanfield's long-running blog is full of great advice, both for motivating yourself in the studio, and marketing your artwork. The author is a curator, educator, and collector who has been coaching artists with career advice since 2002. She also publishes a podcast.

14. Arts Marketing Blog (home page →)

This blog is from the National Arts Marketing Project at Americans for the Arts. You'll find it most useful if you work for an arts organization, but it's also useful for artists working on their own website, email, and similar marketing projects. See the post linked above for tips on your artist brand, for example.

15. The Abundant Artist ( home page →)

With the motto "dispelling the starving artist myth," Cory Huff's website has lots of articles, videos, and other resources on Internet marketing for artists - both how-to's and best practices. What to do with your email list? What to blog about? How to start your Facebook fan page? The answers are here. Look for plenty of helpful guest blog posts with real-world examples, too.

Art lessons & tutorials
17. The Painter's Keys (home page →)
These art blogs are for artists who are still learning - in other words, all of us. Motivational, reflective, and instructional, they feature articles with specific tutorials or exercises.

16. EmptyEasel (home page →)

This blog could go in either this category or the one above: EmptyEasel provides tutorials on both making your art and selling it. This one is worth a deep dive into the archive.

"Dear artist ..."

That's how Canadian painter Robert Genn begins each of his twice-weekly "letters" to artists. In the comments, you'll find lively discussions among his substantial following, making this as much a community as a blog. There's lots more to see here, too, including calendars, links, and a huge collection of art quotes.

18. Artist Daily (home page →)

This is actually one of five blogs published by Artist Daily, with others focused on specific topics including painting and drawing. These tutorials focus on traditional, representational drawing and painting techniques (which are helpful to learn even if realism isn't your end goal).

19. Light Stalking (home page →)

Tutorials for beginning to experienced photographers are the forte of Light Stalking. As the post linked above notes, there's always something new to learn.

20. Digital Photography Review (home page →)

Instead of tutorials, this is where you'll find reviews and discussions of all the latest gear. (There are a few lessons sprinkled in, too.) If you're a photographer who's focused on equipment, you probably already read this site religiously.

Are there any other art blogs you love reading? Let us know in the comments!

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Welcome! Prepare To Become Well Informed 🙂

After lots of questions from readers we've searched for The Top Drawing Blogs, so you can learn from the experts.
Once you have read this post, we can guarantee that you will find everything you could need to become a drawing whiz!

In this post, we feature amazing artists whose passion is to draw.

Looking for something specific? See our table of contents below.

In a hurry? Check out our Key Takeaways and top recommendations at the bottom of this post.

Something we forgot? Leave a question or comment at the end.

Table of Contents

Best Inspirational Blogs

Inspirational Artists To Follow On Instagram

Best Drawing Tutorial Websites

More Drawing Resources

Other Drawing Websites

Conclusion

Key Takeaways and Top Recommendations

Best Inspirational Blogs

Let's begin the top 100 drawing blogs with some inspirational blogs! So, you might be an artist, but no matter your experience level, like other creatives, you might often suffer from artist's block.
Let's face it; no-one likes that, do they? It is a huge impediment to doing something you love!

So, allow us to help you fix that problem, and banish artist's block.

Here we have collected lots and lots of Inspirational Artist's blogs, where they post their latest drawings, along with their thoughts, tips, and tricks.

We have also put together a collection of blogs run by companies, which feature all sorts of inspirational pieces by artists from all walks of life.

By scrolling through this list, you are bound to find someone's art you enjoy, and who knows, maybe you will feel inspired to draw?

Make sure to tell your friends about a blog if you liked it!

Table Of Contents:

Best Individual Artist's Blogs

The Best Company/Art Suppliers Blogs

Best Individual Artist's Blogs

Here, we share the best Inspirational Individual Artist's Blogs, where it is an individual artist's blog, and they share their art, thoughts, and musings. Some also share helpful tutorials, tips, and tricks, which could be very useful to you, regardless of your level of expertise.

We have featured all kinds of artists, from professional artists who have worked for many years in their field, from those who are entirely self-taught, up-and-coming artists.

To make it easier for you to find the specific content you are looking for, we have divided the blogs into several categories. These include Sketching, Watercolor, Graphite Pencil Drawing, and Drawing In General.

Click on one of the links below to jump to your preferred category, or scroll through to find someone that intrigues you.

Table of Contents

The Best Sketching Blogs

Best Watercolor Drawing Blogs

The Best Black and White/Graphite Pencil Blogs

Best General Drawing Blogs

Best Sketching Blogs

About Seeing Thinking Drawing: Frank Ching is an Asian-American professional artist, who was born and raised in Hawaii. Frank only began drawing later in life. He worked in the military, and in Architecture before he finally turned to drawing and began teaching at Ohio University in 1972. He is now retired, but continues to draw, write and does the occasional drawing workshop. On his blog, he shares his thoughts and musings, as well as his latest sketches.

