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.

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."

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..."

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.

Draw Patiently, in One Direction, with Zach Atticus

Zach shares his meticulous process of drawing a pen portrait with single-directional crosshatching.

Crosshatch a ‘Dapper Chap’ with Kirsten Britt

How do you make drawing glasses 50% easier? Draw a monocle!

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

The Secret to Art's Biggest Challenge 🤫

Psssst. Want to know a secret? The hardest part about making art...

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Paint Hard and Soft with Liz Chaderton

If you struggle to loosen up artistically, Liz Chaderton will get you into the flow. A UK-based painter who has published five books on watercolor, Liz helps her students break through their self-serious tendencies and rediscover the joy of painting. In this lesson (57 mins), Liz shares her process of

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Draw Bold and Loose in Brush Pen with Patrick Hochstenbach

In our previous lesson, we learned how to create intricate, realistic graphite portraits. Now we're headed in a radically different direction in pursuance of the same goals: artistic growth and improved drawing skills. In this lesson (39 mins), illustrator and comic artist Patrick Hochstenbach teaches us how to

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Sketchbook Tour: Brush Pen Inspiration with Patrick Hochstenbach

"When drawing," says Patrick Hochstenbach, "story is everything." Patrick is an illustrator and comic artist from Brugge, Belgium. He loves to work with brush and ink and draws influence from many Franco-Belgian artists such as Hergé, Franquin, Tardi and Giraud. In this tour, Patrick shares four

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Draw a Realistic Pencil Portrait Really Quickly with Kate Higgins

Kate Higgins often creates intricate, realistic graphite portraits that take many hours to complete. For example: But in this lesson... Kate shows how to create a striking, precise portrait in a much shorter period of time (76 mins). Her lesson covers everything from head construction to... ...blending and rendering hair�

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Sketchbook Tour: Get Real with Kate Higgins

Artist Kate Higgins creates captivating, lifelike portraits with just a pencil and piece of paper. In this tour, Kate shares six stunning portrait drawings and discusses her artistic thinking and process for each. Kate's full-length pencil-portrait tutorial comes out this Friday, August 9. Subscribe now to get full

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Draw a Dramatic Charcoal Portrait with Claudio Saes

Meet new teacher Claudio Saes! Claudio is a South American, self-taught artist in Dallas, Texas, who has held exhibitions in the US, Mexico, and Brazil. In this lesson (80 mins), Claudio demonstrates his process of drawing a dramatic charcoal portrait from start to finish. Claudio guides us from the very