Drawing A Small Portrait
Have you ever worked on a figure drawing where the head was really small. Did you ask yourself, how am I supposed to draw so small? The eye is the size of my pencil point.
Anna’s Sketchbook – Animator’s Delight
Anna’s sketchbook is really special. She just absolutely loves everything animation and it really shows. Her characters have some really cool expressions. Movement and flow are a constant theme throughout her sketchbook.
Blending Shadow Shapes With a Brush
This short drawing tutorial will teach you how to blend pencil with a bristol brush. By using various types of bristle brushes you can really blend shadow shapes in a soft realistic way.
Isaac Levitan Sketches – Master Class
I wanted to take a moment to share part of a Master Class lesson featuring the sketches of Isaac Levitan. As you know I am a big fan of landscape painting. Most likely because most of my past illustrations had a landscape in the background.
Drawing Facial Features In An Impressionistic Way
When it comes to drawing a small head on a figure it can be pretty daunting. However when it comes to drawing facial features that are mainly on the shadow side of the head, that can be even worse.
Four Ways To Promote Form
In this video critique of the week we help out Hillary with her life drawing. To quote Hillary, I was going for a precise likeness by searching for shadow shapes, but once the drawing looked like her, I didn’t know how to develop the forms.
Coe’s Sketchbook – Beautiful Line Quality
Coe’s Sketchbook drawings really inspire me, specifically their line drawings of birds and other animals. The line used to draw birds is spectacular and only improving with each passing week.
Isaac Levitan – Master Landscape Painter
I discovered the work of Isaac Levitan roughly one year ago. I wish I knew of his work back in the day when I first started working as a freelance illustrator. Isaac Levitan is a master landscape painter. You can really see in this one painting how he captures light.
Dennis’s Sketchbook – Quiet & Cool
You can really see the progress Dennis makes in his sketchbook. Towards the end his drawings just take on a whole different feel. They becomes much more relaxed. Dennis’s drawings look much more refined.
Fitting The Head Onto The Body
In case you have not noticed I am a big believer in repetition in the mother of skill. I tend to teach the same things over and over again because they work for me. I have also seen these techniques work in the classroom on a weekly basis. The main crux is to use targets to start fitting the head onto the shoulders.
Dan’s Sketchbook
Dan has got to be one of the nicest people I have ever met. He is extremely talented and very respectful. I really love having Dan as a student is class. His appetite for learning is so infectious. Dan is always asking questions, always looking for more feedback on his work.
Mapping Out Proportions
On paper it sounds easy to draw the correct proportions of the figure. But as we have all found out the hard, getting proper portions is very difficult.
Modeling The Figure – Circular Blending
From critiquing artwork in the members area I often get questions concerning modeling. How to make the transition between values smoother. A lot of artists struggle with having their drawings look too rough in the shading department.
Delaney’ Sketchbook
I knew right off the bat that I was going to ask Delaney is she wanted to film a sketchbook video, I was so happy when she said yes. I think it’s important to see a sketchbook like Delaney’s. Mainly because it shows no fear.
Complicating Your Edge Line
Have you ever wondered why your figure drawings look stiff? Perhaps they look too stylized for your liking. The antidote to stiffness is eliminating all straight lines. Straight lines on the edge of your figure drawings without a doubt create a stiff look and feel.
Start Your Figure Drawing From An Abstract Shape
I recently added a twenty-eight lesson figure drawing course in the member area of Drawing Tutorials Online. I wanted to share with you some of the lessons over here at my blog. This first lesson in particular is very important and will certainly help you improve.
Emily’s Third Sketchbook – A Long Time Ago
I’ve had Emily’s sketchbook video on my iPhone for quite sometime. I’m about to start filming my current student’s sketchbooks this week. So what better time to post Emily’s third sketchbook. What can I say, Emily was the heart of her class last semester.
Shannon’s Sketchbook – Great Col-Erase Line Quality
I would have liked it if Shannon was a student in my class when I was a first year student. Maybe I would have learned something about line quality.
Emily R’s Second Sketchbook
Emily was a student in last years foundation drawing class for animators. I really miss having Emily in class this year. She is a massive Beatles fan with a with a great sense of humor.
How To Draw The Structure Of The Lips
In this screencast portrait drawing lesson I share with you how I think about the structure of the lips. Thinking about the structure of the lips is completely different than using angles, shapes and tone to map out the lips on paper. The key element to keep in...