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How to Draw lightning with different drawing techniques

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Lightning is quite simply sublime. Beautiful yet terrifying all at once, it is one of nature's great mysteries (we still don't fully know why it happens) and can be deadly if you get in its path.

This natural phenomenon makes itself the perfect subject, then, for artistic portrayal. Check out this drawing tutorial to learn how to draw lightning's power by using unpredictable lines and sharp strokes. A dark black background will look best with this drawing.

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