Hello everyone, I really wanted to post this article before, but it wasn't finished ...

In this article I want to show you the drawing and painting techniques I use the most, if you're interested in drawing of course !

First, I want to introduce you : the sketching ! It's a very simple way to draw things.

You just have to put some shadows and to know where you want the light on on your drawing.

This picture shows very well  how you have to proceed.

Next technique is the dry brush, you just need a little piece of paint, and a kleenex.

You just have to put a little bit of paint on your brush and to rub on the kleenex, then apply the brush on the paper. This technique can be very useful for things like portraits.

The "puzzle" technique is very simple to realize, you just have to define the shadow areas and to fill them with the colour you want, at the end, the  drawing can be amazing !

Finally, I want to show you a wonderful technique that can be hard, the basis is to make some stries in the same way with a pen and then to make some stries on the opposite way to create a shading effect. this technique is the less simple of the topic !

click here for more information on the crossing technique

By Laura and Momo