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How to Sketch Places Quickly - Part 5 of 5 drawing tips free lessons graphite May 08, 2024

In this series of lessons, I'll show you how to sketch various different places to capture the essence of the place as quickly as possible. The idea is that you can take this approach and use it when sketching outdoors on location.

There are 5 lessons in total and you'll find links to each of them ...

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How to Sketch Places Quickly - Part 4 of 5 drawing tips free lessons graphite May 08, 2024

In this series of lessons, I'll show you how to sketch various different places to capture the essence of the place as quickly as possible. The idea is that you can take this approach and use it when sketching outdoors on location.

There are 5 lessons in total and you'll find links to each of them ...

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How to Sketch Places Quickly - Part 3 of 5 drawing tips free lessons graphite May 03, 2024

In this series of lessons, I'll show you how to sketch various different places to capture the essence of the place as quickly as possible. The idea is that you can take this approach and use it when sketching outdoors on location.

There are 5 lessons in total and you'll find links to each of them ...

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How to Sketch Places Quickly - Part 2 of 5 drawing tips free lessons graphite May 03, 2024

In this series of lessons, I'll show you how to sketch various different places to capture the essence of the place as quickly as possible. The idea is that you can take this approach and use it when sketching outdoors on location.

There are 5 lessons in total and you'll find links to each of them ...

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How to Sketch Places Quickly - Part 1 of 5 drawing tips free lessons graphite May 03, 2024

In this series of lessons, I'll show you how to sketch various different places to capture the essence of the place as quickly as possible. The idea is that you can take this approach and use it when sketching outdoors on location.

There are 5 lessons in total and you'll find links to each of them...

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How to Draw a Portrait from Observation drawing tips free lessons Apr 09, 2024

In this lesson, I'll take you through a method for drawing a portrait from observation. The first goal is to get the face well-proportioned and looking believable. From there it's just a case of small tweaks and lots of practice to get a strong likeness!

 

 

Materials You'll Need

  • A few penc
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How to Use The Enveloping Method for Better Proportions charcoal drawing tips free lessons Mar 18, 2022

The enveloping method helps you to draw proportions more accurately and is often used in figure drawing. In this lesson, I take you through a drawing of a simple figure using a white charcoal pencil on a black piece of paper.

However, you can follow the first half of the lesson (the envelope techni...

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