Learn how to protect a drawing whether it be in pencil or charcoal, finished or just something from your sketchbook with these free tips and instruction from experienced artists. The Basics of How to Prevent a Drawing from Smudging or Smearing Welcome back everyone to my Tip video where I give some advice on how […]
How to Draw a Rose with Charcoal
Learn how to draw a rose with charcoal with this two part series from artist Giovannie Licea. Visit his youtube channel here. Hey guys this is part one of how to draw a realistic rose. If you guys want to see the second one here is the link to continue watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Vuu… In this video […]
How to Blend Graphite Pencil?
In this post we will answer another subscriber question: How to blend Graphite Pencil? There are a number of interesting and effective ways of blending your graphite pencil drawings. Everything from paint brushes, cotton swabs, paper towels, blending stumps, tissue can be used, but are some methods better than others? Are some more effective? Well […]
What is the Best Paper for Charcoal Drawing?
There are many different types of drawing paper available today, more so than ever before which makes the process of choosing the best paper for charcoal drawing even more difficult. Charcoal is a dry, dusty medium that needs a paper with tooth, with texture, to hold the medium in place. You will also need a […]
Portrait Drawing in Charcoal – Time Lapse Demonstrations
Below are several fantastic time lapse portrait drawings created with charcoal by some very talented artists! Charcoal is definitely my favorite drawing medium. I like how you can smear, rub, brush and move charcoal around the support to create some very interesting effects. I guess it is because I am a painter at heart. Charcoal […]
How to Draw a Realistic Rose for Beginners
Roses are one of the most challenging subjects to render realistically with drawing or any medium for that matter, but once you tackle this complicated subject you will be ready to tackle any subject. It just takes time and the right amount of practice to start drawing roses. Eventually it will become somewhat easy. Below […]
How to Draw a Realistic Beach with Pencil
I would say that drawing realistically with pencil is one of the most challenging forms of art. You are working with a medium that doesn’t cover as quickly as say a painting medium. To depict things such as beaches and seascapes requires a great deal of patience, especially when working in realism. I hope the […]
Drawing a Portrait with Charcoal by Yong Chen
In the following free step by step tutorial, artist Yong Chen demonstrates how he tackles the female portrait using charcoal. Visit Yong’s youtube channel for more awesome art instruction like this!
Pencil Drawing Tutorial – Learn how to Shade Basic Forms
Learn how to add shading with a pencil to basic forms in this fundamental drawing tutorial. For more on this lesson, follow this link. Shading is the process of adding to value to a drawing. When we get the values right, the illusion of form and light are communicated in the drawing. By learning how […]
How to Draw Realistic Hair with Charcoal Pencils with Chris Samba
Join artist Chris Samba as he demonstrates his method for drawing realistic hair with charcoal pencils. Visit his youtube channel here for more great demonstrations. Visit his website here.
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