Beginner Drawing Lessons

Drawing 101 Learn all the basics of drawing artistically with the help of dozens of lessons and demonstrations at About.com

Beginner Technique Practice Lessons  Learn  from Carol Rosinsk at Toad Hollow Studio: Texture Hatching; Line Drawing; Gradations; 3D Shapes; Smooth Surfaces; Shading

Learn the Basics of Drawing  Artist Kirk Bojorndahl shows you how with twenty six pages of instructions and practice exercises at Learn-to-Draw.com. To get the most out of the lessons, click on the illustrations and photos to enlarge them.

Free Drawing Lessons for Beginners  Drawspace.com presents artist Brenda Hoddinott's wonderful collection of drawing tutorials. The lessons for beginners focus on fundamental drawing skills and then lead you through a variety of exercises at drawing people, critters, basic perspective, cartoons and more.

One Point Perspective  Here's a simple, straightforward tutorial from DrawingCoach.com

Learn to Draw Lessons - Pencil Drawing  Get to know about the various types of pencils and shading methods with this online lesson and video.

How to Draw & Paint  Enjoy dozens of free video tutorials and online demos on all types of drawings for beginners.

The First Steps in the art of Pencil Drawing  Learn what paper and pencils to use and how to work with a grid in this online lesson from Carol Rosinsk at Toad Hollow Studio.

Drawing Basics by Brian Duey at DueysDrawings.com:  Drawing Tools; Drawing Materials;  Drawing Tips

The 5 Pencil Method  Darryl Tank's drawing method isn't quite like anything else you'll find here. But, his student's results are amazing. Take his free, three hour video course, at your pace. Or view his free online tutorials to learn the right tools and materials that you'll need to create your drawings.

The Process of Working With a Grid  How to draw more precisely using an age-old technique. A free lesson by Cindy Wider at DrawSpace.com

Learn to Draw Lesson - How to Draw Using a Grid  Draw a dog in charcoal while learning the grid method. Then, use the same method to draw anything from photos.

Intermediate Drawing Lessons

Free Drawing Lessons for Intermediate Artists  Drawspace.com presents artist Brenda Hoddinott 's wonderful collection of drawing tutorials. The lessons at the intermediate level include enjoyable studies of people, animals, cartoons and cariactures. They also introduce two-point perspective and the use of color in drawings.

Step-By-Step Draw Along Exercises by Carol Rosinsk at Toad Hollow Studio: Scallop Shell; Shiny Ornament; Rose; Flower; Teddy Bear

Learn Shading  Artist Kirk Bojorndahl shows you how with seven pages of instructions and practice exercises at Learn-to-Draw.com. To get the most out of the lessons, click on the illustrations and photos to enlarge them.

77 Free, Step by Step Realistic Drawing Lessons  Choose from all types of animals, portraits, people, still lifes, objects and flowers presented by DragoArt.com. Drawings and include black and white and color. The lessons are marked Novice, Intermediate and Advanced, so the choice is yours. To get the most out of DragoArt.com, click on the illustrations in each tutorial to zoom in on the details.

Sketching  Learn how and why to sketch with the help of lessons and demonstrations at About.com.

Shading Techniques  Compare blended shading, circulism shading, cross hatching, color pencil and pastel shading in this illustrated essay by Brian Duey at DueysDrawings.com

The 5 Pencil Method  Darryl Tank's drawing method isn't quite like anything else you'll find here. But, his student's results are amazing. Take his free, three hour video course, at your pace. Or view his free online tutorials to learn tips and tricks on laying out your drawings correctly.

Advanced Drawing Lessons

Free Drawing Lessons for Advanced Artists  Drawspace.com presents artist Brenda Hoddinott's wonderful collection of drawing tutorials. The lessons at the advanced level include in depth, detailed studies of portraiture, animals, still lifes figure drawing and landscapes. They also include color drawing studies and introductions to painting.

Drawing Techniques  Hints and ideas to help you draw more creatively from DrawingCoach.com

77 Free, Step by Step Realistic Drawing Lessons  Choose from all types of animals, portraits, people, still lifes, objects and flowers presented by DragoArt.com. Drawings and include black and white and color. The lessons are marked Novice, Intermediate and Advanced, so the choice is yours. To get the most out of DragoArt.com, click on the illustrations in each tutorial to zoom in on the details.

The 5 Pencil Method  Darryl Tank's drawing method isn't quite like anything else you'll find here. But, his student's results are amazing. Take his free, three hour video course, at your pace. Or view his free online tutorials to learn tips and tricks that you can use to improve your drawings.

