Drawing Exercises

Looking around and observing the world about you is central to drawing and painting yet it is all too often that attention is drawn to the paper or canvas, and not to the thing that we are ...

Beyond the visual reality of life that can be seen there are a number of ‘sensations’ that are experienced such as smell, sound, touch and hearing. If painting could not evoke these sensations in ...

There is a tendency for the beginner artist to tense up when first drawing. This is perfectly natural and derives from nervousness as to the outcome of the drawing. Especially when drawing amongst ...

Life Drawing is the exercise of drawing the human form often, but not necessarily, nude. Life drawing is considered to be one of the most important drawing skills and one that is still essential to ...

Whilst creative brilliance is often achieved through a considered and practiced dedication to an art form there are few gains without risk, and this is one of the hardest things of the fledgling ...

The term ‘thinking outside the box’ is best known as an Americanism and one that has begun to grate following its repeated use on real life chat shows such as Ricki Lake and Jerry Springer. ...

There is a tendency early on in the development of an artist to develop a restrictive style based partly upon the desire to copy more accomplished artists. This can become problematic as it not ...