Drawing Resources for Artists
This lens provides links to free demos and eBooks. Starving artists know their supplies aren't free, but these learning tool are!
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Drawing Books
Free eBooks! Download to your hearts content.
Sometimes the best things in life really are free!
- Andrew Loomis
- Six books from the master of drawing instruction. Click on the cover for a PDF version of the book.
- Charles Maginnis
- Pen Drawing by Charles Maginnis. Learn effective drawing methods using pen and ink.
- Harold Speed
- The Practice and Science of Drawing from the Gutenberg Project.
- Figure Drawing Books
- A great collection of The Best Figure Drawing Books Ever, conveniently located together by Lucio Alberto Ruiz-Diaz, the Process Junkie.
- More Drawing Books
- Another large collection of links to free drawing books, generously shared by Basang Panaginip.
- Even More Drawing Books
- From FigureDrawings.com! An extensive list of eBooks plus online tutorials. Classical methods.
- Arthur Wesley Dow
- Dow's book, Composition, is available in several free down loadable formats, including PDF. Get your copy today!
- Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting
- John F. Carlson's quintessential notes on landscape painting.
Learning to Draw
... All Over Again
When I was a kid, I was never without a sketchbook. Drawing was just something that I always did naturally, or so I thought.After many years of not drawing at all, I actually thought I'd be able to pick up a pencil and render anything I desired. Ha! Currently, erasers are my best friends.
Learning to draw all over again. It's been a lot harder that I ever imagined, but I've found some wonderful resources in my efforts to conserve the Pink Pearl before it becomes extinct. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
Tutorials on the Web
More freebies!
Websites offering tips, tricks, and tutorials.
- Brian Duey
- Brian Duey offers several tutorials using a plain ole' pencil. Excellent renderings.
- Rebekah Lynn
- Rebekah Lynn shares her drawing knowledge. Don't miss the section on How to Draw Hair.
- Mike Sibley
- Drawing tutorials from Mike Sibley.
- J. D. Hillberry
- Charcoal and pencil techniques from J.D. Hillberry.
- Art Instruction
- Learn effective shading, and watch a circle become sphere. A lesson about drawing an apple.
- Creative Spotlight
- Figures and heads. Several links.
- Artshow
- An extensive link list. Beginner through advanced. Colored pencil links are included.
- Art Graphica
- Drawing 101. A collection from WetCanvas.
- Ralph Larmann
- Drawing Lab from The University of Evansville. Includes information about materials.
Drawing Books from Amazon
Some of my favorites.
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- Art Academy
- Portrait lessons. Free subscription.
- Robert Genn
- Inspiring thousands. Twice a week! Free subscription.
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