What He Specializes In: Frank specializes in sketching, usually with fountain pens. As he worked in Architecture for many years and did a degree in Architecture at university, it would make sense his preferred subjects are buildings and urban landscapes.

What We Love: Frank is an excellent artist, he is very talented when it comes to making sketches with perspective, and his drawings never seem flat, they have depth. His style is distinctive, and his writing makes for a good read. As well as sharing his sketches, he often shares tips on how to sketch buildings, making the designs seem three-dimensional, and tricks on perspective. These may be beneficial to put to use in your drawings.

About Mostly Drawing: Ed is a photographer who lives in his hometown of Bath, The UK. He has been a photographer for many years. In March 2011, Ed started sketching and has immensely enjoyed it ever since. He often participates in drawing challenges and aspires to share a few sketches a week on his website. On his blog, Ed shares his drawings and sketches, his thoughts on his art, and music and books he enjoys.

What He Specializes In: Ed loves to sketch, doing it as often as he can. He draws and adds details with pen, specifically a bamboo dip pen. Ed then finishes it off with watercolor wash. He mostly focuses on color sketches, but sometimes does black and white. Ed's subjects of choice are urban life, cafe scenes, people in various situations, as well as inanimate objects, and portraits.

What We Love: Ed's drawings subjects are vast and varied, and he is excellent at whatever he decides to sketch. His thoughts on his art are interesting to read, and the fact that he often links to a song that goes well with the piece of art makes for an entertaining viewing experience. He frequently posts, which is excellent, as there is more of his fantastic art to view.

About Liz Steel: Liz Steel is an Australia artist and architect, based in Sydney. A friend introduced her to sketching by giving her a sketchbook as a gift, and she has been hooked on sketching and painting ever since. She loves to travel and has done so overseas extensively, capturing the world and her life around her as she goes. On her blog, she shares news and stories of her latest escapades while traveling, and of course, her most recent sketches, drawings, and paintings.

What She Specializes In: Liz specializes in sketching with ink, and going over it with wash. While that is the primary medium she focuses on, Liz says she likes to experiment with mixed media. These include watercolor, watercolor pencils, pen, and pencil. Her favorite things to sketch are local tearooms, Renaissance/Baroque architecture, and urban spaces. But really, Liz says she likes to sketch anything that catches her eye!

What We Love: Liz puts time and effort into her blog posts, and they make for an engaging and entertaining read. Her sketches capture urban life in beautiful detail, and we love the way she utilizes watercolor wash in some of her pieces. Her website is a pleasure to view, and the fact that she offers workshops, online classes and the occasional tip on art, is a bonus.

Find Liz Steel On Facebook | Twitter | Instagram |

About Citizen Sketcher: Marc Taro Holmes is an American artist, who had a career spanning 15+ years as an art director and concept artist for various corporations. He's a game designer, having worked on many video games, and of course, a sketcher. Marc has sketched for many years and has published a book on the subject, as well as creating several online classes. On his blog, he shares his latest drawings and sketches.

What He Specializes In: Marc is primarily a sketcher, and he uses pencil and pen, and goes over it with a watercolor wash, or a particular process he called "tinting." He also does rough sketches in pencil and pen, with no wash. Marc's subjects of choice are often buildings and urban spaces, but sometimes vehicles, artifact, and portraits. So basically, he's an all-rounder!

What We Love: He is a very skilled sketcher, often even the sketches he does in a small amount of time look fantastic! In his blog posts, he explains the process of making his art. He also has several instructional courses on his website, worth a look.

Fin Citizen Sketcher On Facebook | Twitter |

About Sketch Away: Suhita is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, who loves to sketch. She loves to go on sketch crawls, draw the world around her, share what she knows, and take photos. On her blog, she shares her news, her latest sketches, and photos she has taken from around where she lives.

What She Specializes In: The mediums Suhita uses to create her drawings are ink and pen, and then she goes over them with wash. Suhita specializes in sketches of urban life and things in the urban landscape, such as signs and buildings. She also likes to draw people, the human figure, and people going about their daily lives.

What We Love: Suhita posts quite frequently, and all her posts make for a good read. Her sketches have a rough, edgy design that we love, and she puts a lot of effort into her drawings.

About James Richards Sketchbook: James Richards is a professional artist from the USA who loves to sketch. He is published author, having written several of them, and he often runs workshops on sketching and drawing. He has been sketching for several years. James is an urban and concept designer by trade. On his blog, he shares news, his latest drawings, some photography and helpful tips and tricks.

