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How To: Draw a human nose
Along with hands and feet, many people have the opinion that drawing the parts of the human face can be difficult. In this video, learn how fantasy artist Wayne Tully draws a human nose... Plus, get tips on how to make your own drawing of a human nose look more realistic on paper.
How To: Draw the comic book character, Venom
Marvel Comics' Veno character is vastly popular. If you're one of Venom's many fans, chances are you've thought about sketching him onto your school notebook. In this video, learn how to draw the comic book character, Venom with help from fantasy artist, Wayne Tully.
How To: Draw a volcano
Brush up on your drawing skills with help from this drawing tutorial conducted by fantasy artist, Wayne Tully. In this video, learn how to draw a volcano erupting. Apply this volcano to a scenic drawing or a fantasy art piece to make something grand!
How To: Draw a human eye from straight-on perspective
Want to draw a human eye the way it looks when you're looking at it straight on? If so, this free video drawing lesson is for you. With it, you'll learn how to sketch everyone's favorite ocular organ with precision and panache.
How To: Draw a 3D electric eel
This video shows us how to draw an electric eel even if we are not professionals. We start by drawing a flag shape (like two cylinders connected) as this being the body. After this we can draw the eyes, one fully visible and the other only little because is in the back. Now we draw an open mouth and here we can let our imagination go wild an could put there some fangs, a tongue but do not forget to draw some shadows in there to be more realistic. For shadows you can use the edge of your penci...
How To: Draw flames easily
There are many types of flames you can draw, this video will show you how to draw some long, wavy flames. You can start by coping what is done and then as you recreate them you can start to create whatever style flame you would like . You might want to do the long and defined flames or a fast and sloppy overlapping flame.
How To: Draw flames
Dirt Design Graphics will show your how to draw a firey hotrod flames. Flames are like a series of water drops. There are many different types of flames you can draw. You can see the difference in the more angular tribal flames which you get by adding a kind of hook at the end. You can do some long seaweed like flame, intertwining flames, double flames, and realistic fire flames all by changing up that same basic pattern. There easy and will make anything look like it’s going really fast so f...
How To: Draw some Disney characters
In this video you will see old school Disney characters drawn from sketch through to color. These are some great classics. The process footage is sped up so might take some pausing or slow motion action to copy but if you have a general idea of what you’re trying to do these are some really nice drawings. There are a lot of birds, especially ducks.
How To: Draw partially open lips
If your drawing a face and get to the mouth region and don’t know where to go from there then watch this video to see how you can shade in lips. Fist you’ll draw the basic lip outline. Depending on who you’re drawing the lips might be fuller or thinner. The tricky part it the shading. The shading is to show depth in the lips. You’ll want to give a shine in the middle to greater depth. Next you’ll want to try drawing a partially open mouth.
How To: Draw a panting cartoon dog
First you draw a triangle then you attach lips to the triangle then you go up and over to make his head. make two half circles to make two eyes. Draw two ears on the top of the little dogs head. Then from the head you draw down to proceed to make his body. You can make him a little fatter if you like fat dogs. Draw his tail. And for a little extra look you can add a spot over his eye. You can also draw a collar on him and if you draw a circle at the center of the collar you can even name him ...
How To: Draw a bird
This video will show you the process of how to draw a beautiful colored, and realistic looking bird. This is a crested bird resembling something like a robin. It Has earth toned coloring and a black mask facial feather pattern. This bird takes some hand drawn sketching and shading time starting from the head and working down the chest and filling in to the body and tail. You will need several different color pencils and with some practice and good quality pencils your will have a very subtle ...
How To: Draw a realistic human figure
If you're an artist realistic about drawing realistic human figures, you surely realize that you'll require a real lesson on the subject, such as the one provided by this free video figure-drawin' tutorial. For a complete overview of sketching a human frame, take a look!
How To: Draw Professor E. Gadd in Mario Paint
This video illustrate us how to draw professor E. Gadd in Mario paint. Here are the following steps:Step 1: Draw a circle and within the circle draw another circle at the center.Step 2: Now from the periphery draw another circle so that half of the circle is in the circle and the other half on the outer part of the circle .Step 3: Now draw another circle another circle in similar manner on the opposite side.Step 4: Now draw three circles within the two circles drawn so that they form a hazel,...
