What are your favorite drawing methods and tips posts from this blog? This week, I’m doing something different by sharing my favorite 24 drawing tips posts. These are posts published over the years, but that never grow old.
There are posts for beginners, advanced artists, and every level in between.
24 Drawing Tips Posts
Blending Posts
- 2 Ways to Use Bath Tissue with Colored Pencil
- A Beginner’s Guide to Burnishing
- Blending Colored Pencils with OMS
- Layering and Blending Colored Pencils
- My Favorite Colored Pencil Blending Methods
Drawing Methods Posts
- Adapting the Flemish Method to Colored Pencil
- Basic Composition for Beginners
- Comparing Colored Pencil Drawing Methods
- The Complementary Under Drawing Method
How-to Posts
- How to Draw Distance with Colored Pencil
- How to Draw Folds of Cloth
- How to Fix a BIG Mistake in Colored Pencil
- How to Make Drawings Look Less Flat
- How to Make Your Subject Stand Out
Drawing Tips Posts: General Topics
- 3 Ways to Find the Right Colors for Any Drawing
- Add Spots of Color to Black Paper with This Neat Trick
- Correcting an Uneven Color Layer
- Drawing Vibrant Highlights with Colored Pencils
- Fast and Easy Backgrounds for Colored Pencil Drawings
- It Doesn’t Have to be Difficult to Draw Landscapes
- Removing Waxy Buildup from Colored Pencil Art
- The Most Important Thing to Get Right with Colored Pencils
- Tips for Drawing Realistic Dirt, Ground & Soil
- Using PanPastels Under Colored Pencil
Are these the only drawing tips posts I’ve written? Absolutely not! There are dozens of posts in this category, so if you’re looking for help in a topic I haven’t listed here, click on the Drawing Methods & Tips in the side bar to the right. You’ll find over 200 posts and you’re sure to find helpful information that will take your drawings to the next level.
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