Learning the basics of color theory can make a huge difference to your art Primary and Secondary Colors What is color theory? Understanding color theory is a key part of becoming an artist. Yet may of us are put off at an early stage, thanks to musty old text books and yawn-inducing lessons. So it’s time to take …
What are intermediate colors? They’re the colors that’ll make your painting pop! Intermediate Colors For our next lesson on color theory basics, we’re going to cover intermediate colors. Have you ever wondered what intermediate colors are and the part they play in color theory? Let Kirbi Fagan shed some light on this gray area and …
In this lesson on how to draw a sailor pin up, you’ll be learning how to enlarge a sketch. After looking at the three poses LaurieB! decides she wants to go with the first. If you’d prefer to go with one of your own poses, feel free to do so! Simply follow along with the …
Pin Up Sailor Girl | 04 |How to Enlarge a Sketch Read More »
How to Draw an Open Mouth and Jaw In this lesson, you’ll learn how to draw an open mouth. First, you will go over how the basic mechanics of how the jaw works, and then you’ll progress into actually opening up the jaw so you can really understand how to draw a mouth that is fully …
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Want to learn how to draw matching eyes? A common problem that a lot of people have is that they can get one eye looking good, but then when they need to create the other eye, they can’t seem to get them to match. The solution to this is to draw both eyes at the …
Want to learn how to draw a realistic ear? Here’s a look at the final image that you will be learning how to draw in this last lesson on how to draw an ear. At this stage, you already know how to draw the ear, so now it’s time to put it on the head. Start …
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The 4 Basic Lines of the Eye Want to learn about drawing basic eyes? It’s simple! The eye is made of up four basic lines as shown in this example image. The inner part of the eye The top of the eye The outer part of the eye The lower part of the eye Where …
Drawing noses can be one of the most difficult parts of sketching faces for many artists. After all, if you get it wrong, it’s difficult to get a true likeness of the person you’re painting or drawing. However, if you get it right, you’ll not only see an improvement in your portrait art – you’ll …
Drawing Noses and Other Facial Features in 5 Simple Steps From Professional Artists Read More »
How to Draw Cartoon Female Characters: Drawing the Pecs We hope you’ve enjoyed the lessons on how to draw cartoon female characters so far. Just like when you are drawing the chest of the male character, it’s best if you first define the pectoral muscles on your female characters. The Pecs are indeed larger on …
Posing Your Character | 05 |How to Pose the Female Figure Part 2 Read More »
Want to learn more about drawing eye expressions? Start off with drawing the basic eye in a relaxed expression like the example above. From here you’re going to be adjusting the eyes to get a variety of different eye expressions. Drawing Anger, Frustration or Annoyed Eyes To achieve these expressions you can simply adjust the …