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Learn to draw for beginners and students, returners and advanced. You will find information about the basics of learning to draw, color theory, shading as well as perspectives and spatial drawing in general.

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Summer Raffle 2020 [ended]

Join the summer sweepstakes 2020! This summer you can win in my online drawing course blog at the summer raffle 2020 some books around drawing, painting and the art. Since I accumulate a lot of books and magazines that I…

Major overhaul 2019

Major overhaul 2019 After almost 6 years, it was finally time for another major overhaul of my long-running Learn to Draw website. 2013 was the last time I gave the site a major overhaul. Back then I still created a…

Teaching materials – From teacher to teacher

The core idea of my site has always been to help others. Art teacher: Help me to help you! For years, teachers have been able to compile content from my site for their classes. They are allowed to do so,…

Marine animals

Various marine animals On this page you will find sample tutorials in step by step instructions to be able to draw jellyfish and other sea creatures.   How to draw Nautilus The nautilus is also called pearl boat and belongs,…

Image analysis

Image analysis Image analysis is not only good for school. If you are able to analyze and describe other images, you can design your own images more creatively and develop a better understanding of how images are constructed. This way…

Optical illusion

Optical illusion The eye, or rather the brain, can be deceived by some tricks and its perception can be doubted. However, an optical illusion is often also due to the sluggish eye, which cannot adapt quickly or well enough to…

Dolphins and whales

Marine mammals: drawing dolphins and whales This page is about drawing marine mammals like whales and dolphins. These are characterized by the fact that they breathe air and give birth to live young and that although they spend their whole…

Crabs, mussels & snails

Crabs, mussels & snails On this page you will find some step by step instructions and sample pictures to learn how to draw crabs, mussels & snails. The following animals have in common that they have an exoskeleton (i.e. a…

Horses

Draw horses and foals Horses are a particularly popular drawing subject, probably because many (especially young girls) take care of a horse and also very fond of riding. Because of this, you will find here various tutorials for drawing horses…

Drawing hands

Drawing hands Drawing a hand or two hands is one of the most difficult subjects that an artist can ever choose.   Basics – how to draw hands? Example of the flexibility of the wrist, the proportion of a hand…

Image layout

Image layout This page is about an appealing image layout. Here I give some tips on how to split an image so that the content is placed as interesting and dynamic as possible.   Golden section The Golden Ratio is…

Mermaids

Drawing mermaids On this page you will find drawing tutorials to learn how to draw mermaids. The best way to draw mermaids is to take beautiful photo templates of women (or even men) in aesthetic poses. To make the fish…

Design laws

Design laws – basics of design Here are some of the most basic design laws for aesthetic image design. These rules are also used to analyze and describe images (image analysis).   Figure-ground differentiation (figure-ground relationship) The depicted image should…

Unicorns and centaurs

Drawing unicorns and centaurs Unicorns and centaurs, like the winged horse Pegasus, belong to creatures of Greek mythology, that is, to the realm of antiquity. They are all very proud and graceful creatures full of elegance. Over the centuries, however,…