Positive space describes the object that you are drawing, for example the tree in your garden. Negative space is the space around an object. A successful composition when taking a picture or planning an artwork takes negative and positive space…
A quick and easy tutorial to help you draw and shade an African tree in pencil. Firstly, take a deep breath and a good look around your neighbourhood, garden or park. Look down up and all around. Listen to the…
Learn: You will need: FOOD COLOURING DEMONSTRATION: COLOURED PENCILS DEMONSTRATION: COLOUR WHEEL: Quick Colour Definitions -> PRIMARY COLOURS: The three colours from which any colour can be obtained from mixing (red, yellow, blue) ->SECONDARY COLOUR: A colour resulting from mixing…
You will need: Picking and printing your image You don’t have to do an animal…pick any image that suits your taste. Alternatively, you can pick an image that you already have a hard copy of. This way you won’t have…
Watch our video or scroll on to read the written instructions: You will need: Creating the Template First of all, choose a shoe. You can pick pretty much any type. Look at the shoe closely; noticing lines of symmetry, different…
Setting it up Setting up the still-life is a very important part of the process. We used fruit, granadillas (passion fruit) and citrus, but you can use anything you like. First, you want to choose a colour palette. We set…
This challenge basically depicts someone special to you, if they were a teacup. You will need You’ll start off by getting someone close to you to decorate a teacup that shows their favourite things, and their personality. They can then…
Learn how to draw a portrait in proportion: What You Need: Getting started – Rough Outline Start off by drawing a vertical line down the middle of your page with a ruler. This will be your axis of symmetry. More…
Combining you blind contour drawing and colour theory skills! What You’ll Need: Abstracted Portrait And it’s THAT easy!!
Shading, like perspective, can make a 2D object look 3D, and to add depth to an image. Today we’re going to explore tonal variation- areas of light and dark; as well as 3 main types of shading, hatching, cross-hatching, and…