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How to Paint a Hibiscus Flower
Hibiscus are beautiful flowering shrubs that grow in tropical and subtropical cliamtes around the world. With its pleasant green foliage and beautiful large colorful flowers, hibiscus has become a...
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How to Make a Rectangle Using a Compass
A compass is a tool that uses one stationary and one mobile point to draw symmetrical objects. A compass can help you draw a perfect circle and you can also use it to create one or multiple rectangles....
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How to Use Powdered Graphite for Portraits
Graphite powder offers a versatile alternative to graphite pencils. With graphite pencils, you need several grades of graphite, plus a very steady hand to create realistic looking portraits. With...
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How to Draw St. Michael
In Catholicism, St. Michael is known to be the patron saint of military personnel, police officers and mariners. It is believed that he led God's army into battle against Satan and appears as a chief...
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How to Use Charcoal Sticks
Charcoal sticks are natural vines made into charcoal for drawing. They produce a soft effect that is ideal for creating soft sketches. The lines made by charcoal sticks are easy to erase or blend into...
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To draw a conch shell, you must recognize four features of the shell: its mouth, coils, thickness and overall size. Not paying attention to these features could result in your drawing looking more like...
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How to Make Stick Figures on Your Computer
While the stick figure may seem like something you might doodle out of boredom, it actually has many practical uses. In creating signs for airports that could be read by all, AIGA, a professional...
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How to Draw a Civil War Soldier
The American Civil war was the most traumatic period in American history since the War of Independence. Legendary military figures emerged during the Civil War period, including Robert E. Lee on the...
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Step-by-Step: How to Draw a Fish Jumping Out of Water
Drawing a fish jumping out of water is an action shot that requires some elements of movement or splashing. This is not as difficult as it sounds and can be created with a few simple steps. Using a...
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How to Make a Drawing of the Goddess Artemis
As a daughter of the mythical gods Leto and Zeus, Artemis was considered the goddess of fertility and wilderness. She was often seen pictured with a bow and arrow, surrounded by lush forests and...
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How to Teach a Child to Draw a Human Figure
Teaching a child to draw the human figure is an activity that acts as a building block for learning the movement and shapes included in the human form. Focusing on the different parts and their basic...
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The Advantages & Disadvantages of Drafting Media
Drafting today is much different than it was 10 years ago. Originally, drafting was done by hand with a parallel ruler and series of drafting triangles. With the dawn of computers, drafting software...
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How to Make a Tessellation From a Triangle
Tessellation is a unique form of geometrical art that allows artists to create tiled or patterned masterpieces simply by repeating one or two geometrical shapes. Although triangles are generally...
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How to Decorate a Pythagorean Spiral
A Pythagorean spiral, also known as the spiral of Theodorus, is a special mathematical spiral. To construct it, start with a right triangle with a base and side of one unit each. Then add a second...
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How to Draw Plaids
People have worn clothing with plaid prints since 1500 B.C. Today, plaid patterns adorn everything from clothing to home decor and artwork. All plaid patterns consist of a series of vertical and...
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How to Trace a Drawing Onto Your Body
Tattoos are forever. Unless you pay for expensive and painful laser removal surgery, you're stuck with them for life. For something a little less permanent, try tracing a drawing onto your body with...
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How to Use Wax Pastels
Using wax pastels comes naturally to most art students because the application for these colorful little sticks closely resembles that of many other drawing tools. Many artists have used crayons since...
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How to Make a Cartoon Storyboard
Developing a cartoon storyboard is the process of drafting a story to be turned into a digital or paper comic or cartoon. Many artists draw one image and make that a comic. However, to tell a story...
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The History of the Cross Hatch Drawing Technique
Hatching is a drawing technique which uses closely spaced parallel lines to provide the image depth, tone and shade. Cross hatching takes another step in the hatching technique by using another set of...
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