I Draw Creatures

Can Tracing Art Help In Learning It? Quite often beginner artists get discouraged from tracing existing images. With the justification, that it is some how wrong or worse still cheating! Yet, there are two points which I feel can justify using ‘tracing‘ as part of your learning process. When using tracing as part of the study process, opposed to ‘copying‘ the work of another artist.  It is an effective way to train your eyes to judge proportion and placement. And learning how to compose objects from lines, shapes and tones....

There is a phenomenon known as ‘Writers Block’, It describes the state of mind that an author gets into when faced with a totally blank page. For some, this can be overwhelming and result in stifling the creative flow. For others it can be liberating, having complete freedom to go in any direction, to explore avenues that other authors might not have thought of....

Whether you draw traditionally or digitally, there comes a time when every artist decides to take their drawing to the next level and the first thing to be addressed can your your techniques for applying shading. There are a number of techniques and approaches that you can adopt to getting lead on the paper, the most common being hatching....

Innovation vs Ideation – Getting Out Of A Creative Rut     “Innovation is...

Creating art is and always has been about communication and hidden stories or meanings. Some of the more famous artists would spend more time ‘designing’ their paintings than they would spend actually painting them. In this post, I would like to recommend one of the infamous TED talks to you. If you are unfamiliar with TED talks, they are like mini lectures, from experts in their respective fields. Normally, 10-20 minutes they are thought provoking and always well presented....