How to Shade Your Drawings by Alvalyn Lundgren
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How To Shade Your Drawings

Shading involves two concerns: actual technique and values. Contour line is where most people begin a drawing. Since line is all about the edges, they

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The Basics of Visual Balance by Alvalyn Lundgren
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The Basics of Visual Balance

If you’re a designer or artist trying to wrap your head around what balance is all about, you’re not alone. Balance is sometime obvious, sometimes

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A Guide To Drawing With Line by Alvalyn Lundgren
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A Guide To Drawing With Line

Most of us use line without thinking much about it. Since early childhood we’ve used pencils, pens and crayons to make marks. Making a line

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What Is the Bezold Effect?

Even if you’ve worked with it for years — on screen or on paper — you will always be in a learning mode when it comes to

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How To Draw A Bear

Here’s a tutorial (in speed sketch mode) for my drawing class showing how to draw a bear from photographic reference (which is probably the safest

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Drawing The Line Between Art and Design

Where an artist can begin with a blank canvas and pursue a serendipitous route to an end result, a designer begins with a set of criterion and remains within set boundaries from concept through completion.

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Sketchy Memories

I am currently in the concept stages of a logo development project. I always begin in my sketchbook, doodling forms and symbols, playing with shapes,

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True Lies

Those who track and analyze cultural trends generally agree that our culture has become design-driven. It’s no longer based on business or technology but on

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Aesthetics: In Support of Style

Aesthetics and style are not the same, despite opinions that claim otherwise. It’s popular to think that both aesthetics and style are subjective concerns, yet

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