Perspective - We know now that lines receding from the eye appear to meet at the horizon, the lines above the point of sight going down to the horizon, those below rising to it. This appearance is in line with the rule of perspective which says:...

To teach how to foreshorten, entirely as a separate proposition, is difficult. Definitions of the word itself are somewhat vague. "Foreshorten - to represent figures as they appear to the eye when seen obliquely"; "to represent objects i...

A point about tone and color in black and white drawing. If everything were whitewashed in nature we could draw the tone that light makes when it falls on objects quite easily. However, the things around us are not painted white. They are mult...

A drawing is complete when you have nothing more to add to it. It is finished when you feel you have done enough. It is as simple as that. But one or two points occur to me that might help you arrive at that decision. Fill your page completely, from...

Nobody can create anything visual like a picture without prior visual experience. You cannot get something from nothing. Something visual must start you off. And it follows that it must come from nature. However imaginative our ideas are...

Many people think of the pencil as the one and only drawing tool. The poor eraser gets pushed aside as something that only gets used after you've made a mistake. But that's a wrong approach to take - your eraser can do a lot more than just cover up...