How To: Do a simple drawing of Yoshi
In this how-to video, you will learn how to do a quick drawing of Yoshi from Mario Brothers. First, start off with the outline of the eyes. Fill in the eyelids and then go to the mouth. Fill in the pupils and nostrils. Next, move onto the arms and body of the figure. Do the saddle before you move on to the tail. Draw the boots once the other parts mentioned above are finished. Add in the smaller details. You can also add a background, such as an egg or the landscape in the background. By view...
How To: Quickly draw Shy Guy from Mario Brothers
In this how-to video, you will learn how to quickly draw a Shy Guy from Mario Brothers. You will need a piece of paper and a pencil or pen. First, start off with the face of Shy Guy. Draw an oval shape and two really long ovals for his eyes. Now draw his mouth, which is just a little circle. You can shade in the eyes and mouth. Draw the strap and then move on to the hood. Move onto his arms, which are very simple. Next, draw his belt. Remember that the robe hangs over the belt a little bit. D...
How To: Draw a cartoon dog on your computer
Using just the airbrush in MS Paint you can make a cartoon dog on your computer. Start off by making a circular shape using the airbrush, keep at it until it is dark and prominent and then color in the lower half of the circle, this is the nose. Now start making a line from the bottom of this circle downwards, slowly start curving the line at a ninety degrees angle. At the end of this line attach a semicircle to it so that it is perpendicular to the line. Above this line also make three small...
How To: Draw & paint Superman a speed painting
Gordon Bruce shows an easy and speedy way to draw and paint a superman. First draw the head portion with a oval face and add eyes, nose etc,. Now come to the body portion which have big muscled arms and a thin body, having the triangle with S symbol at the center. Now draw the leg portion. Draw belt and other attractive features. Now give the outline with acrylic black color. Now add red color to the gown part and blue color to the body. Give yellow shade to belt and triangle and red to the S...
How To: Draw a simple Mario game character
This video shows rather than tells you how to draw a cartoon figure. There are no words of explanation. It starts with a simple Mario game character already drawn on the paper. Then you see a hand with a pencil come into the frame. This hand draws the eyes first, then the nose and a mustache. Then it does the outline of the face and the ear. The perspective is slightly to the side of the face, not directly in the center. The outline of the hat comes next, with the emblem on it. The final area...
How To: Easily draw Toad from Super Mario
Learn an easy way to draw a ‘Toad’ by watching this art tutorial from Super Mario. The artist begins by drawing a mushroom first. A 3/4th circle is drawn and closed at the bottom with a slight curve. A full circle is drawn inside the mushroom, near the top. Slight curves are outlined on either sides of the mushroom, to reveal part circles. The face of the toad is drawn next by outlining a semi oval at the bottom of the mushroom. Two ovals are drawn for the eyes, with the pupils facing down. T...
How To: Draw a 3D cartoon shark
This video illustrate us how to draw 3D cartoon shark. Here are the following steps.step 1: First of all take a sheet of paper and pencil.Step 2: draw a U shape structure and again draw a U shape structure above the previous on representing the body of the shark.Step 2: Now from one end of the double U draw a V shape representing the front body of the shark, within the face draw two eyes and jaws of the shark.Step 3: Now at other end draw a tail and from the side of the body draw a triangle a...
How To: Draw anime character Sasuke step by step
Here is a very easy method to draw a Sasuke in a step by step process by the artist Jack of Jill. First draw a circle for the head part. Then draw two lines crossing through the circle to match the eye part. At the bottom draw a small triangle similar to chin. Now draw the real cheeks. Now draw a stick figure showing its body and hands. Draw other circle touching down to the first one. Now connect the circle with his hands to make his arms. Draw neck portion, so that it touches the shoulders....
How To: Draw Donald Duck on your own
This video illustrates the quick and easy method to Draw Donald Duck on your own . The process is comprised of the following steps:Step 1: Take a blank sheet of paper and a HB Bonded lead pencil.Step 2: Draw a face that resembles a duck's face. Make sure you don't make the ears too large as Donald Duck has got small ears.Step 3: Another point to consider is the length of the beak. Make sure it is elongated and oval shaped.Step 4: Now , make a oval shaped figure and shade it's outline to form ...