What They Specialize In: James is sketcher, so it would make sense that his main medium is sketching. To draw his creations, he uses ink and pen and goes over it with a watercolor wash. He specializes in urban spaces, capturing the essence of human life and activity, in a rainbow of color. He takes pleasure in drawing urban scenes all across the globe, the more full of life, the better.

What We Love: James has a great blog going on there, with many interesting things to read. His art is excellent, capturing human activity in urban spaces in a riot of color. His work is a pleasure to look at. James sometimes posts helpful tips and tricks, as well as explaining his art processes. James also offers online sketching classes, so they'd be well worth a look!

Best Watercolor Drawing Blogs

About Watercolor Sketching: Anne-Laure is a french watercolor artist and sketcher who lives in Brittany, France. Before being introduced to the world of sketching, she was, and still is, an avid photographer. Anne-Laure started sketching with watercolor around two years ago and hasn't stopped since. On her blog, she likes to share her latest video tutorials, thoughts, news, and of course, her newest creations.

What She Specializes In: As the name of her blog suggests, Anne-Laure focuses on the medium of watercolor drawing and sketching. She loves to use watercolor, as she says it helps her explore colors, shapes, and textures, as well as ways to see them differently. Sketching, on the other hand, is all about composition and contrast. Anne-Laure finds the two work together really well. The subjects she loves to draw are, homes and interiors, landscapes, and everyday urban life, among other things.

What We Love: Anne-Laure's blog is clean and bright, making for an easy and pleasurable reading experience. Her watercolor art is exquisite. She puts a lot of effort in. We particularly love her use of color; her sketches are so colorful! On her youtube channel, she shares helpful tutorials and other videos that are well worth a look.

Find Watercolor Sketching On Facebook I Instagram | Youtube

Best Black and White/Graphite Pencil Blogs

About Duey's Drawings: Brian Duey is a self-taught artist who lives in a small town called Howard City, in the USA. He has many years of experience in drawing with pencils and likes to share his drawings on his website. He primarily blogs about his pictures, but he has a selection of sketching and drawing with pencil tutorials.

What He Specializes In: Brian focuses mainly on the medium of pencil drawing and sketching. He prefers drawing with Graphite pencils, and most of his drawings are done in black and white. The subjects of his drawings mainly focus on realism portraits of people, but occasionally he does pictures of household pets.

What We Love: Brian is an excellent artist, and his drawings are incredibly realistic and detailed. Sometimes it looks like the people are going to burst into life! His drawings are very inspiring, and that he does tutorials is even better.

Find Duey's Drawings on Facebook | Twitter |

About Diane Wright Fine Art: Diane Wright is an American artist who has been drawing for many years. She is a hobbyist, drawing in her free time and she says how much she loves the activity. On her website, she shares all of her beautiful drawings. Diane also has a collection of helpful tutorials, focusing on how to drawing things of nature, such as plants, rocks, and trees, as well as Landscapes in general.

What She Specializes In: Diane specializes in graphite, black and white drawings. Although she has experimented with color mediums, she says she prefers using graphite pencils. Her drawing subjects are usually farming buildings, such as barns and sheds, drawn in exquisite detail. The countryside where she lives is riddled with this kind of structures, so they provide the inspirations. Diane also loves landscapes.

What We Love: We love her landscape drawings, beautiful and captured in incredible detail. Her tutorials are clear and well-explained, and invaluable if you are looking to hone your landscape drawing skills.

About Carol's Drawing Blog: Carol Rosinski is an artist and former sculptor and jeweler. She was a sculptor and worked in jewelry for several years, but in 1990 she was drawn to drawing, (if you'll pardon the pun 🙂 ), and she's never looked back since. On her blog, Carol shares her drawings and sketches, techniques, tips and tricks, as well as tutorials and recommendations on equipment.

What She Specializes In: Carol focuses on and uses one medium only: graphite pencils. She says they are her favorite medium, but they do have their limitations. Graphite pencils only come in black and white. However, Carol says it is worth the limitation, as she has to experiment and come up with ways to get around it, so she is always challenged.

What We Love: Her blog is filled with helpful tips and tutorials, which are clear and easy-to-understand. Her drawing is excellent and full of details, which are a pleasure to view.

Best General Drawing Blogs

About Mike Theuer: Mike Theuer is a full-time American professional artist, who has much experience from all his time spent drawing. He lives in Pennsylvania, and when he's not drawing or painting, he's looking after the house and his three boys. Mark shares a few of his drawings on his website, and you can order portraits and paintings from him. He also shares a few video tutorials about his drawing and watercolor process, and also brush and pencil techniques.

What He Specializes In: Mike is a full-time Portrait artist, and his preferred mediums are graphite pencils, and watercolor. He also uses oils and colored pencils. He does commissions for people, usually by where he takes a photo they have sent and uses it as a reference to create pictures for them.

