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Talk Like a Pirate Day

Talk Like a Pirate Day: Pirates and Pencils

How to Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum! Sixteen men on a dead man's chest! Arrrr, ya scurvy scum! Sing me a sea shanty! **Crickets** Okay, I admit it. I'm really, really terrible at talking like a pirate.…

Crossword Puzzles That Rock

One of my aspirations in life is to be able to finish The New York Times Crossword Puzzle without succumbing to a Google search, or phoning a friend. So far, I have yet to achieve that goal. Let's face it, some of the clues are downright sneaky.…
Handwriting of our Forefathers

We the People: The Handwriting of Our Forefathers

Quick: Name five men whose signatures appear on the U.S. Constitution. If your answer included “John Hancock,” try again; his signature famously appeared on the “Declaration of Independence.” However, a host of political luminaries…

Drawing Lessons for Advanced Artists: Light Movement in Drawings

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Drawing Lessons: Light Movement in Drawings INTRODUCTION These drawings look quite alive.  But their liveliness is not from detail since the detail between them is very different.  Instead, their liveliness comes from the fact they are…

Pencil Artist of the Week: Leslie Brown

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This week’s featured pencil artist is Leslie Brown, a teacher living in Olathe, Kansas. While he isn’t teaching, Leslie spends his spare time drawing everything from celebrities and athletes to landscapes and buildings. In fact, judging…

Creating Songs From Poems

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Poetry and songs have always shared a close relationship. For example, poetry was originally believed to have been sung, memorized, and passed on by oral tradition. Similarly, music has retained its notoriety by being passed on from musician…
How to Draw Hair

Drawing Lessons: How to Draw Hair With The Theuer Method

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http://youtu.be/OIdCSRvp-aY Drawing Lessons: How to Draw Hair With The Theuer Method Hair comes in many shapes, sizes, twists, colors and turns. This is true for hair on people and on animals. As a result, drawing hair is difficult. How do…

Drawing Lessons: Use Focus and Detail to Sharpen Your Drawing

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Drawing Lessons: Use Focus and Detail to Sharpen Your Drawing Focus is not how clear your drawing is. Instead, the focus of your drawing is the subject. It is what you want the viewer to see. And often it is what you want the viewer to feel. I…

Drawing Lessons: Drawing Grass and Weeds with Diane Wright

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Grass and weeds are some of the most challenging nature elements to capture in a landscape drawing. It is seldom the focal point of a landscape, but if not rendered correctly, can negatively impact the rest of the scene. Grass is a supporting…

Writing Tips: Time Doesn’t Grow on Trees

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Writing Tips: Time Doesn't Grow on Trees Waking up in my Italian villa, the rays of il sole pry my eyes open. I wander out of bed into a communal kitchen, where the table has been pre-set by la donna della casa. Croissants, rolls, and cappuccino…