Free drawing tutorials and courses

If you've always wanted to learn how to draw, you're in the right place. These detailed drawing tutorials will help you improve your skills and create great results.

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  1. Learn to Paint Beautiful Realistic Lips in Adobe Photoshop

    Learn to Paint Beautiful Realistic Lips in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Ever wished you could draw the perfect pair of sweet, beautiful lips? Now you can, with this tutorial and Photoshop!

  2. To the Point: Interview With Monika Zagrobelna

    To the Point: Interview With Monika Zagrobelna

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this installment of our interview series, I had the distinct pleasure of asking one of our own Tuts+ instructors, Monika Zagrobelna, questions about her...

  3. How to Draw Animals: Crocodiles, Alligators, Caimans and Gharials

    How to Draw Animals: Crocodiles, Alligators, Caimans and Gharials

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn how to draw the members of crocodilia family. Get to know their anatomy, understand their movement, and find out what the formula for their scales...

  4. Learn How to Give Ephemera a New Life

    Learn How to Give Ephemera a New Life

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Some people love to collect and save ephemera; I prefer to give it a new life via painting over it. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to prep your ephemera...

  5. How to Draw Animals: Kangaroos and Koalas

    How to Draw Animals: Kangaroos and Koalas

    Tutorial Beginner

    Today you're going to learn about two species of an extraordinary family of marsupials, kangaroos and koalas. Prepare for weird stuff like 2-in-1 toes,...

  6. The Top 40 Design & Illustration Posts of 2014

    The Top 40 Design & Illustration Posts of 2014

    Tutorial Beginner

    2014 has been a very busy year for the Design & Illustration section of Tuts+. We've provided our wonderful community with inspiring and original...

  7. Use a Tracing Paper Trick to Create Seamless Wallpaper

    Use a Tracing Paper Trick to Create Seamless Wallpaper

    Tutorial Beginner

    Ever wanted to have elaborate wallpaper in the background of a drawing? Many people draw out the entire background by hand, but with a simple trick and a...

  8. Create a Winter Scene in Adobe Photoshop: The Line Art

    Create a Winter Scene in Adobe Photoshop: The Line Art

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial you will learn how to create some fun line art as a basis for a cute winter illustration.

  9. How to Draw Animals: Big Rodents and Their Anatomy

    How to Draw Animals: Big Rodents and Their Anatomy

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn how to draw big rodents like capybara, beaver, porcupine, nutria, groundhog, and muskrat. Get to know every important aspect of their anatomy to draw...

  10. Create a Flight Animation From Scratch in Adobe Photoshop

    Create a Flight Animation From Scratch in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn how to create flight animations without a reference by understanding the mechanism of wing movement, and get to know fast methods of shading multiple...

  11. To the Point: Interview With Daniel Alexander

    To the Point: Interview With Daniel Alexander

    Tutorial Beginner

    This interview is an absolute pleasure. From drag queens to pop culture icons, Daniel Alexander mixes fashion, gender expression, and comic book illustration...

  12. How to Draw Animals: Small Rodents and Their Anatomy

    How to Draw Animals: Small Rodents and Their Anatomy

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn how to draw small, cute rodents accurately. Starring: mice, rats, gray and red squirrels, chipmunks, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, and chinchillas!