What We Love: We love how he makes use of both pencil and watercolor, and the fact that his art is stunning. The video tutorials on brush and pencil techniques are helpful.

Find Mike Theuer On Facebook | Twitter |

About Yimmaukan: Yim Mau-Kun is a professional Chinese artist who now lives in Taiwan, and has many years of experience. Yim lived in China for most of his childhood but eventually emigrated to Hong Kong, and finally Taiwan. He finds real-life inspiring and prides himself on using the world as his references. He has a unique, incredibly detailed style, and enjoys painting, sketching and drawing. On his blog, he shares tips on how to draw with graphite, as well as charcoal drawing, and suggestions for drawing people realistically.

What He Specializes In: Yim mainly focuses on painting with oils, but being the skilled artist he is, he has branched out to sketching and drawing, mostly with graphite pencils. His preferred subjects are people, whether it's sketching, drawing or painting them. He often does portraits, and full body drawings, as well as scenes from everyday life.

What We Love: He is a very talented artist! He has mastered all the mediums that he uses. Yim's tips on drawing with charcoal are detailed and useful, for everyone, regardless of experience level. His portraits capture the human likeness in exquisite detail, that can only come from endless practice and experience.

Find Yimmaukan On Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest |

About Drawing The Motmot: Debby Kaspari is an American artist who lives in Oklahoma with her husband. She loves living in Oklahoma, because the wildlife there is plentiful, which means she never runs out of things to draw. Debby says she her hobbies are traveling the world, sketchbook, and binoculars in hand, using those tools to capture the natural world around her. On her blog, she shares her sketches and paintings, her observations on nature, facts and other information on the animals she draws, and art news.

What She Specializes In: Debby uses two main mediums, drawing, and painting. For drawing, she uses pastel, graphite pencil, ink, and pen. With painting, Debby uses pastel and oils. Her subject of focus is the natural world. To be more specific, she draws landscapes, plants, close-up scenes of forest foliage, birds, and other animals.

What We Love: Her blog is clean and straightforward, which makes for easy reading, and she has shared many of her works. Debby expertly captures animals in their daily lives, which makes for some fantastic drawings. The way she includes information on the subjects she draws is excellent, as you can view some beautiful art, and learn something too.

Best Company/Art Suppliers Blogs
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Best Sketching Blogs

The Best Watercolor Drawing Blogs

Best Black and White/Graphite Pencil Blogs

The Best General Drawing Blogs

Best Inspirational Artists To Follow On Instagram

Instagram. It's one of the largest and most popular social media platforms; it's size only rivaled by Facebook and Twitter. It can be used for many different purposes, and the amount of content on there is staggering. But, we don't know much about you, but sometimes the feed can get very dull. Endless squishy-face selfies, food photos, and viral images of cats doing pretty anything.

Ridiculous, and not worth your time at all, wouldn't you agree? Well, we've come up with an ingenious solution that will make your Instagram feed worth looking at.

How? Fill it to the brim with Inspirational Artists, of course!

We've searched high and low across Instagram, to find the best inspirational artist on the platform. To make it easier, we've divided it into several categories, based on the mediums the artists specialize in.
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Best Sketching Artists
Yamini Mohan | @yaminivbn
Yamini Mohan is an artist and illustrator from India. She usually sketches but does some drawing and painting on the side too. She draws whatever comes to mind, whether it be people or ravens. Her art is beautiful and very detailed.
Luke Adam Hawker | @lukeadamhawker
Luke Adam Hawker is a London-based sketcher and illustrator, whose sketches are very popular. He specializes in drawing buildings and urban spaces, and he is one skilled artist! His drawings of buildings are detailed, and a lot of effort goes into them.

Luke has a website, where he shares more of his designs, and where he has prints for sale.

Best Watercolor Drawing Artists

Anne-Laure Jacquart | @annelaurewatercolor

Anne-Laure Jacquart is a french watercolor artist and sketcher, who specializes in sketches gone over with watercolor wash. Her drawings of people, everyday life, and urban spaces are beautiful and well worth a look.

Anne-Laure has a blog, which we have featured in this post. She also has a youtube account, where she shares sketching and watercolor drawing tutorials.

Rayza Vasque | @rayzapv
Rayza Vasque loves to draw, perhaps as much as she loves doing yoga. She specializes in watercolor, and we have to say, every one she turns out is amazing! She mostly draws beautiful landscapes and scenes of nature.

The Best Black and White/Graphite Pencil Artists

Best General Drawing Artists
Joe Richichi | @artworkbyjoe
Joe Richichi is an artist who uses colored and graphite pencils to draw his artwork. He mainly shares colorful, lifelike drawings of all sorts of animals and wildlife. Occasionally, he draws pictures of people and pets.