How To: Draw the letter "F" as a 3D block letter
This video teaches us the method to draw the letter F in 3D. First draw F normally. Now double the outlines of the F on both sides of the outlines. Draw a line that is parallel and of the same length of the longer top arm of F. Join the ends of the line to the ends of the top arm by parallel lines. Color the parallelogram with a darker shade. Make a parallelogram by joining the ends of a line drawn parallel and equal to the smaller side of the rectangle of the top arm. Draw a vertical line an...
How To: Draw Daffy Duck on your own
First of all you have to draw the two big eyes and a curved line supporting them. Now draw and darken the two eyeballs. Draw the top portion of the head and make some curves of hair at the top. Draw the round cheeks on both sides. Now you have to draw the round beak and the mouth as shown. Then draw the narrow neck and then draw two lines around it. Draw two nostrils over the beak and then also draw the two eyebrows. Now color the drawing as shown. Fill in black color in the face and neck. Le...
How To: Draw Madara Uchia
In this how-to video, you will learn how to draw Madara Uchia. First, start off with an oval shape for the face. Next, draw several spike shapes for the hair and bangs. Now, move on to the armor of the character. From here, draw a circle behind the body. Now you can fill in the details of the character. Move into the face and draw the eyes, nose, and mouth. Outline the armor in more detail so you can see straps and metal folds. Erase any of the previous lines that were used for guides. Once y...
How To: Draw a furry cartoon fox
This video illustrate us how to draw a furry cartoon fox. Here are the following steps.Step 1: First of all take a sheet of paper and pencil and start by drawing a oval shape representing the face of the fox.Step 2: Now draw a nose and two oval shape eyes in the face.Now from the bottom of the face draw an oval structure representing the belly of the fox.Step 3: Now from the lower belly draw two small legs with feet.Step 4: Now draw a tail from the back of the mid lower portion representing t...
How To: Draw the superhero, Superman
MrYoungartist demonstrates how to draw superman, after having drawn the outline of the body. He starts of by drawing the facial features, first drawing the key points of the face, the nose and mouth. He then draws the eyes and all the small details in the eye region. Once he is done, He draws the outline of the face and after, the hair. Finishing this, he proceeded on to draw the cape, chest and the hands respectively. He then continues to draw, progressing downwards, and drawing accordingly ...
How To: Draw Frankenstein's monster
`This video illustrate how to draw Frankenstein's monster. Here are the following steps.Step 1: First of all take a sheet of paper and a pencil.Step 2: Now draw a oval circle representing the face of the monster, draw a big circle within the face showing an open mouth.Step 2: Draw small circle within the face representing the eyes.Step 3: Now draw a free hand mid part from the lower face .Now from this mid part extend two hands with waves to represent masculine look.Step 4: Draw two legs from...
How To: Draw manga characters
This video illustrate us how to draw manga characters.Here are the following steps:Step 1:Take a sheet of paper and pencilStep 2:Start by drawing a circle ,this will represent the face of the manga. now draw the eyes ,nose lips of the character with sharp lines to represent action on the face.Step 3: Now draw the middle part of the body and it should be in perfect shape.Step 4: Now draw hands of the character with waves on the hands to show masculine look.Step 5: Now draw the feet and legs.St...
How To: Draw Snoopy (of Charlie Brown & the Peanuts Gang fame)
The video shows you in simple easy steps how to draw Snoopy from Charlie Brown. It starts with a single line drawing the ear and the head then adding the neck, nose and eye, adding shading. Then a simple triangular shape for the body, adding the hands. Simple circles are used for the feet, connecting them to the basic triangle shape and adding a tail. Removing the triangle shape then gives the body flow and then adding the collar and feet finally gives you the Snoopy character from Charlie Br...
How To: Draw a 3D fanged fish
This video illustrate how to draw a 3D fanged fish. Here are the following steps.Step 1: Take a sheet of paper and pencil and start drawing a circle forming the face of the fish.Step 2: Now in the middle of the circle draw an wavy line showing the jaws of the fish.Step 3:Now draw two small circle on the boundary of the circle forming the eyes of the fish.Step 4: Now from the jaws draw two fins in opposite direction to each other.Step 5: Now draw Two fans beneath the face showing the back fins...
