Drawing Under the Weather Allergy Season Sucks! Drawing under the weather is next to impossible and it just plain sucks. It doesn’t matter that you only have seasonal allergies. When things are severe, you feel so crappy that you might as well have the flu. But I’m grateful, I suppose, that I haven’t been this […]
How To Start Drawing Demystifying the Process for Beginners It seems the biggest mystery for beginner artists is how to start drawing. I’ve been asked the question many times. How do I start? Where do I begin? The very scope of it seems daunting and in many cases it results in a mysterious form of […]
Drawing Comes First It Really Is The First Step Drawing comes first. Literally. Do you have dreams of being a digital artist or a painter? Then you must learn to draw. Many people have the misconception that they can skip this step. They’re under the impression that the medium will somehow give them the ability […]
Drawing Basics Putting the Elements Into Practice So what are the drawing basics? Now that we’ve discussed all of the basic elements of art, let’s start getting into how they apply. We won’t be looking into all of them right away. Color, for example, won’t apply to what we’re doing right now, so we’ll put […]
I Wish I Could Draw! There’s No Reason Why You Can’t Oh, if only I were paid a dollar for every time I heard someone say, “I wish I could draw” I’d be a millionaire by now! But seriously, if you want to draw, then draw! There’s no reason why you can’t. I can guess […]
Putting a Price on Art Why Is It So Hard To Do? Putting a price on art. It’s one of the hardest things an artist has to face. Figuring in the cost of supplies is the easy part. But for many of us, putting a price on the work itself stirs up feelings of dread and a […]
Why Eyes Are My Favorite Thing to Draw Windows to the Soul Why are eyes my favorite thing to draw? There is an old adage that says that the eyes are the windows to the soul. And when it comes to portraits for both animals and people, if you don’t get the eyes right, the […]
Do You Draw From Life? If Not, You’re Doing Yourself a Disservice Do you draw from life? If you do, bravo! If not…why not? I understand the convenience of Google these days. You can look up reference images for whatever you want. And there’s nothing wrong (in my opinion) with working with reference photos. I […]
Another Tip to Improve Drawing Skills A Tip Within a Tip Back in August, I wrote Five Tips to Improve Your Drawing Skills. The five tips (plus one bonus) that I listed are all your best bet to improve drawing skills. But the #1 tip beats all, hands down. To reiterate, the tips covered in […]
How to Draw – The Very Basics is a class I’ve been working on putting online for you guys. I’ve been busy working on a number of projects the past couple of months. I know that doesn’t excuse my absence here, but I’m human and I tend to drop some balls when I juggle too […]
Straight-up, hands-down, flat-out: Myra Naito does breathtaking work. Highly recommended; way highly. Eleven out of ten stars. This girl is a channeler-artist. Her works goes deep to express the wordless wonder of being-ness itself.
- T. Tajiri
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