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Become a better artist with these drawing theory tutorials. By mastering the fundamentals, you'll soon see the results as you create more successful drawings.
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  1. How to Draw Vehicles: Trucks & HGVs

    How to Draw Vehicles: Trucks & HGVs

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial, you'll learn how to draw one of the kings of the road, a tractor unit for a 16-wheel truck. We will cover setting up perspective, basic...

  2. How to Draw

    How to Draw

    Tutorial • Beginner

    There's no simple answer to this simple question: how to draw? I have written many articles and tutorials tackling various aspects of this complex skill....

  3. Geometric Design: How to Draw a Flowery Tiling Pattern

    Geometric Design: How to Draw a Flowery Tiling Pattern

    Tutorial • Advanced

    A lovely and unusual tiling pattern that will test your patience and accuracy and is great fun to colour.

  4. Geometric Design: The "Heavenly City" Diagram

    Geometric Design: The "Heavenly City" Diagram

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial we dip our toes into sacred geometry proper, with a construction said to be the plan of the ideal city revealed in the Bible.

  5. Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Flying Bird

    Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Flying Bird

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this tutorial I will take you through the steps of animating a flying bird. In a short time you will be animating your own flying bird!

  6. Geometric Design: Create a Pattern from the Cordoba Synagogue

    Geometric Design: Create a Pattern from the Cordoba Synagogue

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    We crank up the complexity level with a stunning historic pattern featuring the numbers 6, 8 and 12.

  7. 7 Sins of Beginner Artists: What Keeps You From Being Good

    7 Sins of Beginner Artists: What Keeps You From Being Good

    Tutorial • Beginner

    They say practice makes perfect, but even though you practice so hard you're still not as good as your talented friend. What can you do to improve despite...

  8. Animation for Beginners: Animate Shape and Weight in Falling Objects

    Animation for Beginners: Animate Shape and Weight in Falling Objects

    Tutorial • Beginner

    This tutorial is designed to show how different objects fall at different speeds and paths depending on their shape and weight!

  9. Introduction to Traditional Media: Acrylic Paints

    Introduction to Traditional Media: Acrylic Paints

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this tutorial I will introduce you to acrylic paints, setting you on the path to using a very exciting medium.

  10. Drawing for Kids: Draw a Running Pony

    Drawing for Kids: Draw a Running Pony

    Tutorial • Beginner

    What is better than drawing a pony? Drawing a running pony! In this tutorial you'll learn how to turn a simple pose into a more dynamic one.

  11. Geometric Design: The Lotfallah Mosque Dome

    Geometric Design: The Lotfallah Mosque Dome

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Learn the harmonic pattern behind one of the most spectacular ceiling designs of the Islamic world, and how to obtain different effects from it.

  12. Introduction to Traditional Media: Watercolour

    Introduction to Traditional Media: Watercolour

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this tutorial I will introduce you to watercolour paints. Watercolours are very transportable, and can be used in the comfort of your own home (and easily...

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