Squint!

It’s cloudy today. After a very sunny summer, the landscape outside now looks dull and uniformly gray. But is it … More

“I can’t draw”

Recently I spent some time at a local hospital demonstrating drawing and encouraging others to pick up a pen or pencil … More

Did you make a value scale? See last week’s post for how to do it if you haven’t already. It’s … More

Value in a drawing means the range of tones from dark to light, essentially from black to white. Adding value to a … More

One of the best ways to learn is to ask questions. Because drawing is an examination of a subject, as I draw … More

I grew up in a small New England town. It was idyllic except for the fact there was no art … More

I’ve been talking about lines for a bit now, but there’s still so much to say. Lines, or as some … More

One of the best things a budding sketcher can do is to draw with other people. By making a date to … More

While I don’t pretend to be an expert on human relationships, I do have a little experience with visual relationships. … More

Whether you are drawing with pens, pencils or even charcoal, lines are the building blocks of your drawings. A … More