Learn about Drawing Theory

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.
  1. Geometric Design: The Basics

    Geometric Design: The Basics

    Tutorial Beginner

    Geometry may be a bad high school memory for some of us, but it is the key to a very old, fascinating and endlessly creative art form, that requires no other...

  2. Live Perspective: Draw Animals in 3D Space

    Live Perspective: Draw Animals in 3D Space

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn how to draw simple shapes in perspective and build complicated animal skeletons out of them. Add depth to your animal drawings and create interesting,...

  3. Defining and Valuing Art

    Defining and Valuing Art

    Tutorial Beginner

    What is art? Can it really be defined? And if not, how can it have any value? How to tell whether you're a bad or a good artist? In this article I'll explore...

  4. Live Perspective: A New Approach to Depth in Drawing

    Live Perspective: A New Approach to Depth in Drawing

    Tutorial Beginner

    Perspective. The word freezes the blood in the veins of every aspiring artist (and even many of those who seem to be pretty good at what they do). Learn what...

  5. New Course: Mastering Male Vector Portraits

    New Course: Mastering Male Vector Portraits

    Tutorial Beginner

    In our latest Design & Illustration course, you'll learn the tips and tricks of Mastering Male Vector Portraits using Adobe Illustrator.

  6. Don't Take It Personally: How to Make Critique Work for You

    Don't Take It Personally: How to Make Critique Work for You

    Tutorial Beginner

    Do you feel pressured by others to change your style? Do you get hurt by the opinions of others? Why?

  7. 10 Tricks From 3D Modeling That You Can Use in Digital Painting

    10 Tricks From 3D Modeling That You Can Use in Digital Painting

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this article about 3D digital art, I'll show you ten steps you can include in your digital painting process to make it more orderly and neat.

  8. Apply Your Color Theory Lessons into Painting a Horse

    Apply Your Color Theory Lessons into Painting a Horse

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Use all the little tricks from my color articles to create a beautiful painting with any software you wish.