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the process of drawing

The Process of Drawing – Learn the Fundamentals

Most beginners in drawing and painting miss essential points with regards to learning how to draw. Also the material mentioned in this post are not mentioned in drawing books or online drawing courses. This post will be ideal for beginners and advanced artists who want to become more comfortable with the drawing journey. Comfort means Read More

ChatGPT on Photorealism in the Digital Medium

I wanted to find out what all the fuss was about the ChatGPT AI (artificial intelligent chat bot) that everyone has been talking about. Out of interest, I have submitted some questions through the ChatGPT and was impressed by it’s immersive and detailed responses to the questions. It was almost like talking to a professor Read More

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Digital Drawing & Painting – The Forgotten Skills

Introduction: This paper is a continuation of the blog post that you can find here… The digital art medium has exploded in the last ten years with the introduction of the tablets from the Google Android and Apple platforms. An abundance of drawing apps now available from these platforms have allowed many people to get Read More

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Why you don’t need Procreate to draw well!

I recently posted a video on the ferdouse youtube channel on the topic of digital drawing apps and the abundance of digital tools that now many apps adorn. You can also watch this video below. The reason for posting such a video was due to the fact that many choose to do digital drawing using Read More

The Art of Digital Painting

Many people engaged in art are all too familiar with the traditional media These include physical media such as acrylics, oils, watercolors, pencils, pastels and much more My favorite water based medium is acrylics since it has the vibrancy of colors, consistency for using brushes and palette knives as well as a fast drying time. Read More

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Art & Poetry

I have recently got into poetry, and it came to me in the most random way possible. Lying in bed recovering from a bad cold, I was trying to keep my mind occupied with things to do. I started looking into poetry and came across a site that broke down and explained some popular poems Read More

Paint by Numbers on your Phone!

Paint by Numbers App over 300 Drawings! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paintology.lite.paint.by.number Paint by numbers or painting by numbers is a very popular hobby amongst people who want to get into drawing and painting. The paint by numbers kit that you get in hobby stores comes in the form of a numbered canvas and pots of paints with brushes. Read More

How to make Unique Digital Paintings from Grand Masters

In this detailed tutorial, I discuss a new approach to creating unique digital paintings from an old grand master painting. In this example, I take the work of Monet and apply the block method of creating the reference painting and then using our own skills to create a new twist to the painting. The block Read More

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Portrait drawing approaches of Chadwick Boseman

You may have read some of the techniques developed on the Paintology app, namely the block coloring method to drawing. This involves making small blocks of color of an underlying image that you want to draw and doing this repeatedly until you complete the drawing. You can find more information from the post below. We Read More

Learn to draw an outline / Improve drawing with Paintology

Drawing an outline in a drawing is an essential step to mastering drawing skills in all mediums. Oil painters often use this to provide the base for laying down the paints and is also important for portrait drawing & painting. Proportions, form and perspectives are all important to enhance the final drawing or painting and Read More