Trick Photography And Special Effects E-book  Become unique, creative and artistic by taking breathtaking photographs that blow people's minds away! Dozens of rare trick photography ideas are included in this 295 page e-book, along with nine hours of how-to photography video tutorials.

Cartoons and Caricatures  

Learn How to Draw Cartoons and Caricatures  DrawingCoach.com offers dozens of straightforward tutorials to help you learn to draw all types of cartoons and caricature portraits:  Cartoon Animals;  Cartoon People;  Cartoon Objects; How to Draw Caricatures

Famous Cartoon Characters  Choose from over eight hundred different drawing tutorials presented by DragoArt.com. Learn how to draw all of the popular Disney, movie and TV characters in color. To get the most out of DragoArt.com, click on the illustrations in each tutorial to zoom in on the details.

Cartooning  Learn how to draw all types of people, faces, animals and comic book characters with the help of dozens of lessons and demonstrations at About.com

Simple Cartoons  Anyone can learn how to create cartoons from more than fifty how-to lessons and articles at HowToDrawIt.com.

How to Draw Cartoons  Create all types of animals, characters, vehicles, people, holiday scenes, action heroes, landscapes and much more. Find hundreds of simple step by step drawing lessons at How-to-Draw-Cartoons-Online.com.

How To Draw Funny Cartoons  Martin Berube's website will show you hundreds of step-by-step demos that use simple geometric shapes to create  cool cartoon characters.

Learn How to Draw Caricatures  Artist Kirk Bojorndahl shows you how with twenty five pages of instructions and practice exercises at Learn-to-Draw.com. To get the most out of the lessons, click on the illustrations and photos to enlarge them.

Free Cartoon and Critter Drawing Lessons for Beginners  Drawspace.com presents artist Brenda Hoddinott's wonderful collection of drawing tutorials. The cartoon lessons include how-tos to help you create all types of cute animals.

Charcoal Drawing

Learn to Draw Lessons - Charcoal Drawing  Use these step-by-step instructions and video learn how to create subtle shade gradations and high contrast drama in your charcoal drawings.

Charcoal Drawing Tutorials  Learn more from some of the world's most talented charcoal artists: Pine Tree Drawing Lesson; Winter Landscape Drawing Demo; Portrait Drawing From Life;

Colored Pencil Drawing

Step By Step Colored Pencil Drawing Tutorials  Follow artist Brian Duey, at DueysDrawings.com. as he creates drawings and illustrates how you can draw and shade with colored pencils:  Rose; Apple

Colored Pencil Techniques  Learn from the pros with the help of dozens of lessons and demonstrations at About.com

Painting with Colored Pencils  Artist Barbara Benedetti Newton's tutorial on Stars-Portraits.com shows how to apply the best painting techniques for wonderful results with colored pencils.

A Color Pencil Portrait - Start to Finish  Karen Cardinal shows you how, from the supplies you'll need to the finished drawing, on WetCanvas.com.

A Pet Portrait in Colored Pencil  Artist Brigitte M. Botnick shows, step-by-step how she creates a portrait of her dog at Fauna-Art.com

ArtGraphica.com Color Pencil Drawing Tutorials  Learn more from some of the world's most talentedartists:  Summer Afternoon Prismacolor Lesson; Garlic Still Life; Botanical Drawing; Learn to Draw Feathers; Blending with Colored Pencils

Illustrating a Frog Using Colored Pencil  Learn and be inspired by artist Gina Mikel's illustrated, step by step demo.

Colored Pencil Demonstration This advanced drawing is from the book Colored Pencil for the Serious Beginner by Bet Borgeson. It's one of dozens of wonderful demonstrations from top art books that you'll find at MightyArtDemos.com.

How to Lift Color from a Colored Pencil Drawing  This technique demo is from the book Basic Colored Pencil Techniques by Bet Borgeson.  It's one of dozens of wonderful demonstrations from top art books that you'll find at MightyArtDemos.com.

Drawing Animals

Learn to Draw Lesson - How to Draw a Dog Using a Grid  Draw a dog in charcoal while learning the grid method. Then, use the same method to draw any animals from photos.

How to Draw Animals  Follow demonstrations at ArtyFactory.com to learn how to draw a horse, a rino, a dog, a cat, a tiger and a beetle in pencil, color pencil, crayon and ink.

How to Draw a Horse  This step-by-step exercise by Carol Rosinsk at Toad Hollow Studio is recommended for advanced artists.

Learn to Draw Animals  Follow dozens of lessons and demos on drawing all types of animals at About.com

How to Draw a Realistic Barn Owl  This step-by-step tutorial is presented by DragoArt.com. Click on the drawings to zoom in and see details.

