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Fundamental information for beginners to drawing including: articles on choosing supplies, setting up a studio, holding drawing mediums correctly, and becoming more productive by employing helpful techniques
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LESSON PLAN TOPIC 1.1 By Brenda Hoddinott
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Make a Storage Portfolio By Brenda Hoddinott
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Sketch a Self-Portrait By Brenda Hoddinott
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Play With Five Grades of Graphite By Brenda Hoddinott
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Buy the Right Drawing Supplies By Brenda Hoddinott
Drawing lessons for the beginner artist based on the book "Drawing from Line to Life" by Mike Sibley, who shares his artistic expertise and over 30 years of experience as a professional artist and graphite pencil specialist.
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LESSON PLAN TOPIC 1.2 By Mike Sibley
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Take Your Pencils for a Test Drive By Mike Sibley
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Blend and Burnish Gradations By Mike Sibley
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How to Draw with Erasers By Mike Sibley
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Shade a Lovely Lily By Mike Sibley
Contour lines serve as the foundation for constructing diverse types of artworks, and are the base on which all drawing styles and techniques are built. Contour drawing abilities are beneficial for whatever future artistic goals students may have.
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LESSON PLAN TOPIC 2.1 By Brenda Hoddinott
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Draw Straight Lines Without a Ruler By Brenda Hoddinott
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Draw Lines that Meet at an Angle By Brenda Hoddinott
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Blind Contour Drawing By Brenda Hoddinott
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Draw Horizontal and Vertical Lines By Brenda Hoddinott
Exercise your brain while learning how to draw! Insightful resources and activities to enhance visual intelligence and strengthen whole-brain functions.
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Lesson Plan Topic 2.2 By Brenda Hoddinott
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Ready! Set! Go Draw! (Worksheets) By Brenda Hoddinott
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Draw Two Faces and a Vase By Brenda Hoddinott
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Outline a Duck by Identifying Visual Clues By Brenda Hoddinott
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Turn a Doodle into Contour Drawings By Brenda Hoddinott
Shading – the magic that transforms lines on a piece of paper into realistic, three-dimensional objects and living beings! Introduction to Shading teaches you how to shade realistic subjects with traditional shading techniques.
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Lesson Plan Topic 3.1 By Brenda Hoddinott
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Shade Simple Value Scales By Brenda Hoddinott
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Shade Graduations of Values By Brenda Hoddinott
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Shade an Optical Illusion By Brenda Hoddinott
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Use Shading to Create Forms By Brenda Hoddinott
Learn shading techniques that can help you successfully capture the textures and/or patterns of diverse drawing subjects including: fabrics, trees, metals, foods, water droplets, flowers, and stained glass.
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Squirkle a Realistic Spruce Tree By Brenda Hoddinott
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Render the Texture of Corduroy By Brenda Hoddinott
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Draw a Droplet of Water By Brenda Hoddinott
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Shade Matte and Shiny Fabric By Brenda Hoddinott
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Squirkle a Bumpy Avocado By Brenda Hoddinott
Drawing lessons designed for experienced beginner artists who wish to be challenged. Author, Mike Sibley shares his 30 years of experience as a professional graphite pencil artist.
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Welcome to Drawing from Line to Life: Intermediate By Mike Sibley
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Shading Skills Beyond Beginner By Mike Sibley
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Negative Space as a Positive By Mike Sibley
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Understanding Negative Drawing By Mike Sibley
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The “Key” to Expressive Drawing By Mike Sibley
The rules and guidelines that make up the various elements of perspective and composition enable artists to expressively and aesthetically arrange their subjects within the boundaries of a drawing space.
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Identifying Your Eye Level By Brenda Hoddinott
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Make a Viewfinder Frame By Brenda Hoddinott
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Compose with a Viewfinder Frame By Brenda Hoddinott
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Draw a Box with One-Point Perspective By Brenda Hoddinott
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Three Perspectives on Boxes By Brenda Hoddinott
Improve your overall drawing skills by studying the styles and techniques of great masters, such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Faithfully recreate their masterpieces and create contemporary drawings based on their techniques.
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Shade Power Lines on an Antelope By Brenda Hoddinott
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Render Sets of Curved Lines By Brenda Hoddinott
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Add Pressure to Straight Lines By Brenda Hoddinott
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Study of a Flower (Leonardo da Vinci) By Brenda Hoddinott
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Draw Four Different Buds By Brenda Hoddinott
In between the facts and fun, you are invited to discover helpful tips to enhance your own artistic journey and fascinating information about renowned artists and their work.
