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Drawing Lessons Abstracting

Drawing Lessons: Techniques to Help You “See”

In this entry into her drawing lessons series, landscape pencil artist Diane Wright discusses various techniques designed to help you "see" what you're drawing by abstracting it.  Drawing Lessons: Techniques to Help you “See” Every artist…
Pencil Artist Mike O'Connell

Pencil Artist of the Week: Mike O’Connell

This week’s featured artist is Mike O’Connell, a pencil artist living in a rural village in Staffordshire, UK. Mike has captured images of David Bowie, Jack Nicholson, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards and more in graphite form. On average, each…
Drawing Lessons Importance of Sketching

Drawing Lessons: The Importance of Sketching

Drawing Lessons: The Importance of Sketching Sketching is the fundamental building block for an artist.  It is used to develop a personal visual vocabulary.  Sketches are visual exercises in problem solving and provides the opportunity to: hone…
Drawing Lessons Values

Drawing Lessons: Using Light and Shadows to Create 3-Dimensional Shapes

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Drawing Lessons: Using Light and Shadows to Create 3-Dimensional Shapes What gives objects form and shape?  Light and the shadows it creates.  Since graphite creates only shades of gray, values are all we have to represent light and shadow.…
Pencil Artist Ced Nocon

Pencil Artist of the Week: Ced Nocon

This week's featured pencil artist is Ced Nocon, a self-taught comic penciler and inker living in Los Angeles, California. Ced has worked in the comic industry for over 19 years and has had his work published by comic giants like Marvel, DC…

Pencil Artist of the Week: June Wright

This week’s featured pencil artist is June Wright, an animator, artist and designer from Dublin, Ireland. She has worked with studios ranging from Fox Animation and Don Bluth Studios, to Warner Bros. and MGM, and has on the feature films Anastasia,…
Pencil Artist Austin Madison

Pencil Artist of the Week: Austin Madison

This week’s featured pencil artist is Austin Madison, an animator working at Pixar and the man behind the animation/drawing blog Austin Translation. Austin graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 2006, and he has already built…
Pencil Artist of the Week Julie Popowicz

Pencil Artist of the Week: Julie Popowicz

This week’s featured pencil artist is Julie Popowicz, a pencil artist living in Alberta, Canada. Julie was born in Germany (we all know the strong connection between Germany and pencils) and has been drawing for over 30 years. She experimented…
Pencil Artist Katarina Wong

Pencil Artist of the Week: Katarina Wong

Pencil Artist Katarina Wong This week’s featured pencil artist is Katarina Wong, a visual artist and curator based in New York City. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally in museums ranging from the Bronx Museum in New York…
Silver Surfer by Pencil Artist Cory Smith

Pencil Artist of the Week: Cory Smith

This week's featured pencil artist is Cory Smith, a graphite pencil artist and sculptor living in Illinois. When he isn't out saving the world one convention at a time, Cory draws incredibly realistic and detailed renditions of comic superheroes…