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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…

Drawing Lessons: How to Shade Across a Drawing with Mike Theuer

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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…

Drawing Lessons: Drawing Rocks with Diane Wright

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 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

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In 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

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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…

Drawing Lessons: How to Draw a Car with Brian Duey

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Find out how you can draw an incredibly detailed card in this step by step entry into our drawing lessons series. Drawing Lessons: How to Draw a Car Step 1 - Proportions are critical in a technical drawing so I have gridded my outline using…

Writing Tips: How to Get Ideas on Paper – Part I

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Self-published author Louie Centanni shares his writing tips, including the easiest ways to get your ideas on paper. Writing Tips: How to Get Ideas on Paper - Part I One of the more common questions people have asked me since the release of…

Writing Tips: “Somewhere There’s a Someone” – Practicing Uninhibited Writing

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Self-published author Louie Centanni shares his writing tips, including how to practice uninhibited writing to get the most out of your ideas. Writing Tips: Practicing Uninhibited Writing There aren’t many things in life that can simultaneously…
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Writing Tips: What’s a Hook? The Art of the Pitch and Effectively pitching your ideas

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Writing Tips: The Art of the Pitch My Hollywood agent brought me out to L.A. not long ago to pitch a couple of Big Shot TV producers on an idea for a show they wanted me to create. I figured, why not? I flew out there and got into the meeting…