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 lighted alike. In each drawing, the light moves across the subjects so that both highlight and shadow grow darker […]
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 I draw hair? I’ve been asked that a lot since I am a professional portrait artist […]
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 use a few tricks to draw a […]
Drawing Lessons: How to Shade Across a Drawing Shading a face is challenging . . . the hair, the chin, the eyes. Trickier still can be shading a face across the entire page. Let me explain in this entry into our drawing lessons series… To understand how to shade a face (or […]
In this entry into our drawing lessons series, Mike Theuer explains the pros and cons of various pencil grips Drawing Lessons: Pencil Grips If you don’t have the right grip, your drawings will be flat. For example, my drawings are more than just lines. I also use shadows, dots, squiggles and broad strokes, both bold […]
Learn how to compose your drawings and add balance to your compositions in this entry into Mike Theuer’s drawing lessons series. Drawing Lessons: Composition First, remember to focus on a subject or aspect of a subject that you like. Maybe you like the look of an entire table or just the knotted grain. Whatever your […]
Learn how to properly shade your drawings to add depth and dimension in this entry into Mike Theuer’s drawing lessons series. Drawing Lessons: Shading Before you start to draw remember that light travels in a straight line. Recall how to shade simple objects like spheres, cylinders and cubes. And don’t worry about the materials you […]
Hi Studio 602ers! I’m Mike Theuer. I’m a featured teaching-artist here on Pencils.com. I also teach art at The Pennsylvania State University. And I make art for a living at www.MikeTheuer.com. My latest commission is this 8×10 portrait of a pug drawn with the Blackwing. I’m going to be sharing my art and drawing tips […]
