One of the best things about learning to draw is this: If you can draw simple shapes, then you can draw anything! You just need to know how to put those shapes together to create an interesting picture. In this lesson, we are going to be focussing specifically on how to draw cartoon faces (using … Read more
Shape is one of the seven elements of art. They are the building block of every artwork. Without shapes, you won’t get very far in creating a piece of art. Shapes are not only helpful for people who create art, but also for the audience to help them understand an artwork! Shapes are two-dimensional objects … Read more
Have you ever needed to flip your image in Photoshop? It’s suuuper easy when you’re working with a flat image. But what if you’re working with multiple layers and you only want to flip your image on one layer, without flipping the canvas? This tutorial will show you exactly how to flip an image in … Read more
Being an Illustrator can mean a few things. Are you just wanting to do it for fun? Is it a profession you want to pursue full time? Or maybe you’re a graphic designer and want to add an extra string to your bow (cos we all love the ol’ graphic design and illustration combo). Whatever … Read more
Hello and welcome to my review of How to Draw by Scott Robertson with Thomas Bertling! Or as I like to call it: “An Art Book and a Science Book had a Baby”. There are ten chapters in total, and I’ll be taking you through each of them. I’ll give you an overview of what … Read more
Alrighty folks, it’s time to talk about everyone’s favorite painting of exhausted, Russian men pulling a boat onto the land. It’s powerful, it’s desolate and it’s an amazing piece of art. The Barge Haulers on the Volga was painted by Ilya Repin between 1870 and 1873. It is an oil painting on canvas and is … Read more
Robert Delaunay was an early twentieth century French painter famous for his geometric and bright colored artworks. He was one of the earliest known artists who delved into pure abstraction, which prioritzed bright colors over and above objects and form. Delaunay, along with his wife and colleagues, co-founded the Orphism art movement in 1912. What … Read more
Texture is one of the seven elements of art. Texture can be used in different ways to make an artwork look interesting, three dimensional, or just plain cool. Does the artwork look the same way it feels? Has the artwork got an interesting pattern repeated throughout it? All these effects that you can see and … Read more
Space! One of the seven great elements of art. Think of a blank piece of paper. You have this empty space that you need to fill. Where do you begin? The position of your vanishing point, the overlapping, size and color of your objects are all related to space. But! Before we go on, we … Read more
Alrighty folks, there are several elements that are used in all types of visual art. One of these elements is lines. Lines are fantastic, because we all know how to make them! In this article we will discuss the different types of lines used in art, but before we begin, let’s start with a definition! … Read more