He shares more designs on his website and is usually available for pet portrait commissions.

The Best Ink and Pen Artists

Lily's drawings are very detailed; she particularly likes to draw designs on sketchbook covers. Lily specializes in patterns and animals, with colorful signs and motifs. She uses ink and pens to make her beautiful drawings.

Best Drawing With Markers Artists

We've featured some of the fantastic artwork that these fabulous artists create in our Markers Post.
Yui N | @freelanceyui @acuasketch
Yui N is a Japanese artist who specializes in beautiful drawings of people, animals, and creatures of the sea.

Most of her drawings are made using markers, but occasionally she does sketches with pencil.
@Courtney Kreeber
Gala loves to do watercolor and marker sketching.

She finds inspiration from nature and is keen to keep learning.
@lynn_labs
Courtney is a cardmaker and stamper. Her website has useful tips and guides on different card making and stamping techniques.

Courtney loves using Copic markers in her designs.
Kelsey | @budz.n.sudz
Lynn is very passionate about lettering in all it's colorful glory.
Judith | @artby_judith
She shares inspirational content on brush lettering techniques and the supplies she uses.
@mitts_artistry_and_design
Kelsey describes herself as "Part-time Freelancer, full-time lover of animation, most of the time artist, all of the time random!"

See more of her designs on this website.
@bridgiecopple
Judith Selcuk is a Product demonstrator and trainer. She does portraits, animal art, illustration and is an art teacher.

See more of her fabulous art on her website.
@liubovdruma
Rachel Mitts of Mitts Artistry and Design loves to create art.

Find more of her designs on her website.
Sachi Rome | @sachistudioart
Bridgette Copple loves to color!
@artisticnugget
Her designs use a variety of different color markers, and she shares her beautiful work regularly.

Liubov Druma is an incredible Russian artist who specializes in pretty, whimsical drawings.
@raynbowsend
She shares lots of tutorials using Copic markers on her youtube channel.

Sachi Rome is a Visual artist living and making art in Atlanta Ga.

She does commissions, mural art and more. See more of her artwork by visiting her website.

A lover of plants and drawing. Sharing creations based on nature.

Capturing Candid Coincidences... Creative Collaborations... Convivial Coloring

The Best Drawing Tablet Artists

Piper Thibodeau | @piperdraws

Piper is a 25-year-old artist, who is a former character designer for Dreamworks TV. She has a personal challenge that has been going for a while, which is called Daily Paint. She has to try and create a drawing every day before midday. Her drawings are great, mostly involving animals and witty puns.
How To Draw Cartoons Online By Jeff Scarterfield
Piper has drawn over 1000 of these daily paintings, which she has compiled into a book, which you can find here.

Best Drawing Tutorial Websites

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The Best How-To-Draw Websites
Koosje Koene By Koosje Koene
About How To Draw Cartoons Online: Jeff Scarterfield is an artist and animator who is keen on drawing cartoons, and loves to introduce others to the world of drawing. He has had an online presence for a while now, over ten years, in fact! He has shared all sorts of tutorials, on all subjects and areas, from clothing to pandas. Jeff is always working to share more how-to-draw procedures with anyone who is interested in learning to draw.

What Areas Of Drawing Subjects It Specializes In: How To Draw Cartoons Online mainly focuses on how-to-draw specific objects and animals, such as cartoon characters and themed drawings. The style of drawing is easy and slightly simplified, making it easy if you are starting out.

Levels Of Experience It Covers: Jeff has divided his tutorials into three categories. Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. A quick look through of the site should help you decided which level you are more suited to. The site also has a Tips page, where Jeff has put together a series of helpful drawing tips and tricks.

Best Theory Of Drawing Websites
The Design Sketchbook By Chou-Tac
About Koosje Koene: Koosje Koene is a Dutch professional illustrator and former photographer, who was born and raised in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She was a photographer for over ten years. But eventually her love for drawing and painting trumped her love for photography, and she became an illustrator. She is passionate about drawing and helping others learn to draw, and she writes very well. She is also the founder of Sketchbook Skool, which is a community of artists learning to draw. Koosje shares all sorts of helpful tutorials, tips, and tricks.

What Media She Specializes In: Koosje is well-versed in quite a few mediums, and these include ballpoint pens, watercolor, and ink. She also does oil painting and digital illustration. In her tutorials, she focuses on traditional drawing methods, using watercolor, ink, ballpoint pens, and occasionally pencil.

Good To Use If Learning About The way Koosje writes is entertaining and easy-to-understand. She shares techniques on how to draw certain things such as faces, food, and beverages, among others. She also has a series of posts called Drawing Tip Tuesday, where, every Tuesday she shares some drawing tips, whether it be on the theory of drawing, or how to keep your pens well-maintained.

