How to draw something you have never seen? How to create on the fly, without a reference, when you're not experienced yet? How to bring your ideas out and...

Colored pencils may seem like a childish medium, but in this tutorial I'm going to show you the two-layer technique. By layering two disparate colors, you...

This third lesson covers six- and twelve-sided shapes and stars, the construction grids that go with them, and a slew of new basic and intermediate tiling...

Can you draw from a reference, but not from imagination? Are you constantly frustrated because of that? In this article I'll show you the reason for it and,...

Let's see the full process for designing a character and creating its model sheet. We'll go through step by step, from the analysis of the commission and...

In this part of our series on geometric design, you'll learn to construct static and dynamic squares and octagons, our first grid, and tiling patterns based...

Want to create a stunning black and white portrait while skipping a few steps in the middle? Tonal portraits use the color of the paper as a middle tone,...

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...

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,...

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...

To round up our lessons on drawing human anatomy, here are some additional tips. We'll look at close-ups on some body parts, insights into motion, folds, and...

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...