A Cat Portrait with Colored Pencil on Sanded Paper  This step-by-step demonstration by Artist Janet Pantry is one of many that you'll find at MightyArtDemos.com

706 Free, Step by Step Animal Drawing Lessons  Choose from hundreds of animal and bird drawing tutorials presented by DragoArt.com. Styles range from cartoons and anime to photo-realistic drawings and include black and white and color. The lessons are marked Novice, Intermediate and Advanced, so the choice is yours. To get the most out of DragoArt.com, click on the illustrations in each tutorial to zoom in on the details.

The 5 Pencil Method  Darryl Tank's drawing method isn't quite like anything else you'll find here. But, his student's results are amazing. Take his free, three hour video course, at your pace. Or view his free online tutorials to learn tips and tricks that you can use to draw pets and birds.

A Pet Portrait in Colored Pencil  Artist Brigitte M. Botnick shows, step-by-step how she creates a portrait of her dog at Fauna-Art.com

Sketching a Frog  Artist Gina Mikel's illustrated, step by step demo.

A Quarter Horse Foal  This demonstration comes from the book Draw and Paint Realistic Horses by Jeanne Filler Scott. It's presented by MightyArtDemos.com and includes a line drawing template that you can print and use to follow the steps.

Drawing a Dog  Cathy Sheeter's demo of a realistic and detailed graphite drawing is hosted at WetCanvas.com

Drawing Exercises, Tips and Techniques

Learn to Draw Lessons - Blind Contour Drawing  Improve your hand-eye coordination while creating quirky, fun drawings.

Blind Contour Drawing  Learn how to draw by touch and warm up for any drawing project in this online lesson from Carol Rosinsk at Toad Hollow Studio

Skills and Secrets  Brenda Hoddinott's Drawspace.com is one of the best place for you to learn all types of drawing techniques. Her great collection includes tutorials on useful drawing tips and hints, transferring images, the process of working with a grid and much more.

Learn to Draw Lessons - Gesture Drawings  Here are quick ways to exercise your eyes and hands for drawing anything: Gesture Drawings, Gesture Drawing People

Mindless Drawing  Unwind and get some good practice in pencil-hand-eye-mind coordination with this exercise by Carol Rosinsk at Toad Hollow Studio.

Learn to Sketch  Choose from 39 different tutorials and how-to videos on sketching all types of animals, portraits, people, landscapes and flowers presented by DragoArt.com.  The lessons are marked Novice, Intermediate and Advanced, so the choice is yours.

Do Better Drawings  Learn how to take your drawings to the next level with the help of dozens of tips and technique demonstrations at About.com.

Pencil Drawing Tips  English artist Mike Sibley shows you how he gets his fantastic, realistic results in this tutorial at ArtGraphica.com

Drawing People

Learn How to Draw People  Choose from over five hundred drawing tutorials presented by DragoArt.com. Styles range from cartoons and anime to photo-realistic drawings and include black and white and color. Select from figures, celebrity portraits or individual body details. The lessons are marked Novice, Intermediate and Advanced, so the choice is yours.

Draw People  Learn figure drawing and human anatomy with dozens of lessons at About.com.

Learn to Draw Lessons - How to Draw People  Learn how to establish body proportions for accurate figure drawing.

How to Draw Folds in Clothes  This demo is from the book BDrawing People: How to Portray the Clothed Figure by Barbara Bradley.  It's one of dozens of wonderful demonstrations from top art books that you'll find at MightyArtDemos.com.

Drawing Portraits

Pencil Portrait Drawings  Learn all about facial proportions, drawing facial features and shading and then follow a demonstration portrait at ArtyFactory.com

Learn to Draw Lessons - Portrait Drawing  This three part tutorial, with videos, will show you how to capture the basic structure of faces and then how to focus on the character of eyes. 

Learn How to Draw Faces  Choose from over forty drawing tutorials presented by DragoArt.com. Styles range from cartoons and anime to photo-realistic drawings and include black and white and color. The lessons are marked Novice, Intermediate and Advanced, so the choice is yours. To get the most out of DragoArt.com, click on the illustrations in each tutorial to zoom in on the details. And, check out the collection of Celebrity Portraits for 175 more tutorials.

How to Draw a Head  This top quality, multi-part video is sponsored by the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Click on "Getting Started" and then follow each step of the process.

