Free Friday Newsletter About Drawing
If you've come here, though, you really want to know more! Below is an overview of the drawing practice resources on this website. It includes resources for artists that are still there but are hidden and not directly available through clicking links on the website. I am actively searching for great drawing exercises and the ideal online presentation.
The Newsletter
I have a newsletter I send out every Friday. It's generally a short article with some thought for artists to ponder. You can subscribe here or dive into the archive first here to see if it is your cup of tea.
Art Flashcards
This is for anyone who wants to improve their drawing skills and build their visual library. Practice drawing every day. Never be without a reference image to draw from. Hundreds of images are ready to be drawn. There is no need to choose an image; a sophisticated scheduler chooses one for you. Start the day with a drawing warm-up to improve pen(cil) control. Practice drawing 3D models designed for artists. Practice drawing gestures and breaking down a reference to simplified forms. Master drawing objects rotated from imagination.
Timed Drawing
This is for anyone who wants to improve their drawing skills and build their visual library. Never be without photo reference to draw from again. Hundreds of images are ready to be drawn and chosen for you automatically. You determine the drawing intervals: short intervals for gesture drawings or longer intervals for more finished pieces. If you want to draw something specific, there are many categories to choose from.
3D Models For Drawing Practice
Rotate 3D models inside your browser or on your mobile. Choose from an extensive library of 3D models of props, anatomy, and primitive and manipulated forms with varied proportions unique to Practice Drawing This. Rotate the objects, move them around, and draw them. Imagine what they look like rotated, and then verify. Always have something to draw.
Memory Drawing Workbook
Download the free PDF with a self-contained drawing course that includes image references. Improve pen control and learn to draw from memory and eventually imagination; increase your ability to visualize what you want to draw and see where lines should go and where they are off through short daily warm-up exercises. Always have a warm-up drawing exercise ready to start the day.
Podcast Player For Artists
Listen to podcasts while drawing. New playlists are created from select podcasts every day. Choose from various categories, from Ambient for concentrated drawing to spoken podcasts on various subjects. There is no need to waste time choosing; just press play and start drawing while listening to great podcasts!
Drawing Demonstrations
Hand-crafted guides that show how to draw things step by step. Learn how to construct and rotate specific things from their simplified 3D forms and construct two-dimensional drawings.
Play With Perspective
Easily play with perspective in your browser. Draw lines using perspective grids, start new lines from intersecting points, remove overshooting lines, and construct more complex 3D forms as you learn the principles of perspective. Download the perspective grid and drawing as an image to use as an under-drawing for a finished piece.
Daily Drawing Habit Tracker
Artist-friendly daily drawing habit tracker. See your drawing streak on a calendar. A forgiving system that allows you ample days off. Turn your drawing practice into a semi-daily habit and feel the satisfaction of having a long drawing streak!
Step-By-Step Draw-Alongs
A collection of dozens of line drawings drawn step by step for you to draw along. Improve your instinct at correctly placing lines in the right angle and proportion relative to the other lines on the page, and end with a satisfying drawing.
Free Downloads
The drawing practice resources on the Practice Drawing This website don't need a server. They can be downloaded here and used on your computer at your discretion. Download one file that contains the memory drawing workbook, all the draw-alongs, all the parametrized simplified forms, and Gridspective, the perspective tool.
YouTube Channel
Listen to and watch videos that delve deeper into the subjects on this website. You can listen to the videos while drawing or do the drawing exercises along with them.Workouts
I had the idea of chaining drawing exercises that combined well together, and the first approach was one where you were guided through a slideshow that presented the steps in sequence. You can find the workouts here.
Guides
started writing guides after realizing that these were timeless resources. Sharing them in one newsletter article or a social media post didn't seem right. You can find them here.
Podcast
I'm working on a podcast designed to be listened to while drawing. I'm still working out the right format for it. You can find episodes I made here.
Instagram Tutorial Carousels
I made tutorials for Instagram long ago. You can see a selection of my favorite ones here.
Comparing Your Art
I made this page where you can select a reference photo and then look through a camera on your phone with the reference image transparently overlaid to compare your drawing to the reference image. The idea is to see if you got proportions and such wrong.
I have since realized that we are not cameras; we are not copying machines. We should use reference images, but we do not have to follow them to the tee. We should allow ourselves to deviate from the reference, especially to say something about it.
You may find it useful, so you can find it here.
I also have some references prepared if you don't have any. You can go to this version, select a reference photo to draw, and then compare your drawing to the reference.
Daily Drawing Exercises
I had a slew of drawing exercises presented in a vertical format to scroll through and follow step by step. The idea was that vertical scrolling was more natural on screens as we're already used to scrolling that way. They were set up as daily exercises and sent out in a daily version of my newsletter. This overwhelmed people who were subscribed to it, so I abandoned the daily email. The exercises are still there. My views on what good drawing exercises are have evolved, but you can still find them here.
YouTube
I have a YouTube channel where I am active, on and off. You can find it here.
I share slides with forms and form studies on Pinterest. These are doing well over there: people like to pin them to their boards, and others find them. You can see my Pinterest here.
I share my sketchbook pages here on Instagram here. I share the same pages at the top of my newsletter articles. Instagram is where it all started, but I now place my main art and writing on my website.
Discord
About
Lastly, there is an about page about this website. You can find it here.
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