Free PDF: Simple Tricks to Draw Realistic Facial Features
Learn how to easily structure eyes, nose, ears, and mouth from basic shapes and create realistic portrait drawings
Grab a pencil and a piece of paper and let your imagination soar, no matter what your level.
Learn how to easily structure eyes, nose, ears, and mouth from basic shapes and create realistic portrait drawings
Download free figure drawing references for bodies and poses, and learn to draw from basic shapes in this visual guide
Learn how to illustrate appealing, funny, and distinguishable cartoon characters with this quick beginner's guide
Learn how to optimize your drawing technique by practicing quick and simple illustration exercises, with Manu Montoya
Draw inspiration from great illustrators and animators for your own cartoons and comics with this list of books for artists
Learn how to illustrate with India ink using a calligraphy pen and paintbrush in these exercises shared by Flor Kaneshiro
Discover Catalina Estrada’s tips and advice on becoming an illustrator, and find the inspiration to take the plunge
From first brush strokes to creating characters, Japanese-style illustration experts share top drawing tips for beginners
Learn essential drawing techniques to create unique, complex, and richly detailed characters
Bring your characters to life using the vivid, emotive expressions characteristic of the manga drawing style
Join illustrator and sketchbook artist Gabriela Niko as she gives you three simple ways to start drawing a portrait
Learn about this powerful yet personal tool to explore your ideas in a safe space
Learn three fun and easy drawing exercises to improve your creative thinking, from visual thinking agency Scriberia
From Velázquez to Clara Peeters, discover the story behind some of art history's most subtle selfies
Our podcast returns to discuss more curiosities of the creative world, starting with the seemingly innate impulse to doodle...
To create compelling and relatable drawings, learn the rules of anatomy so you can break them!
Add depth and dynamism to your portrait sketches by experimenting with the "hatching" technique
Boost your creativity with these exercises for drawing illustrated cartoons
Check out the hidden clues these artists left in their paintings A selfie in a glass, a hidden skull or a masked drawing that tells the viewer much more than they think... Sometimes you need a magnifying glass to discover the secrets hidden in history’s most famous paintings. Mistakes and tributes, intrigues and affairs, teaching and inspiration... How many secrets have been hidden inside some of history’s most famous artworks? This video reveals 5 of the secrets hidden in great works of art. Don’t miss it!
Download these tips from Scriberia to overcome fear and draw anything from animals to abstract ideas
Join professional manga artist Natalia Batista as she shows you step-by-step how to draw manga character Princess Mononoke
The anime giant leaves retirement one last time, this time to make a film based on one of his favorite childhood novels
Learn how to create mandalas with these tips and practice exercises for nature-inspired patterns
Discover the link between science and art found in anatomical drawing
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Flex your creative muscles and win free Domestika courses with our daily drawing challenge running through October The month of October is synonymous with daily drawing. And to keep this healthy habit alive, we at Domestika are inviting you to join in our challenge with thousands of other people around the world to draw something every day for 31 days. Of course, you'll be rewarded for your efforts - keep reading to find out more and how you could win a free course!
Find out how to bring a destination to life through travel illustration and the top artists to inspire your work
A universe of infinite formats Gary Baseman has spent his entire career showcasing his bittersweet vision of life through his characters. Toby, Blackie the Cat and many other characters that swing between animal and human personalities are the inhabitants of the magical world that fills Gary's notebooks, heart and mind. One of Baseman’s greatest talents is his ability to transfer his ideas to paper and then on to a multitude of other mediums, while never losing what makes his work his own. That's why, whether it’s stuffed toy incarnations of Toby and his friends, art installations about Blackie and his purr, personalized clothes or the many books he's put together, you can always recognize who made it.
Dive into the world of illustrated storytelling and find out how to use a sketchbook to bring your ideas to life
The Dutch illustrator, specialized in creating children's books, answers questions about herself using... illustration Sarah Van Dongen (@sarahvandongenillustrations) is a Dutch illustrator based in Amsterdam who has always loved stories, and after studying literature did a masters in children’s book illustrations in Cambridge, UK. Since then, she has applied these skills and her passion for storytelling by creating children’s books and editorial pieces for magazines and clients such as Villa Augustus, Adobe, and Possible. In this Draw Yourself, Sarah draws various scenes from her life to help us get to know her better. She reveals what picture books she remembers seeing as a child and how they inspired her, why she loved to draw in 3D when she was growing up, and why she’d love for her teachers to see her now.