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Learning Basic Pencil Strokes - Drawing Tutorial
If you want to learn to draw with a pencil, it's important to learn the basic strokes involved the will precipitate creating a well design drawing. The first form involved in drawing would be strokes designated in the category of hatching. Hatching involves short strokes in parallel.
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Using Hatching - Drawing Tutorial
In this lesson we'll learn more about how to use hatching. There are a variety of strokes that can be utilized for this technique. The first stroke below uses the side of a pencil that has been sharpened on sandpaper on two sides. Depending on the intensity of the pressure used and the thickness involved will determine the actual outcome.
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Crosshatching - Drawing Tutorial
As I taught in another lesson, crosshatching can be loose or tight depending on the effect. The closer the lines are together, the more opaque the object. Crosshatching is a series of lines or curves crossing over one another. Below I have given you a series of lines or crosshatches that you can practice doing. The first set of lines below are loosely laid down and can be used to lightly lit or light colored areas.
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Scratchboard Letter - Drawing Tutorial
In this lesson I'd like to show you how to create a scratchboard letter. The first thing to be done is to create the letter and that is done by using watercolor or colored ink can also be used. Paint a letter and apply shading to it.
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Painting with Oils the Van Gogh Way - Painting Tutorial
Van Gogh had a very distinct style. However, in his later years the it became more bold. He could capture light and mood with just a few strokes. In this lesson we'll learn how to paint as he did in his later years. Using a 8 x 10 canvas, sketch out the picture you would like to use. Keep the sketch simple.
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Landscape in Oil Pastels - Painting Tutorial
We'll be working from the back to the front. I'm using a 8 x 10 sheet of Bristol Board paper. Put in a base coat of aqua blue. Add in gray, powder blue, and light blue. Blend.
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Editorial Art - Painting Tutorial
Editorial art always sends a message! It is a commentary in the form of cartooning that portrays a significant opinion of present day events. Below I've sketched out a piece representing the current political signs of the times. I suppose this particular cartoon is a running representation of life in Washington, D.C. at any given time.
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Using a Controlled Method of Watercolor - Painting Tutorial
There are a variety of ways to use watercolor which include wet-on-wet, wet and dry, and dry brush. There too are also a few styles that can be used such as very loose, controlled loose, and tight. Loose mixes color on the paper and watches the results which are sometimes unexpected. Controlled loose is not so much a sweeping effect but rather a loose style inside a boundary.
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Creating Tribal Art - Sketching Tutorial
Although all peoples of the world have their own art style and it can be considered tribal no matter what it looks like, I would like to focus primarily on primitive tribal art.
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Drawing an Anime Male Figure Sketching Tutorial
Learning to draw the human form is extremely important whether you intend to become a master painter, or draw cartoon characters. The more skilled you are at drawing the human form, the easier it will be to draw all other life forms. It is my intention in this lesson to teach you to draw a male anime character.
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Drawing Anime Eyes Sketching Tutorial
In learning to draw Anime eyes, it's very important to pay attention to the type of character you are trying to portray. Eyes tell a story. I am of the opinion that it is entirely ok to learn from others who have been doing it for a while. Take a look at an expert's artwork and begin to replicate.
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