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Calling all would be Picassos and Dalis, check out these sites for the basics of drawing and sketching and watch the artist in you blossom and bloom.
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IF YOU like to sketch but do not have the time to go for art classes, the Net is the perfect resource for online drawing classes. Check out these sites for different kinds of artwork from portraits to graphite, cartoons to silverpoint.
Silverpoint
http://silverpointweb.com: Learnt by Picasso in his youth, silverpoint is a demanding medium used by few contemporary artists. This comprehensive site is the product of years of research by its author, J.M. Glenn and a first-class resource for those interested in the medium.
Basics of perspective drawing
http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/tech12.html: Linear perspective is a useful tool for representing three-dimensional space. This comprehensive set of pages includes historical background, basic perspective and solutions to common perspective problems. The in-depth site is essential for serious students of perspective drawing.
Portrait drawing lesson
http://www.artacademy.com/Copyright/notice.html: This portrait lesson is the step-by-step sort and takes you through the different stages of drawing. It explains the important observations that must be made and discusses the process. It is an excellent tutorial, which would suit someone with a little drawing experience.
A pencil portrait tutorial
http://www.artyfactory.com/portraits/pencil/pencil_intro.htm: A step-by-step development of a pencil portrait, beginning with the eyes and adding the features. The site offers a different approach from the structure-first method, which may suit some people. Try it and see!
Learn how to draw
http://www.learnhowtodraw.com: The Learn How to Draw books teach you how to draw different animals and humans in different positions. You can download and access two books on how to draw seventy animals, and thirty men and women in different positions, all of them taught in the same easy method.
Artlex
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/d/drawing.html: Drawing is the basis of all pictorial representation, and the first step in most art activities. Preliminary drawings include various exercises like contour drawing, gesture drawing, figure drawing, drawing from the flat and many more that you could learn from this site.
Artist at large
http://www.artist-at-large.com: This is the site for the travelling artist. Share your observations with other travellers, catch up with art events around the world, get travel tips and maybe be inspired to book a flight somewhere, sketchbook in hand.
Drawing celebrity portraits
http://homepages.tesco.net/{cedil}p.wilkinson/: How to draw celebrity portraits (or family, for that matter) from photos. This is an excellent tutorial based on tonal drawing, however, be aware of copyright issues.
Step-by-step cartoons
http://www.drawbooks.com/drawbooks.htm: The authors-illustrators show how to notice shapes, sketch lightly, and use imagination. The step-by-step instructions simply and clearly demonstrate how anyone can turn basic shapes into castles, heroes, villains and dragons in action-packed scenes. Learn how to draw people, animals and even aliens from these free online tutorials.
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