Find Koosje Koene On Facebook | Twitter | Instagram |

About The Design Sketchbook: Chou-Tac is professional designer and artist who has worked for many large companies, designing new products for them. As a child, he was fascinated by animations and wanted to learn more about how they were made. As he grew older, that fascination gave way to interest in drawing and design, which is where he is at today. He has been fortunate in that he realized his passion, so he created The Design Sketchbook, to help others realize their dream.

What Media They Specialize In: The Design Sketchbook specializes in teaching people how to sketch well. Chou-Tac focuses on using pen and pencils to sketch, usually graphite pencils and ballpoint pens.
The Drawing Website By Luis Escobar
Good To Use If Learning About: Chou-Tac has created a fantastic resource for budding designers and drawers everywhere, regardless of your skill level. He has several guides and books available to purchase, and his blog is a wealth of information. Chou-Tac has touched on many areas of sketching, such as, how to make things seem three dimensional, drawing buildings and other structures, and tips and tricks on perspective.

Find The Design Sketchbook On Youtube

Best Sketching Tutorial Websites

The Best How-To-Draw Cartoons Websites

About The Drawing Website: Luis Escobar is a professional animator and storyboard artist from El Salvador. Currently, he lives in California with his family. He worked as a storyboard artist on the Simpsons Show, as well as other television shows and films. He loves to draw, is passionate about helping others realize their drawing potential.

What Media He Specializes In: Luis primarily uses digital programs to make his art but also uses graphite pencils. He is a cartoonist, but he also draws people and action scenes, and other pieces involving people.

Good To Use If Learning About: He specializes in teaching people how to draw cartoons and people. Also various body parts, stances and more. His tutorials are clear and easy to understand. Luis also offers courses. Very useful if you want to become a cartoonist or comic artist. Also, use if you want to brush up on your people drawing skills.

Find The Drawing Website On Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Youtube

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Top 100 Drawing Blogs To Follow In 2018 - Crafty Like Granny

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As an artist, creator or hobbyist, it is hard to always have creative ideas. We caught up with illustrator Whitney Sherman to get drawing exercises to spark your creativity when you are stuck.

Whitney Sherman is an award-winning illustrator and director of the MFA in Illustration Practice at Maryland Institute College of Art. She is also author of Playing with Sketches, 50 creative exercises for designers and artists (Rockport Publishers). We asked Sherman for advice on how to draw and she offers up five drawing exercises from her book to help anyone get started.

If you're looking for more resources on how to hone your design skills, check out our classes on Hand Lettering, Creating a Knockout Portfolio, Logo Design, and Photoshop tutorials.
Get into the habit of making: draw inspiration from the every day. Drawing the Everyday Every Day is your guide to exploring your creativity and integrating a drawing habit into your daily routine. Learn more.
Why do you think it's so hard for people to get started with drawing or figure drawing?

For non-artists, I think that the culture of drawing is not extended or continued with or for them beyond early childhood. Grade schools and high schools, for the most part, value math and science over the arts, which gets cut out when budgetary pressures arise. What is then neglected is the haptic qualities of "making," which can contribute to retention of learning as well as foster communication. If a non-artist is only shown an example of classical or academic drawing, they will be thwarted by not having those skills. If encouraged to make native marks [draw in their own way] and be respected for that, most people would grow up with less doubt on their ability to draw and would enjoy the process, which is a very important part of drawing!

For creative people who are working in mediums other than drawing, some of the reasons are the same - recognizing and celebrating native marks, but I think it goes a bit farther to include practice. Creatively leaning people continue drawing beyond childhood for longer than most, yet their particular area of creative focus as an adult may have not required the use of drawing, and so it is left behind, unpracticed. In both cases, having permission [from a teacher, from one's self] to draw as one does, to appreciate that and practice it will foster comfort and confidence with drawing.

I had a drawing teacher in college who said, "Draw what you see, not what you know." Do you find that holds true for everyone?

Although I can't say I know how everyone behaves, I do think that extended focus is very hard for most people. Numerous conditions and environments discourage this. Have you ever been bored because it feels like nothing is happening? If so, you are probably less likely to be able to focus on what is going on around you.

The ability to quiet your mind and observe is central to the theme your teacher was addressing. Knowing involves conceptual thinking with additional abstract qualities based on memories of the circumstances surrounding the knowledge (Was there a smell in the air that caused us to form an opinion?). Seeing, on the other hand, requires that we participate with what is currently happening, and letting go of memory. Time is a key ingredient of seeing, although like many things, practice helps our seeing happen faster. If you purposefully act to see, you can then make the observations that allow you to translate your seeing into mark making.

