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Beginning Artist Mistakes to Avoid

10 Mistakes All Beginning Artists Make

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We all make mistakes, especially when we're learning something new. Below are ten of the most common mistakes beginning artists make, and what you can do to avoid them. 1. Using a pencil that's too hard The standard number two pencil we…
What Makes a Good Color Pencil?

What Makes a Good Color Pencil – The Importance of Pigment

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The artist has numerous arrows in her quiver when it comes to selecting the medium in which to practice her art. For the illustrator, the arrow of choice is the colored pencil, owing to its ready availability, portability, relatively low cost,…
Pencil Erasing Techniques

Pencil Erasing Techniques to Maximize Your Eraser

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Maximizing Your Eraser: Five Simple Tips & Techniques Whether you're a serious graphite artist, a casual sketcher or a student who refuses to surrender their trusty #2, you already know how valuable your eraser can be - or do you? Erasers…

Tips for Shading With Colored Pencils

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One look at my bedspread would be enough to tell you that I love colors - all of the colors, at the same time. In fact, my whole room is pretty colorful. Throughout college I took notes with different colored gel pens, and at work I post my…
How to Choose Your Drawing Paper

How to Choose Your Drawing Paper

An artist’s materials are essential to their craft.  For those that work with drawing mediums – pencil, charcoal, watercolor, ink, pastel – paper is vital to creating of lasting work. Having trouble finding the right paper for sketch…
Charcoal Art

Charcoal Drawing Tips

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Charcoal is one of the oldest art mediums, having been used for cave drawings by early man. Back then, charcoal was used in the form of the ends of burned sticks. Today's charcoal artists have more modern options: compressed charcoal, vine…
3D Drawing by Fredo

3D Drawing Tips to Make Your Work Jump Off the Page

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3D sketches take the art of drawing to a whole new level (pun definitely intended). Artists like Alessandro, Ramon Bruin, and Fredo create mind-blowing 3D drawings that appear to jump right off the page through a combination of shading techniques…

Drawing Lessons: It All Starts With A Mark

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In this entry into Diane Wright's drawing lessons, Diane explores the different types of marks you can make using a pencil. The anticipation of making that first mark on a blank sheet of paper for me is exciting.  Each mark builds upon the…

Drawing Lessons: A Lesson in Composition with Mike Theuer

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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…