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Working as a Visual Artist By Jim Lane
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Play with Your Brain By Jim Lane
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Valuable Insights into Teaching Art By Jim Lane
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Break Your Artistic Block! By Jim Lane
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Planning Art (Art Past, Present, and Future Part 10-1) By Jim Lane
Art therapy is a unique experience based on using the medium of art as an instrument of change. This natural experiential process creates a safe place in which you can enhance your inner awareness and thereby discover a new presentation of yourself.
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Introduction to Art Therapy By Judith Campanaro
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Express Yourself with Art Activities By Judith Campanaro
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Explore and Absorb Conscious Awareness By Judith Campanaro
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Explore the Story of Your Emotions By Judith Campanaro
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Stress Busters to help You Relax By Judith Campanaro
People are no more difficult to draw than anything else! Heavily illustrated, lessons show you how to draw realistic people of all ages, including: eyes, eyelashes, ears, noses, mouths, hair, hands, arms, legs, bodies, and clothing.
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Basic Facial Proportions: Infant to Adult By Brenda Hoddinott
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Use Guidelines to Draw a Baby Face By Brenda Hoddinott
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Use Guidelines to Draw an Adult Face By Brenda Hoddinott
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Draw a Profile View of a Baby By Brenda Hoddinott
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Draw a Frontal View of Ashley By Brenda Hoddinott
Animals are the favorite drawing subject for artists of all ages and abilities. Heavily illustrated lessons show you how to draw animals of all shapes and sizes: from the usual cats, dogs, and birds to the unusual fish, rodents, and spiders.
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Create a Portrait of Jumpin' Jack By Brenda Hoddinott
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Draw Dolly the Sheepish Sheep By Brenda Hoddinott
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Shade Simple Furry Stripes By Brenda Hoddinott
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Hatch Lady Tuttle the Turtle By Brenda Hoddinott
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Draw Kevin Bacon (the Little Ham) By Brenda Hoddinott
The most rewarding aspect of drawing is capturing a likeness of a loved one – human or animal. Take your beginner skills to a higher level with lessons that focus on techniques for creating life-like portraits and highly detailed caricatures.
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Photorealistic Portrait of Karin By Brenda Hoddinott
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Isaac the Jack Russell By Brenda Hoddinott
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Draw a Frontal Portrait of Annie By Brenda Hoddinott
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The Art of Rendering Facial Expressions By Brenda Hoddinott
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Panda the Shih Tzu By Brenda Hoddinott
Enjoyable drawing lessons from beginner to advanced – designed for the young and young at heart! Learn a vast range of drawing techniques from contours to shading. Some beginner lessons are suitable for children age seven and up.
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Graduate Fur On A Dust Bunny By Brenda Hoddinott
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Outline and Shade Corny Conehead By Brenda Hoddinott
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Little Baby Curly By Brenda Hoddinott
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A Fish Named Wanda By Brenda Hoddinott
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Princess Leia Kim By Brenda Hoddinott
Colored pencils are a wonderful medium for drawing everything and anything. They beautifully capture delicate subjects such as portraits and flowers; and are also great for subjects that require a bolder, more colorful approach, such as cartoons.
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Introduction to Color By Brenda Hoddinott
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Use Colored Pencils to Mix Colors By Brenda Hoddinott
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Shade Sunny Blue in Color By Brenda Hoddinott
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Daisy the Dodo Bird By Brenda Hoddinott
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Henry the Hairy Hairball By Brenda Hoddinott
The very basics of learning to paint: choosing supplies, understanding color, experimenting with brush strokes, learning techniques, and the step-by-step process of creating paintings.
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Painting Supplies for Beginners By Brenda Hoddinott
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Color Theory for Beginners By Brenda Hoddinott
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Seeing the Values of Colors By Brenda Hoddinott
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The Secret to Creating Symmetry By Brenda Hoddinott
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Set Up a Wet Palette and Mix Colors By Brenda Hoddinott
Experiment with fundamental colored pencil techniques and explore the unique characteristics of this amazing medium as you learn to draw in color.
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Welcome to the World of Colored Pencil! By Tannis Trydal
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Experiment with Pencil Techniques By Tannis Trydal
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Shade a Smooth Sphere By Tannis Trydal
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Shade a Soft Fuzzy Sphere By Tannis Trydal
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Draw a Sphere with a Rough Texture By Tannis Trydal
Use a variety of mediums to explore and expand your creative thinking through a wide range of enjoyable visual art styles and techniques
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What Made You Think of That? By Cailin Green
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When Is A Painting Finished? By Cailin Green
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How to Plan and Create a Painting By Cailin Green
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Creating Art with Tea Bags By Cailin Green
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Mix Rich Blacks with Acrylic Paint By Cailin Green