Tips for Translating Color to Value When Drawing

One of the challenges of drawing is to translate color into values. Can you identify the value of a ...

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Learning Realistic Art is Like Learning a New Language

A question came in recently about using abstract shapes and straight lines to plan out realistic dra...

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Should you study anatomy, general drawing, or life drawing first?

Recently I received a question by email that I think a lot of us have had at some point: Does it mat...

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A Flexible Life Drawing Method in Charcoal

This is the 3 step life drawing method thatĀ my students learn in class and that I useĀ when I am draw...

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The Best Electric Sharpener for Artists

I contacted AFMAT to see if I could get replacement blades for my favorite long point pencil sharpen...

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Draw Elegant and Structured Hands

Do the fingers in your drawings look like sausages, or are they just generally squishy and unstructu...

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The Keys to Drawing Good Hands

Do you have trouble drawing hands? Are the fingers all wrong compared to the palm, or even to each o...

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