How to... Cards from the Early 1900s

Cards that are going to help you workout solutions to everyday problems.

How To Draw Hyper Realistic Drawings

Thanks to Ambro Jordi aka (AmBr0) our selections of how to draw... continues.  We will put the links to the other posts below this section.  Jordi has kindly uploaded time lapse videos of some of his drawings.  They are quite sped up but it will give you an insight on how to draw and shade skin colour and texture, fur, feathers, hair, both in Black & White and Colour.  In the links below you will be able to see the various artists techniques and the way they approach their drawings.  We have also added, after the videos, more drawings of celebrities, executed by AmBr0.

How To Draw a Realistic...

Daisy van den Berg is a Realism Pencil Artist. Her hope is to inspire people and to get them drawing. She does this by filming step by step series of videos to show us how to draw the most popular and difficult things, to build up to drawing portraits.  If you are leaning how to draw, just start and stop the video and follow her instructions as she does it.  Learn the secrets of how to approach the drawing, how to break it down,  the shading and the equipment needed to draw fantastic art like this.  We have included 2 videos of eyes, get familiar with the first one and then you can move onto the more complex one.  Once you learn the basics you can go out there and experiment by your self.

You might also like a similar post to this "Narrated Drawing Class Videos" or "How To Draw Hyper Realistic Drawings" and "How To Draw Manga - Video Classes" (<= press the link)

How To Draw Manga - Video Classes

American Artist Mark Crilley upon he graduation, took a series of jobs teaching English in the Far East, Taiwan and Japan.  Japan is where he got the inspiration for his Manga series and the, how to draw, Manga videos we are going to feature today.  The last video is How to Draw Elsa from "Frozen".  These videos are a bit longer that we usually have and that is because, even though Crilley uses some time lapse, he does a lot of explaining.  If you are somebody that wants to learn this style of drawing, we would suggest that you draw as you watch the video stopping and starting it, to keep up with it.  In this post you will learn very useful information, on how to set up guide lines, facial expressions, drawing hands, body proportions, shading, line work and much more.

Painting and Drawing Portraits with Dry Brush

In this post Igor Kazarin shows us and tells us about this amazing technique.  It is achieved by using a very small amount of oil paint, mixed with solvents like sewing machine lubricating oil.  A small amount is put on the brush which is rubbed in on the palette, to the point where the brush looks dry.  Now it can be used to paint on watercolour paper and any mistakes and highlights can be erased with a rubber.  This amazing paint effect makes painted images look like pencil drawings. The sped up videos below, will show you just how good this technique is and how the shades are layered to make the painting look so realistic.

Narrated Drawing Class Videos

It is thanks to companies like Circle Line Art School and people like Tom McPherson, that share their skills online, which means that whenever you want to learn a new skill or hone in on one, you can just go on the Internet and learn.  Most of the videos are narrated and share with you secrets and tips of how to create some of the most popular drawings we see on the Internet.  Thank you guys, you provide an amazing service.
Following are other "How to Draw" videos posted on Design Stack, click the links below, just press the links:
"How To Draw a Realistic..." and "How To Draw Manga - Video Classes" or "How To Draw Hyper Realistic Drawings".

100 Artist to Teach you how to Draw

Here on DesignStack.co we have featured many different types of drawings from a lot of amazing artists, but for the fist time, we are writing about a book that teaches you how to draw. 21 Draw are launching an Indiegogo campaign to raise money for the book, 400 pages, that will come in Hard/Soft Cover or e-Book format. It includes 1000 unique drawings by 100 different Artists, contributing 10 Drawings each.

The Front Cover design, is being shaped with suggestions from the contributors. We have been promised an e-Book for one of our readers when it comes out in September. When we receive it, we will do an update article with details of a prize draw for one of our followers. Below are a selection of drawings (press them to enlarge them, not the first one) plus a video explaining more.

Recipe Cards and Imaginary Factory Infographics

(the images below can be enlarged).  Chinese Artist and Illustrator Jing Zhang specialises in creating images to explain items.  This form of art is called Infographics, which is a combination of the 2 words, information and graphics.  We have put together two groups of her personal works, the Recipe Cards and Imaginary Factories, where she finds an alternative way of explaining how things work. Zhang's work is known around the word for the fun and creative way she explains things, have a look below and you will see.

Surreal Black and White Porcelain Sculptures

British Artist and Sculptor Katharine Morling creates these fantastically Surreal Ceramic sculptures that look like Black and White 3D drawings.  Her sculptures come in all different sizes from miniatures to life size.  We are not going to go through her history, as she does that her self in her video, with advise on how to make money and what to prioritise as an artist.  The advise is very practical and comes from an artist that has had to work for her success.  Once in the article you can enlarge the image by pressing it (not the first one).  Which is your favourite piece?  Let us know at the bottom of the article in the comment section.

How to Spray Paint Stencil Portraits

Kaleb Higgins is a talented street artist that shows us how to stencil portraits or buildings.  By looking at the videos below, you can see how he divides the features of the face on different stencils, the same way, when he starts painting the Los Angeles Theatre Stencil, he puts details, background, shadows on different stencil.  There should be enough there to pick up the basics to this art form.  Enjoy trying it out...

Book Covers Movie Poster Drawings

An artist that draws book covers and movie posters depicting amazing scenes.

How Colors Change the Portraits you Draw

A great way of establishing your self as a unique and imaginative artist, is to draw something realistic but with a twist.

3D, Optical Illusions and Anamorphic Drawings Videos

Hungarian Artist Sandor Vamos from Vamos Art, kindly shares the secrets of how to draw a 2D drawing whilst making it look like a 3D one.  Further more, he shows us how to draw optical illusions and anamorphic drawings.  We have static images, but that is not enough to learn, so we added a few videos by Vamos, that will hopefully give you a tutorial on how to conquer these techniques.

Photo vs Graphite Sketch Portraits

Depicted instructions on how to move from a photo to a graphite drawing.

Drawings of Protagonists from TV and Movies

If you are looking for a drawing of your favourite TV or Movie star, you might be a step closer, have a look in the post.

Finger Painting to add a lot of Texture to Urban Scenes

Go into the post to see a video of how these painting are achieved, by just using a finger and paint.

11 Pencil Drawing and 1 Digital Art

A fantastic collection of multiple drawings on one image.

Dragons Dinosaurs and Baby Yoda

Prehistoric and fantasy animals mixing together, as if, they all existed at some point in time.

Symbolism in Ink Illustrations

Ink illustrations that speak though the symbolism in the images.

The Beauty of the Everyday Paintings of Food Art

Self taught Photo Realistic Artist Tjalf Sparnaay, paints in his large images, from everyday foods and objects, that we are in danger of taking for granted.  This is an extract of how Sparnaay, defines his work, "My paintings are intended to enable the viewer to experience reality once again, to rediscover the essence of the object that has become so common".  The video below will show you how he paints bread, the video is not sped up, which means, that you can learn how to get that realistic look and an idea on how to blend colors.