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Scribbles. Drawing TIP GUIDELINE. Dip Pen Nibs for Drawing and how to choose them for your art work. Dip Pen Nibs for Drawing How to choose them for your ink and art work. We receive quite a few questions from our web sites about dip pen nibs, so to help those seeking information on 'which dip pen nib', I've put together this small section covering the most popular of the drawing dip pen nibs. Judging which type of dip pen nib to buy and the meaning of 'elastic' is usually the first problem.

To sort this out we need to look at the parts of the metal nib and hand pressure, we'll look at nib parts first. A typical dip pen nib has three main parts: The shank also known as the base or heel - this is the section that goes into the pen holder: The tip - which is the point of the nib, this is divided by a split, the parts either side of the split are called tines: The vent or breather hole - the split runs from the vent to the tip. The 'elastic' is the name given to the response of the tines of the nib, this gives the 'bend-ability', 'springiness' or 'elasticity' of the tines as we use it.

50 Clever Tutorials and Techniques on Traditional Drawing - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement Traditional drawing is certainly way harder than digital and it is true that people are able to progress much faster digitally, but one should learn the traditional type of drawing and painting before starting digital drawing, since it often lays out the foundation for screen design. This article contains a mixture of traditional drawing tutorials, drawing techniques and some methods for transforming and preparing your creations for screen design. Some are intermediate level and some are advanced tutorials that include general theory, useful tips, comic inspired art, sketch a pencil drawing, coloring processing, character sketching, shapes, proportional, perspective and much more. We hope that drawing tutorials and techniques in this post will be a great help to you. Traditional Drawing Tutorials Marilyn Portrait TutorialA truly fantastic drawing tutorial to learn how to draw a portrait of Marilyn Monroe with pencil.

Traditional Drawing Tips & Techniques It's done. Tutorials. Draw Jack Skellington – Halloween Special October 30, 2012 In this Halloween episode, I show you how to draw Jack Skellington from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” by Tim Burton. VIDEO – How to Draw Ears – Anatomy and Structure October 25, 2012 In this video tutorial I dig deep into the ears and explore ear anatomy and structure to show how to draw an ear. Learn how to simplify the complex forms of the ear. VIDEO – How to Draw Lips – Step by Step October 18, 2012 Learn how to draw the lips step by step: lay-in, two value, dark accents, halftones / highlights, and details. VIDEO – How to Draw Lips – Anatomy and Structure October 10, 2012 In this video tutorial I show how to draw the structure of the lips and it go over some of its anatomy. VIDEO – How to Draw a Nose – Step by Step October 3, 2012 In this video learn to draw the nose in 5 steps: lay-in, two value, dark accents, halftones / highlights, and details.

VIDEO – How to Draw a Nose – Anatomy and Structure September 26, 2012 September 19, 2012. Charcoal Drawing Techniques. Let me demonstrate some of my charcoal drawing techniques. My goal here was to see how far I could push my charcoal drawing techniques to make the textures look real . . . the skin, the handkerchief,the metal trumpet , the shirt , and the hair. Some people have a difficult time drawing from life because they find it hard to translate the three dimensions in real life onto a two-dimensional drawing surface. Others can easily translate what they see whether they are creating charcoal drawings from a photograph or drawing from a live model. In either case, you must observe very carefully, and then translate those observations expressively onto the surface of your charcoal drawings. Before applying any charcoal drawing techniques, you should make preliminary drawing pencil sketches.

This one was drawn in ink (which is unforgiving since you can’t erase!) Some of the lines, particularly those in the hand, were done quickly in order to get the feeling of movement. Then the real work began. #5. . #6.