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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. 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.

  2. 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...

  3. 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!

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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...

  8. Drawing for Kids: Draw a Cute Baby Fox

    Drawing for Kids: Draw a Cute Baby Fox

    Tutorial • Beginner

    When we really want to draw well, we often forget to have fun. In this tutorial we'll come back to basics, to learn very simple things while drawing a cute...

  9. Geometric Design: A Celtic Grid

    Geometric Design: A Celtic Grid

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial we'll use circles, circles and more circles to create motifs different from anything we've done so far.

  10. "Can I Draw?"—How to Tell If You're Good Enough

    "Can I Draw?"—How to Tell If You're Good Enough

    Tutorial • Beginner

    The most popular reason not to draw is "I'm not good enough". But how is it that you can be not good at many other things and be fine with it? Why does...

  11. Think With Forms, Not Lines: Take Your Drawing to the Next Level

    Think With Forms, Not Lines: Take Your Drawing to the Next Level

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Although we associate drawing with lines, they should be the end product of the process, not the base of it. The base of every well-drawn object is the...

  12. Introduction to Traditional Media: Oil Paints

    Introduction to Traditional Media: Oil Paints

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this article, I will introduce you to the basics of oil paints; where to start and what to buy, allowing you to experiment and develop your own style.

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