Drawing with Shapes Today I’d like to talk about how to use shapes to draw. Many artists begin their drawings using shapes. Just about anything you could ever want to draw can be broken down into basic shapes. Circle, rectangle, or square. Or their 3d counterparts, sphere, cylinder, and cube. In my article on how […]

How to Do Drawing Exercises and Warm Up Sketching These easy drawing exercises should be done daily. Or at the very least, before you begin doing a more structured drawing. There are many benefits to warming up with drawing exercises or warm up sketches. For starters, warming up with drawing exercises loosens the muscles. It’s

What Are the 7 Elements of Art What are the 7 elements of art, and why do we need them? We will get into what they are in a few minutes. But first, let’s take a look at why you need them. The most obvious answer is, to create art. It’s impossible to create any

The following is my Sketchbox review for the January 2019 (Premium) box. What is Sketchbox? Sketchbox is a subscription service that sends you a selection of art supplies right to your door each month. You don’t know what you are going to get until you open the box. They offer two different box types. The

How to Draw a Cylinder in 3 Simple Steps So why would you ever need to know how to draw a cylinder? Most, if not all, objects in real life can be broken down into simple shapes. What I consider to be these shapes are circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. The three-dimensional counterparts to these