Why so blue?
Share/BookmarkPeace, tranquility, cold, calm, stability, harmony, unity, trust, truth, confidence, conservatism, security, cleanliness, order, loyalty, sky, water, technology, depression, appetite...
View ArticleDid you notice our new look?
Share/BookmarkWe hope you like our new home page It’s more then just about looks though! In re-designing the new home page we wanted to highlight the following new features: - We are excited to...
View ArticleLine and mass gesture drawings
Share/BookmarkWe have mentioned the phrase “gesture drawing” quite a few times on this site. Gesture drawing is actually my favourite kind of drawing so you will see more posts in the future. Here is a...
View ArticleUsing my iphone to practice my figure drawing
Share/BookmarkI was asked to do some “sketchy style” icons for a client a little while ago. I initially used photoshop and illustrator to create the images (to look like pencil or marker sketches) but...
View ArticleWe would love to hear from you..
Share/BookmarkWe have added a new questionnaire to the members dashboard. If you are a member, or are trialling our poses website, we would love to hear what you think! Feedback from our members is...
View ArticleHow many life drawing poses do you get?
Share/BookmarkThe poses you can draw from at the lifedrawingposes.com site are not still images, or photographs, they are all videos (see demo). This means for you, while we have over 70 female and...
View ArticlePerspective and foreshortening
Share/BookmarkWhat is foreshortening? Foreshortening in a figure drawing makes parts of the model closest to you appear much larger relative to other parts, for instance a head can appear as big as a...
View ArticleHow to make a figure drawing look 3 dimensional
Share/BookmarkDo your figure drawings look a little flat? The elements below are all very important to achieve depth and give you that 3D look you might be striving for. You can also practice these...
View ArticleOil painting demonstration by Sharon Sprung
Share/BookmarkSee wonderful figurative artist and teacher Sharon Sprung in action below! I usually stick with charcoal for my figure drawings but this video has inspired me to grab some oils and...
View ArticleHow to draw the figure – for first timers
Share/BookmarkI recently tried to get a group together for a life drawing class (semi-clothed) in the small coastal town where I live. It proved to be more difficult than I anticipated - we had quite...
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