Portrait Shading Techniques  Compare blended shading, circulism shading, cross hatching, color pencil and pastel shading in this illustrated essay by Brian Duey at DueysDrawings.com

Learn Portrait Drawing  Artist Kirk Bojorndahl shows you how with twenty four pages of instructions and practice exercises at Learn-to-Draw.com. To get the most out of the instructions, click on the illustrations and photos to enlarge them and to see mini lessons.

The 5 Pencil Method  Darryl Tank's drawing method isn't quite like anything else you'll find here. But, his student's results are amazing. Take his free, three hour video course, at your pace. Or view his free online tutorials to learn tips and tricks that you can use to draw better eyes, hair, ears, noses and mouths on your portraits.

Portrait Detail Lessons  Follow artist Brian Duey, at DueysDrawings.com. as he creates drawings and illustrates how you can draw and shade realistic Eyes, Noses, Mouths and Teeth and Hair

A Color Pencil Portrait - Start to Finish  Karen Cardinal shows you how, from the supplies you'll need to the finished drawing, on WetCanvas.com.

Portrait Drawing Tutorial  Starting with a digital photo, artist Timon shows how to create a realistic portrait. It's just one of dozens of portrait lessons that you'll find on Stars-Portraits.com

Portrait-Artist.org  Explore J.R.Dunster's web site and learn her methods of drawing and painting portraits and even how to convert a pencil sketch into a full color digital portrait with Photoshop.

Kid's Drawing Lessons

Drawing Lessons for Kids  Learn how to draw all types of animals, cars, trains, planes, cartoon characters, dinosaurs, superheroes and more. Follow lessons and demostrations at About.com

Cartoon Drawing Lessons for Children  Choose from over two hundred different drawing tutorials presented by DragoArt.com.  Kids can learn to draw all types of animals, cartoon characters, vehicles, dinosaurs, dragons and fantasy scenes in color. To get the most out of DragoArt.com, click on the illustrations in each tutorial to zoom in on the details.

Famous Cartoon Characters  Choose from over eight hundred different drawing tutorials presented by DragoArt.com. Learn how to draw all of the popular Disney, movie and TV characters in color. The lessons marked "Novice" are great for kids to try on their own. To get the most out of DragoArt.com, click on the illustrations in each tutorial to zoom in on the details.

Simple Animal Drawings  Young children can learn simple line drawing formulas for drawing dozens of different animals, birds and bugs at HowToDrawIt.com. These illustrations are great for decorating cards and craft projects.

Drawing Lessons for Kids  Find hundreds of informative, educational and fun art projects for toddlers to teenagers and their parents and teachers too.

How to Draw Cartoons  Create all types of animals, characters, vehicles, people, holiday scenes, action heroes, landscapes and much more. Find hundreds of simple step by step drawing lessons at How-to-Draw-Cartoons-Online.com.

Perspective Drawing

Perspective Drawing Lessons Learn all about linear and atmospheric perspective for your drawings with the help of twelve helpful lessons from ArtyFactory.com

Learn to Draw Lessons - Perspectives  Create the illusion of three dimensional space in your drawings with one and two point perspective methods.

Perspective Drawing  Here are some simple, straightforward tutorials from DrawingCoach.com:  One Point Perspective;  Two Point Perspective; Drawing a Circle in One Point Perspective

Adding Depth to Your Drawings  Use online lessons from the Art Department of the University of Evansville to understand perspective drawing, shading and the effects of depth and atmosphere.

Learn Perspective Techniques  Brenda Hoddinott's Drawspace.com is one of the best place for you to learn all types of drawing techniques. Her great collection includes tutorials on perspective drawing for Beginners and for More Advanced Artists.

Still Life Drawing

Still Life Study of Apples  A step-by-step guide and video by by Carol Rosinsk at Toad Hollow Studio.

How to Draw Realistic Mushrooms  Try this step-by-step guide by CD Hubbard at DragoArt.com. Click on the drawings to zoom in and see details.

Still Life in Pencils  Follow a demonstratiion at ArtyFactory.com that covers selecting materials, composing a still life, drawing and perspective and final shading techniques.

Pencil Drawing Tips  English artist Mike Sibley shows you how he gets his fantastic, realistic results in this tutorial at ArtGraphica.com

Landscape and Nature Drawing

English artist Mike Sibley shows you how he gets his fantastic, realistic results in this tutorials at ArtGraphica.com:  Learn How to Draw Trees, Learn How to Draw Grass 

ArtGraphica.com Landscape Drawing Tutorials  Learn more from some of the world's most talented pencil artists: Landscape Pencil Drawing Lesson; How to Draw Rocks; Drawing a Rustic Barn; Split Rock Lighthouse Landscape