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Comic Book Writers and Artists to Follow
ART, TV, FILM & BOOKSSo much goes into the creation of a great comic book. From developing a great storyline, to creating memorable characters, to the meticulous work of penciling and inking each frame, comic book publishers have their hands full producing artwork…

Pencil Artist of the Week Hunter Herzog
ART, Pencil Artist of the WeekThis week’s featured artist is Hunter Herzog, a pencil artist living in California. He creates his pencil art using a variety of tools, including mechanical pencils, wood-cased Palomino pencils and woodless color pencils, and, regardless of…

Drawing Lessons: Drawing Grass and Weeds with Diane Wright
ART, Drawing Lessons, Teaching ArtistsGrass 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…

Drawing Lessons: How to Shade Across a Drawing with Mike Theuer
ART, Drawing Lessons, Teaching ArtistsDrawing 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…

Drawing Lessons: Drawing Rocks with Diane Wright
ART, Drawing Lessons, Teaching Artists Drawing Lessons: Drawing Rocks
Here is the reference photo in color that we will be using for the rest of this drawing lessons entry. A grayscale photo can help to match the tones, but color helps in the details.
Diane Wright is a very…

Drawing Lessons: Drawing Skies and Clouds with Diane Wright
ART, Drawing Lessons, Teaching ArtistsIn this entry into our drawing lessons series, Diane Wright details how she recreates skies and clouds using a pencil.
Drawing Lessons: Drawing Skies and Clouds
STEP 1 - CROSS-HATCHING
I use a loose-hold hand position…

Drawing Lessons: A Lesson in Pencil Grips with Mike Theuer
ART, Drawing Lessons, Teaching ArtistsIn 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…

Drawing Lessons: A Lesson in “Circulism” with Brian Duey
ART, Drawing Lessons, Teaching ArtistsDrawing Lessons: Circulism
"Circulism" is a technique that many artists use in attaining a realistic skin texture in drawing. People's faces are not perfect and should not be rendered so. Circulism is basically drawing very tiny overlapping…

Drawing Lessons: A Lesson in Negative Drawing with Brian Duey
ART, Drawing Lessons, Teaching ArtistsDrawing Lessons: Negative Drawing
When negative drawing, you shouldn't focus on the shape of the object itself, you should focus on the shape of the space around the object. When all the space around the object is shaded, the object will…

10 American Artists You Need to Follow
ARTWho knew there were so many creative people in the United States of America? The 10 people I'm about to introduce you to are bursting with talent, and are beyond a doubt 10 American artists you need to follow.
10 American Artists You Need to…