Here are five step by step exercises taken from Playing with Sketches to help anyone get started with their drawing skills:

1) Drawing Exercise: Doodling

Anyone can do this drawing exercise, doodle and create simple shapes. It's as simple as putting pen or pencil to paper and randomly sketching anything that comes to mind. You don't even have to make straight lines. Doodles come in any shape or form, and in any color. But don't let the simplicity of this exercise fool you!
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Doodling increases your visual literacy and helps you process ideas, even when you are not trying! Experiment with different materials and drawing tools, and draw whatever comes to mind. You can also recruit your friend and co-workers to develop a doodle quilt using sticky notes in different colors.

2) Drawing Exercise: Entopic Graphomania

This drawing exercise is based on a Surrealist game. Simply grab a sheet of paper-it can be a page from an old paperback book, or anything with markings-and place dots on specific words or letters. You choose what set of marks, words, or letters you want. Then connect the dots with curved, zigzag or straight lines to create a pattern. These exercises reveal hidden patterns in negative space, show you how choices can make a difference and will help you engage in randomness to take your work a few steps further.

3) Drawing Exercise: Non-Dominant Hand

If you have been drawing for some time and are feeling stuck or uninspired by your marks, it may be time to reinvent in order to discover something new. Years ago I had developed a great exercise that involved rendering minute and exact details using graphite pencils on a fine surfaced drawing paper (Strathmore Drawing paper). I was bored, and so I set out to change my habit by using tools and paper that were the exact opposite-ink in a faulty dip pen on hot press paper, which is slightly spongy. I also used my non-dominant hand and no photo reference.

This simple exercise lasted for a few months. It felt awkward and I didn't expect anything massive to come from it, but it did! When I went back to drawing with familiar tools, I was breaking down the image in different ways and drawing with less restrictions.

4) Drawing Exercise: One Day, One Theme

For this drawing exercise, choose one theme or one kind of object, and only draw that thing during the course of a day. You can vary your approach to this by choosing an animate or inanimate object, a color, a size of something, things that are scary or make you laugh, or things that start with a specific letter.

You can also use synonyms, such as things that move you emotionally versus things that literally move you, like modes of transportation. The more thoughtful you can be, the more you exercise your concept-building abilities as well as you hand skills.

5) Drawing Exercise: Word Stacks

Take 25 blank index cards and cut them into thirds. On the first stack, print an adjective on each card, on the next stack, print a noun, and on the third stack print a verb on each card. Shuffle each stack separately, then draw one card from each pile and put them next to each other, forming a phrase such as Devilish/Book/Laughing. Then draw it! It might not turn into fine art but it will help cultivate basic skills and build your confidence in the craft.
Get into the habit of making: draw inspiration from the every day. Drawing the Everyday Every Day is your guide to exploring your creativity and integrating a drawing habit into your daily routine. Learn more.

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5 Drawing Exercises That Will Make Anyone An Artist

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As an artist, creator or hobbyist, it is hard to always have creative ideas. We caught up with illustrator Whitney Sherman to get drawing exercises to spark your creativity when you are stuck. Whitney Sherman is an award-winning illustrator and director of the MFA in Illustration Practice at Maryland Institute College of Art.

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Aici avem un alt exemplu, dar cu o dispunere diferită a coroanei.

Observați cum se organizează crengile în cele două tipuri diferite de copaci!

Întrebare: cum diferă varful copacilor?

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Horizontal Digital Art - Juglans Cinerea (butternut): Illustration Showing Shape Of Deciduous Juglans Cinerea (butternut) Tree With Green Summe… | Tree in 2019 | Pinterest | Bare tree, Art and Illustration

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Horizontal Digital Art - Juglans Cinerea (butternut): Illustration Showing Shape Of Deciduous Juglans Cinerea (butternut) Tree With Green Summer Foliage And Bare Winter Branches by Liz Pepperell

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Poza de aici prezintă modul în care sunt dispuse crengile pe tulpină, iar apoi frunzele pe crengi.
Întotdeauna stabiliți forma mare a coroanei, apoi trasați câteva crengi mari
și abia apoi desenați frunzele! În felul acesta totul va fi organizat!

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Illustration Showing Shape Of Deciduous Metasequoia Glyptostroboides (dawn Redwood) Tree With Green Summer Foliage And Bare Winter Branches Canvas Print / Canvas Art by Sue Oldfield

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Illustration Showing Shape Of Deciduous Metasequoia Glyptostroboides (dawn Redwood) Tree With Green Summer Foliage And Bare Winter Branches Digital Art

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I have only had to enter the words (pencil) after a title once before, that was for my drawing 'Running Water' When I finished this drawing I fel… | 41 | Pinterest | Drawings, Pencil drawings and Pencil

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I have only had to enter the words (pencil) after a title once before, that was for my drawing 'Running Water' When I finished this drawing I felt the same way that I did when I finished that one, ...

