Basic of drawing

What is Value and Tone in Drawings? Understanding value and tone in your drawings, and how to use it, will empower you to produce more powerful drawings, and represent what you want in your work more dramatically. This article will provide you with an in-depth description of what value is, and how to utilize it

http://goo.gl/e9N8iF “How to Draw Cool Stuff: Basics, Shading, Texture, Pattern and Optical Illusions” is the second book in the How to Draw Cool Stuff series. Inside you will find simple illustrations that cover the necessities of drawing cool stuff. Specific exercises are provided that offer step-by-step guidelines for drawing a variety of subjects. Each lesson starts with an easy-to-draw shape that will become the basic structure of the drawing. From there, each step adds elements to that…

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A good video tutorial for different colored pencil techniques. Colored Pencil Techniques color_pencil_techniques_sheet_2012

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Conceptualizing Line in Art ✔ A Look at All Types of Line in Art ✔ How to Apply Line in Art ✔ Including all Examples ✔

Drawing Exercises - Draw organic volumes. Draw cross-contour lines to describe their volumes.

Let’s draw a lemon! Today I’ll show you a bulletproof way to draw one and a half lemon step by step. The only tools you will need are a simple pencil and a rubber. In fact, this tutorial is the perfect foundation to draw any kind of lemons or even other fruits with similar shapes!