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Erase the Dark: Create a Dramatic Graphite Portrait with Sena Adjovi
Let the shadows do the storytelling.
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Let the shadows do the storytelling.
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There's something about a face in 3/4 view, a mystery that makes you wonder. What's caught his eye? What's she pondering?
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Bring life and energy to your drawings.
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Learn how to blend warm and cool tones to create depth, light, and a natural sense of skin texture with colored pencils.
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Watercolor has a way of surprising you—especially when you let go of control and allow the paint to flow.
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Let go of rigid formulas and explore a looser, more intuitive process, using a blending stump to sculpt a face from soft, atmospheric tones.
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Create natural ink in just a few minutes with one ingredient, and draw a portrait with artist Dylan Sara.
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Practice the fundamentals of graphite portraiture with a classical drawing and painting instructor.
Watercolor rewards patience, intuition, and a willingness to let go—a balance that London-based artist Dritan Duro has spent years refining. In this lesson, Dritan invites you to slow down and enjoy the process of painting the most expressive features of the face: the eyes, nose, and mouth. “If you
Tattoo artist Alvin Chong invites you to embrace the patience and precision that pen drawing requires.
Draw a pencil portrait with crosshatching virtuoso France Van Stone.
Draw a marker portrait with striking colors and confident crosshatching.
It’s a new year, and with it comes a sense of renewal and possibility that artist Lorraine Simonds explores beautifully in this lesson.
Medical illustrator Tiffany S. DaVanzo uses her deep knowledge of human anatomy to create beautiful, expressive portraits, and this is exactly what you will learn in this eye-opening lesson.
"Don't be afraid of the dark," Joan Martin tells her drawing students. Meant as literal encouragement, the saying also describes Joan's fearless approach to art making.
Imola Dalma was an "overly precise" artist – until she embraced watercolor.
"When you do a drawing that is too laborious, you don't give your audience anything to participate in. You told them the entire story. Instead, give them something to finish."
"I think of direct drawing like skiing downhill, and I'm trying to avoid hitting trees, " says artist George Cwirko Godycki.
Learn countless bits of drawing technique and creative wisdom, including a reminder that fixing mistakes takes courage but is always worth it.