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How to Draw Tree Foliage in Pen and Ink | My Pen and Ink Drawings | Ink drawing | Pinterest | Drawings, Ink and Ink pen drawings

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How to Draw Tree Foliage in Pen and Ink | My Pen and Ink Drawings

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Desenarea coroanei poate varia de la realizarea fiecărei frunze în parte, până la sugerarea formelor mari.

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Pin by Eon on Sketches-Reference | Pinterest | Sketches, Drawings and Art

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mary sprague | Drawing : landscape | Pinterest | Drawings, Sketches and Art drawings

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Onservați detaliie de pe rădăcinile vizibile ale copacului.
Comparați grosimea rădăcinilor cu a crengilor groase.

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bark textures by hibbary | Drawing | Pinterest | Drawings, Realistic drawings and Sketches

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Franco Purini | Associati in 2018 | Pinterest | Aldo rossi, Drawings and Architecture

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Done in Peter Hu's dynamic sketching class | dynamic sketching and painting | Pinterest | Sketches, Drawings and Art

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Done in Peter Hu's dynamic sketching class

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En una hoja tienen que diseñar distintos tipos de textura, tomar como idea, hojas, plumas, rugosidades, piedrecillas, arena, follajes, pasto, … | Arqui in 2018 | Pinterest | Sketches, Drawings and Texture

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En una hoja tienen que diseñar distintos tipos de textura, tomar como idea, hojas, plumas, rugosidades, piedrecillas, arena, follajes, pasto, arena, etc, etc (con lapiz pasta, gel, tiralinea, grafito u otro disponible)

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dynamic sketching peter han texture - Google Search | Drawing 繪畫 | Pinterest | Drawings, Sketches and Art

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dynamic sketching peter han texture - Google Search

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Un desen compozițional înseamna ca nu este la fel peste tot: observați cum avem mai multe detalii in zona de sus a copacului și cum acestea scad în intensitate în zona de jos.

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Justin Gerard | Trees in art (pencil, charcoal, etchings etc.) | Pinterest | Art, Drawings and Pencil drawings

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Reinder Homan（Dutch, b.1950） Wilg 2012 etching, aquatint 15.0 x 20.0 cm via more | Etching, Aquatint, Mezzotint, Intaglio etc. | Pinterest | Art, Drawings and Dutch

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Reinder Homan（Dutch, b.1950） Wilg 2012 etching, aquatint 15.0 x 20.0 cm via more

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Observați cum se așeaza lumina și umbra trunchiul cilindric al copacului.
Observațî umbrele aruncate.

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Pin by Tatyana Pavlenko on pencil on paper | Pinterest | Drawings, Tree art and Art

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Image result for sketches of trees | OFFICE in 2018 | Pinterest | Sketches, Tree sketches and Drawings

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Kees van der knaap //  rode beuk 5 | art i like in 2018 | Pinterest | Drawings, Art and Pencil drawings

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Tree Bark Drawing Birch | Art Drawings | Pinterest | Drawings, Tree art and Painting

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Observație: copacii nu sunt plați, crengile groase cresc din mijlocul copacului și se întind în exterior de jur împrejur!

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thundercluck-blog:  “Hey friends!  It’s Meg here for TUTOR TUESDAY! Today is part one of drawing trees. I’ll do a tutorial on painting … | Other crafts in 2018 | Pinterest | Drawings, Art and Art reference

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Întrebare: de ce pare ca sunt ochi pe tulpinile pomilor?

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Today's tutorial looks at how to THINK When you draw TREE BARK, I recommend you use this tutorial in conjunction with my other FOLIAGE tut… | prop tuto | Pinterest | Drawings, Art and Art reference

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Today's tutorial looks at how to THINK When you draw TREE BARK, I recommend you use this tutorial in conjunction with my other FOLIAGE tutorials on MUSHROOMS and FUNGUS and GRASS. All the art for t...

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Întotdeauna pornim un desen de la forme mari, abia apoi intrăm în detalii.

Observați de la ce forme începe coroana în fiecare caz.

Observați care este proporția dintre tulpina vizibilă si coroană.

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Outlook.com - yongcharoen_k@hotmail.com | Drawing trees | Pinterest | Drawings, Painting and Art

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Acest artist pune la dispoziție un număr mare de tutoriale, fiind un maestru al texturilor.

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I am passionate about helping others find their passion for drawing and creating art 😊 On my channel you will find lots of videos that provide tips, tricks, ...

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Copac in 8 minute

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How to Draw a Tree Step by Step for Beginners In 8 Minutes