Wednesday, March 31, 2010

How to draw an elephant



Well, of course, you know, what an elephant is a big animal.
It will be great to learn how to draw an elephant.
Let's drawing an elephant just in 5 steps. It is so easy. This free online animal-drawing tutorial.
As said - it is step-by-step lesson guide.
Did you know a mother elephant is pregnant for almost two years before giving birth? That's the longest pregnancy of any land animal in the world.
1. First step - body drawing.
 2 step. Drawing legs and trunk
3 step. Ears and eyes.
4 step - clear drawing
elephant drawing
So you have a real elephant. It takes just 5 steps.
elephant drawing
 So, this moment you know How to draw an elephant.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Pencil drawing for beginners: horizon line in drawing

At this article of pencil drawing for beginners we talk about horizon line in drawing.


Let's look at the railway rails laid on plain. There the flat surface of the earth is stretched extensively so far as soon as the sight can reach. Everywhere round ourselves we see the sky in the distance converging with the earth and forming there a long straight line. This line is called as horizon.

horizone line drawing

The ideal example of horizon is a huge reservoir at which it is not visible coast. On the sea the horizon represents an equal and continuous line.
We can consider horizon as a continuous line. It is valid so though any object — a hand, the mountain, a building — can partially or cover its kind completely. And still the horizon remains on the place even if we will enter into the house and we will close behind themselves a door. If the object, a kind covering to us, becomes transparent, we will see horizon. It is represented on the following page below.
It is second lesson - oencil drawing for beginners.
1 lesson pencil drawing for beginners

Monday, March 8, 2010

The basic concepts of pencil drawing: Prospect


Each artist should be able to represent a subject so how the volume looked, instead of flat, as if a paper surface on which it is drawn. So pencil drawing master have to choose right direction.
For this purpose the artist uses the reception named prospect.
For example, the brick drawn without use of prospect. It is called as a horizontal projection.
The brick drawn with use of prospect. It is called as drawing with prospect.

Pencil drawing for beginners. How to drawing well



Pencil drawing is the oldest form of fine arts and also plays a major role in other forms of visual art like oil painting and water color. While some may consider a pencil drawing a stage for another grander art work, drawing with a pencil is actually a major form of visual art and even a forte in itself.
Painting or sculpture is understood by many to make up a great part of fine arts, many artists actually still practice drawing as a final work of art. Most, if not all fine artists started with this genre that is why it is considered to be the oldest form of visual expression.

Many may think that drawing or sketching with a pencil is a limited form of visual art as it uses only one medium, that of the pencils lead. That understanding of this form of fine arts is actually a mistake. Pencil drawing may not use many mediums, as, in fact, it only uses one, that of the pencil, but however, there are variations that one must know in order to understand how this wooden stick makes wonders.
Here are some suggestions that how your drawing can be improved:
Experiment on the subject matter. There are infinite possibilities of ones drawing subject. One can draw representations of living things like people, animals or plants. The most common form of drawing, but is sometimes harder to draw are human portraits.

Places, landscapes and sceneries are also very good subject in drawings. Buildings, bridges and other structures are good architectural subjects; which depicts an appropriation of the real object. For highly stylized drawings like cartoons, caricatures and manage, artist subjects are often a creation of ones own imagination. In this kind of subject, the limit sits in ones own mind.
Use different shades and kinds of a pencil. Pencil as a medium can offer a very limited choice of shade. However, using different shades, size and types of lead will give you more ways to contrast your work of art.
There are leads which are lighter than the others, while other kinds are darker in shade and broader in application. One must realize that even the medium of pencil can have many variations, ready to be used and tried for the perfect shade.

Try different kinds of materials. Materials for drawing to come in different sizes, kinds and qualities.
There are papers in newspaper grade that can be used for practice. There are also high quality papers which are relatively expensive and sold in individual sheets. Texture, acidity, hue and strength vary from one type of paper to another.

One can also use different kinds of card boards to hold their drawing which is usually stronger than paper.
Every aspiring artist must understand that pencil is the most common tool in any field of visual art but its use, variation and its result should not be underestimated. Although there are some viewers who appreciate the complexity of colors in an artwork, some also find simple yet exquisite pencil works as appealing.
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