Draw Really Cool Stuff

A book review of the art drawing book entitled Draw Really Cool Stuff, a useful resource for kids and adults to draw some simple drawings with help.

Why start with a big set of colored pencils?

Some colored pencils setsMany art courses and traditional art schools suggest that beginners need to stick with limited palettes. Often art teachers want students to use only monochrome or two-color...

Drawing Tools: Pencils, Crayons, Charcoal, and More

Drawing tools are no-fuss color. Most come wrapped in wood or paper. For quick, portable art materials they're hard to beat. So what's the big difference between drawing tools? Shape and Smudging: ...

Free Drawing Lessons

http://www.soulreflectionsbyjeff.com/ Some will say that the ability to draw is a "God given talent." I say that it's something that everyone can learn. The teaching part might be God given, but if you can...

Stefan G Bucher's Daily Monster

Art is everywhere. You just have to look for it; and in this day and age, you don't have to look very far. Simply go to www.Google.com and search the word "art" and you will have an endless sea of links to...

Product Review: ClaireFontaine PastelMat pastel card

Miss Gemini in the Window - 6 1/2" x 8 3/4" in Cretacolor pastel pencils on brown PastelMat by Robert A. Sloan A while back I received two sample products for review -- a set of Deep Darks in Pan Pastels and...

How to Underpaint for Colored Pencil

The Octopus, by Robert A. SloanUnderpainting is a technique that saves time. It's related to using colored paper for an artwork -- you don't need to add as many layers of colored pencil to make sure all the...

Fantastic Pencil Sculptures Of Jennifer Maestre

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, artist Jennifer Maestre shows off the depths of her fascination with the sea urchin and its undeniable texture by combining pencils, nails, and elaborate stitching, she...

Product Review: PastelMat -- Fine New Art Surface!

Eight color sampler of PastelMat available from DakotaPastels.com with some colored pencils tests on the black top sheet. Decades ago starting in 1990, I began using pastels on tinted grounds. My paper of...

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