Bold Strokes, Quiet Focus: Draw a Ballpoint Portrait with Alvin Chong
Tattoo artist Alvin Chong invites you to embrace the patience and precision that pen drawing requires.
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Draw With and Without Pressure with France Van Stone
Draw a pencil portrait with crosshatching virtuoso France Van Stone.
Crosshatch a Colorful Marker Portrait with Charlotte Hamilton
Draw a marker portrait with striking colors and confident crosshatching.
Paint a Hopeful New Year Portrait with Lorraine Simonds
It’s a new year, and with it comes a sense of renewal and possibility that artist Lorraine Simonds explores beautifully in this lesson.
Looking for Likeness? Draw an Eye-Opening Pencil Portrait with Medical Illustrator Tiffany S. DaVanzo
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.
Be Unafraid of the Dark with Joan Martin
"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.
Paint an Autumnal Watercolor Portrait with Imola Dalma
Imola Dalma was an "overly precise" artist – until she embraced watercolor.
Incomplete a Drawing with David Tenorio
"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."
Draw Like a 'Downhill Skier' with Ink Illustrator George Cwirko Godycki
"I think of direct drawing like skiing downhill, and I'm trying to avoid hitting trees, " says artist George Cwirko Godycki.
Solve a Drawing Puzzle with Zac Rybacki
Learn countless bits of drawing technique and creative wisdom, including a reminder that fixing mistakes takes courage but is always worth it.
Balance 'Strategy and Spontaneity' with Watercolor Artist Lee Grest
"Watercolor asks much of the artist in its unpredictability. It's much like people in that way."
Discover the Three Keys to Capturing Likeness with Justin Maas
Learn how to draw realistic pencil portraits from the guy who literally authored the book on the subject.
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Draw a Flitting Charcoal Portrait with Cindy MacDonald
"I love charcoal for its immediacy. You can create such a broad diversity of stroke, expressing directly what you intend to capture onto paper with full emotion."
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Draw the Face in the Fog with Darren Wells
"When drawing a face, I like to think of it as seeing someone emerging from a cloud of fog..."
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Paint an Emotional Monochrome Portrait with Watercolor Artist Rocío González
"In portraiture we want to represent emotion," says watercolor artist Rocío González. In this lesson, she accomplishes that using a single color.
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Draw Patiently, in One Direction, with Zach Atticus
Zach shares his meticulous process of drawing a pen portrait with single-directional crosshatching.
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Crosshatch a ‘Dapper Chap’ with Kirsten Britt
How do you make drawing glasses 50% easier? Draw a monocle!
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Draw a Measured Pencil Portrait with Neil Rogers
Learn a simple, intuitive method of capturing a child's likeness using a grid and measuring tool.
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Paint Man - and Man's Best Friend - with Lauren Arno
A dog is man's best friend, but how friendly are pups and painters?
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How Drawing Strangers' Faces Can Help You Embrace Your Own 'Flaws'
“We’re so much better at looking at other people and recognizing their beauty, and we’re so hard on ourselves.”
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Draw a High-Contrast Portrait in Pen with Tiffany S. DaVanzo
Certified medical illustrator Tiffany S. DaVanzo creates illustrations for medical studies and anatomical textbooks. Tiffany is also a portrait artist who uses her deep knowledge of human anatomy to create expressive portraits that capture the essence of her subject's personality. In this lesson (42 mins), Tiffany shares her
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Draw an Unmechanical Portrait in Mechanical Pencil with David Tenorio
"When I was younger in my career, I was very mechanical about copying [my subject's likeness]," says illustrator and art instructor David Tenorio. David would fuss to get the shapes and lines just right, and in the end he'd achieve a respectable likeness. But
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Draw like a Sculptor with France Van Stone
When crosshatching a portrait, you may be tempted to cover every inch of your subject's face. But in this lesson (88 mins), drawing virtuoso France Van Stone advises taking a sculptor's approach, that is, knowing what to leave untouched. "I really like when there are