Art Fun Cheap

If you enjoy drawing or want to learn how to draw and make people laugh at the same time, then learn to draw caricatures is the site for you. Do you have aspirations of perhaps becoming a cartoonist or caricature artist?  What if you could find a way to guarantee your artistic success.? By learning [...]

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Pastels are generally a good medium to start painting with. They are easily accessible in the stores, art shops or maybe a local stationers. They vary in price considerably, but some really cheaply.

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To create a relaxed feeling in your portraits quite often you will need to sketch the head tilted. Most people when they are at ease will view with their head slightly tilted. In this article we will point out what to look for and how to tackle the tilted skull.

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By Artfang, guest blogger Posing your model surrounded by a few props can add much interest, dimension, and appeal to a portrait and goes a long way to describing your subject. A prop can add appreciably to the composition of the portrait. Sketching a portrait with a prop, such as a hat or even ear muffs, [...]

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By Remi Engels, guest blogger Once you have hatched the primary value masses of your portrait it is time to blend and “remove” the lights with a kneaded eraser. A stump is a cylindrical tool tapered at the ends and generally made of rolled paper. Stumping then is to smear or blend your hatchings with a [...]

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Tone is generally thought of as shadow. Beginners generally first draw an outline of the shadow and then fill in the shadows little by little. They usually begin with an eye and then grow out the shadows. Inevitably, the outcome is a chaos of disconnected darks and lights.

Applying, or more correctly, constructing tone should be approached with a sculptural sensibility. That is, think of your sketch as a block of clay that is to be carved.

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The human eye can discriminate between many more values than the 12 we usually employ in a drawing. That means that the artist must “deceive” the eye into believing that it is seeing more than is actually on the drawing paper. To this end we must understand how light behaves and values are observed.

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By Artfang, guest blogger A strange thing about drawing the profile view is that novices find it much easier than the other poses. Yet, the advanced draftsperson can find the profile quite challenging. For the advanced artist the challenge lies in the struggle to affect a 3-dimensional sculptured look. Looking at the arabesque in the profile [...]

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By Remi Engels, guest blogger Rendering hair is dictated by several factors: the type of hair, its color, texture, amount, the arrangement and styling of the hair, the character and disposition of the sitter or the photograph, and the light effect upon the hair. The contour of the hair is part of the overall arabesque. [...]

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By Remi Engels, guest blogger A smile is the result of happiness. It lifts and extends the bottom of the face and the uplifted cheeks will often crease the skin just below the eyes, creating the so-called “crow’s feet.” To recognize the makings of a smile in its numerous manifestations we must first appreciate the [...]

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