Behind the scenes of my Art

How to draw: using basic shapes to draw Emma Watson

Recently I wrote a blog post about two techniques I often use for drawing portraits, and today I want to focus on one of those, and show you how I used it to do my new drawing of Emma Watson. While at the start I used to mainly apply the grid method, I have recently …

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The best art supplies for drawing

Skills matter far more than tools, but good tools can definitely make a difference. And even though a higher price does not necessarily mean higher quality, I think that art supplies are definitely a worthwhile investment. Over the past 19 years I’ve used all kinds of brands and qualities of materials for drawing, from the …

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Being a self taught artist – 4 ways to learn to draw by yourself

Artists are often praised for their ‘talent’. Not only does this word trigger a lot of artists, but it might create the illusion that only certain ‘chosen’ people could become artists… While it might take a a certain amount of creative and deep thinking to create more conceptual pieces, something such as drawing on the other …

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