Step by Step Continuous Line Drawing Face Continuous line drawing faces are a lot of fun to create. Especially if you do blind-contour drawings. You can do a self portrait, like in this lesson, or you can draw someone else’s face. Either way it’s a good drawing exercise to do if you want to improve […]

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