I love ink. No unstepping or erasing missteps, journey & process transparent, always forward-moving

August 26, 2024

Stop drawing stiff. 3 Tips and 1 simple exercise to help you loosen up

Drawing Tips | Ballpoint Pen & Portrait Sketching

Pen & Ink Drawing Exercises | Burger

Don’t only draw what you see

A simple & powerful exercise for sketching people | Draw stick figures in a whole new way

Go slow to go fast

Imitation or Inspiration

Too many students skip this stage of drawing

You can draw like the pros. First break this habit

Hair, skin, forms of the head and body all flow. It’s there if you look close and long enough

A line-drawing exercise you never knew you needed

Practice patience enough and you’ll discover drawing is a form of meditation

Drawing Construction | Outside-in VS Inside-out

Line and ink drawing offers so much variety in the way you can apply strokes. It’s so much fun!

What subjects are best to improve your drawing?

Tips to Help You Draw Everyday

Why don’t more students practice this way of drawing?

No Shortcuts! An important drawing skill too many students try to avoid

Embrace the abstract

Slow is the fastest way to grow

The whole is greater than the sum of all parts

This stops the progress of so many self-taught artists

Structure | Pros get it, But too many students don’t