How To: Draw 8-bit Toad from Mario Brothers
Drawing an 8 bit toad seems very easy from the video of Mario brothers, first you draw two short standing lines which are the eyes and are black in color using freehand draw option. Then you draw a somewhat oval shape using the same option around the eyes which would look like a face using the color light yellow then you provide darker shades on each side to give the face a 3d effect. Then the cap is drawn after which you draw the rest of the parts the body, dress, hand, shoes etc and finally...
How To: Draw a cartoon demon
Demons sure are scary but a ‘Cartoon Demon’ does appeal to anyone for sure. Learn how to draw one, by watching this video. Begin the skeletal outline, by tracing an oval shape. Then draw an oval, overlapping the first one horizontally, at the base. Draw two elf like ears, on either sides of the top oval. Draw a small neck from the base of the fist oval and a line beneath it. Join the edges of the line with a deep curve for the body. Draw two curves away from each other, near the base of the b...
How To: Draw Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars
Seven easy basic art methods and steps to drawing Anakin Skywalker. The first 1-3 steps illustrates the basic drawing methods for the human head shape, and line placement for a basic human head. The fourth step illustrates basic drawing of the eyes, nose, mouth and ears. Step five illustrates the basic shading around the eyes, nose, ears and mouth. Step six illustrates how to add the shaping and styling of the hair and facial features. The final step illustrates how to shade the hair. It also...
How To: Draw an 8-bit Luigi in MS Paint
This simple tutorial teaches you how to create a classic 8-bit Luigi from the Nintendo franchise Super Mario Brothers in the Microsoft paint program. To start, open Paint. Select Image-> Attributes and change the image width to 12 pixels and the height to 16 pixels. Use the zoom tool to zoom in 8x and select the paint bucket tool to make the background gray, because a large portion of Luigi is white. Then use the pencil tool (set to 1 pixel) to begin drawing Luigi starting with his black shoe...
How To: Turn the word "dog" into a cartoon puppy
Watch ad Wordtoons demonstrates how to turn to word "dog" into a Cartoon character. Start by writing the word "dog" all lowercase and neat. It won't work if the writing is messy or is in cursive or caps. Then draw a small circle above the "o" and "g" and then draw a line from that circle to the end of the ""d"s stem. Add a loop around the other side of the "d". Then color in the circle that makes up the "g" to make a nose. The "o" and then circle above the "g" will make eyes. Watch the rest o...
How To: Draw the letter "G" as a block 3D letter
The instructor in this video is showing viewers how to make a Block G in 3D. The process involves drawing the initial capital G. Then a line is made as an outline around the top of the letter and another line is made the same way at the bottom of the letter, so it appears to have a G made with 3 lines. Then the whole G is colored in to make a solid block letter. At the top of the G, a parallel line is drawn and filled in to appear the top is 3D. Another parallel line is drawn at the bottom in...
How To: Draw a cute Yoshi from Super Mario Brothers
First of all you have to start by drawing an oval for the nose. Draw the rough lines so that they act as guide for your sketch. You have to draw the finishing lines later. Draw the head with the two large eyes. Make eyeballs in the eyes. Now draw the two round cheeks. Draw the body with the two arms joined at front. Now draw the tail and the legs. Now use a pen and draw the final lines. You have to start by drawing the lines thinner and then gradually thicken it to ease out any mistakes. Fina...
How To: Draw a boy using the letters B-O-Y
This video shows how to a draw a boy wearing glasses using the letters b, o and y. First, write the three letters in the middle of your page, in lowercase, leaving about a letter space between each. Write the letters so they form the word boy. Next, take the tail of the y and drag it all the way over to the beginning of the b. Do this in a curve shape, it will create the bottom of the face. Next, from the top of the b draw another curved line back to the far edge of the top of the y. Draw ano...
How To: Draw multiple 3D cylinders
Mark Kistler teaches you how to draw 3-D cylinders. Mark's how-to draw video teaches you how to draw in only 8 minutes a day. Even if you don't know anything about drawing, you'll learn with Mark's easy step-by-step instructions and guidance. All you need to get started is a pencil and paper, and you can follow along with this video. Mark shows you how a cylinder is drawn starting with just two dots and a "squished circle." He then takes you through the entire "sketching phase" of drawing cyl...