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
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
Some professions strictly require you to have a degree in that field. Illustration is not one of those professions. If you want to a career in illustration, but don’t want to go down the conventional path of getting a degree, then fear not! We now have this thing called the internets! Full of many wonderful … Read more
Adobe Photoshop has many brushes, all with their own strengths and weaknesses. If you’re like me and get overwhelmed with too many options, then I recommend you just start with the most basic brush and give it a few tweaks. Woo! One of the best Photoshop brush settings for lineart requires a hard round brush … Read more
Graphics tablets are amazing. They are the bridge between artist and machine. They help move forward the careers of millions of creators around the world! We all remember the day we came home with our first graphics tablet, plugged it into our computer… Aaaand then realised that they can be pretty difficult to draw on. … Read more
Have you ever looked at a painting and wondered how the artist planned it out? Do artists always sketch everything out freehand? Maybe the painting started out as a well-planned, meticulous under-sketch… Or could it be possible that they traced it? WHAAAAT!? Do artists trace? Some artists use tracing to transfer their sketches from paper … Read more
First up: Adobe Photoshop is a fantastic piece of software. Back in the day, people could buy it as a once-off purchase. But Nowadays, Photoshop can only be bought as a subscription-based service, which means you have to pay an ongoing regular fee to keep using it. If you are someone who always uses Photoshop, … Read more
Okay, I know that it’s the year two thousand and something, and we are living in the Digital Age. There are many products and services that have been influenced by new technology. And when it comes to art, digital art has definitely been making its mark. Artists (especially traditional artists) often ask the question ‘will … Read more