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Does anyone know a good site to learn how to draw?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I know too many to count, so here's the cream of the crop.

http://www.drawspace.com/ - huge database of tutorials. Best on the web.

http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.h... - one of my favorite online art tutorials

http://directory.google.com/top/arts/vis... - Google Directory section on Drawing (education)

http://www.huntfor.com/design/tutorials/... - a tutorial

http://drawsketch.about.com/ - drawing from About.com

Now, a very important part of every aspiring artist's education, whether he's amateur or not, is looking at what the big boys do - that includes anybody, from famous dead people (Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Monet, etc.) to your favorite animator/cartoonist. My own favorites...

http://www.plan59.com/ - 1950s illustration

http://genevievekote.com/index.htm#22... - this artist's got STYLE (and lots of pinkness, admittedly)

http://www.cartoonbank.com/ - New Yorker Cartoons are one of the best

http://www.lackadaisycats.com - this cartoonist draws ASTOUNDINGLY well for someone who's never been to art school - you wouldn't be able to tell her work apart from a Disney production-in-progress. For her non-furry-animal work, see http://www.foxprints.com/tracy/gallery/... - (the 3D series is quite a sight, BTW. Very...masculine.)

http://www.drawn.ca/ - everybody who draws and surfs the web knows about this blog

http://www.bonestell.org/index.html... - Spaceship art, but photorealistic.

http://www.bartleby.com/107/ - if you want to draw people well, you gotta know a bit of anatomy. So, here's Henry Gray's famous Anatomy of the Human Body.

http://drawinglab.evansville.edu/... - Figure drawing lab. People, again.

http://www.portrait-artist.org/... - huge website with lots and lots of helpful images.

Golden Rider's right, though. The fundamental principles of drawing number two in total: shading and practice. Lots of practice. Without shading, a picture looks curiously flat. Even comics generally have shading to some degree. Without practice, however, your art will look stiff as a cadaver - what I call the "preschooler look." Carry a blank notebook around with you, string a pen/pencil to it, and when you're bored, waiting in the doctor's office or whatever, whip that pencil and paper out and DRAW. Draw anything, anything that catches your eye. When you've gained a certain level of experience, drawing from memory will be almost easy. I will, however, warn you that it takes a huge amount of dedication and patience, especially the former.

Good luck, and happy drawing.