Drawing Techniques: How to Draw People Animals Landscapes & More

Sound drawing techniques are key to creating masterful drawings, and you learn how to draw by practicing and practicing and practicing some more. To help you develop your skills, you’ll find excellent step-by-step instruction on topics including mapping out the figure, perspective, the sight-size method—as well as how to draw various facial features, buildings and animals.

Marvin Saltzman Online Gallery

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In the Spring 2013 issue of Drawing, we featured the work of Marvin Saltzman, a painter who, when looking for inspiration, travels the world and draws the places he visits. In the issue we focused on his graphite pieces. Here, we … Full Article

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Draw the Special Animals in Your Life

Dog Drawing by Eli Brooks

It’s funny how animals can capture one’s love and attention, whether they live with us side-by-side, or if we just see glimpses of them by chance in nature. To watch them is rewarding. To draw them takes a studious eye and knowledge of their habitat, anatomy and even stereotypical features, such as the guarding nature of a dog. Full Article

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Draw a Compelling Still LIfe | Basic Drawing Techniques

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Master basic drawing techniques and tips for drawing in charcoal, and you can render an eye-catching still life drawing step by step. By Steven J. Levin In the June 2013 issue of The Artist’s Magazine, Steven J. Levin explains his … Full Article

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How to Draw a Landscape

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Graphite can be a rich and expressive medium for a “painterly” scene when drawing a landscape. Full Article

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New eMag! How to Draw People

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Check out the latest eMagazine, brought to you by the editors of Drawing and The Artist’s Magazine, for great tips on how to draw people. Get key lessons from artists Janvier Rollande and Joy Thomas on how to create dynamic graphite and … Full Article

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The Sketchbook Project: Online Gallery

by Margaret Stermer Cox

Even though it is, in most cases, an artist’s least seen work (often by design), a sketchbook can offer the most intimate view into an artist’s process. It is there that moments of high creativity come to life in the … Full Article

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Free Download | How to Draw People

Free Download, How to Draw People

Robert T. Barrett reviews two drawing lessons: Drawing the Human Figure: Using a Simple Block-In and Figure Drawing Techniques: Using a Grid and Landmark. Full Article

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What? Another freebie? Yes! Drawing with Charcoal, Graphite and Conté Crayons

A Guide to Drawing with Charcoal, Graphite and Conte Crayons

Who doesn’t love something that’s free? Today we bring to you a free download from one of The Artist’s Magazine’s most popular article series, Mediapedia, which is an encyclopedia of art media. The focus? How to draw with charcoal, graphite and Conté crayons. Full Article

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Here’s Why I Love Laugh Lines and Wrinkles

Chrysalis No7 by HoJun Lee, Oil Figure Painting

The human body is a road map of memories and experiences. Laugh lines tell of the comedies we watch, the silly things we hear children say, or simply good times with friends. Wrinkles show our worry for loved ones and stretch marks–although they’re dreaded and regretted by many–celebrate the mystery of life itself. Full Article

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Thomas Kegler Online Gallery

Dusk at Zoar Valley - Psalm 9:9
by Thomas Kegler, oil on linen, 15 x 30.

In the Winter 2013 issue of Drawing magazine, we featured artist Thomas Kegler’s landscape sketches, which the artist uses to understand the “anatomy of the landscape.” Here, we feature some of the artist’s finished landscape paintings. For more information, visit … Full Article

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