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How to Draw with Pencil Fundamentals - Drawing Cones
Any scene can initially be seen as a composition of a series of forms that are all related to four basic geometric solids: the brick, the sphere, the cylinder, and the cone. In this article we concentrate on the cone, i.e., we will detail its properties and […]

10 Pencil Drawing Tips to Improve Your Compositions
Simply put, composition refers to an ordered relationship among the parts or elements of your drawing. Note that the position of shapes is not the only element of composition. Other elements include: value, intensity, and color.
1. Basic Unit - When composing a drawing it is always helpful to […]

Measuring Lengths and Angles in Pencil Drawings
This is another stage of a typical pencil drawing, because you have come to the stage when you need to settle the units on the paper properly and take care of the angles.
Let’s get down to the typical units.
Basic Length Unit - A basic length unit is the length […]

Seaside resorts in the United Kingdom is some how lacking if it doesn’t have postcards of Beryl cooks art. Beryl Cook had been producing gorgeous jovial images of rotund men and women since the 1950’s. Her paintings, prints and postcards have quite rightly seeped into the British psyche, striding through the present day spotlight of […]

I was at a colleague I knows home the other day and the subject of art came up. I was quite surprised when I discovered he had worked up a large assortment of Tim Bulmer Drawings and prints. He said that he just loved the humour and wit in each picture, which made him laugh […]

How to draw with pencil fundamentals - the line in pencil drawing.
Speaking of the lines, we should have several important issues mentioned in this publication. As the line is part of the basic skills which you should master seriously - let’s get into the details of this issue.
The following characteristics are most often mentioned about […]

Pencil Drawing Fundamentals - The Compositional Role of Object Placement and Viewpoint Selection
In this article we will learn about some of the considerations to be made when it comes to creating a composition or selecting a particular viewpoint.
First, let us introduce a few definitions:
Eye Level - The eye level is the height of the line […]

Ancient Egyptian art was one influence that Gum used in her interpretation of an Art Deco design she painted c.1931-33 on a Czech Epiag brand plate, signed M. Gum. Although more widely known for her watercolors of gum trees, as art teacher at Wilderness School, Adelaide, Gum was an excellent drawing and design teacher. Egyptian […]

Your Free Beginners Oil Painting Tips - Solvents Mediums and Varnishes
If you paint with oils you will need a solvent to clean your brushes and thin your paints. Of course, if you paint with water soluble oils then your solvent will be water.
Turpentine is a standard solvent used to thin ordinary oil paints. You can […]

Free Beginners Oil Painting - Canvas Priming
When you refuse to buy any of the pre-fabricated canvases you can always buy a roll of primed or raw canvas cloth. The first step in the process towards constructing a finished canvas is the stretching of the canvas. Once the stretching is done it is time to prime […]