How to shade without smudging everything
The pressure, the direction and the one finger that does all the damage.
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Ten minutes of drawing shapes before breakfast
A warm-up of circles, boxes and lines that makes everything else easier.
Why your drawings look flat, and what to do about it
Three small changes that give a drawing depth, and none of them is talent.
Holding a pencil in three different ways
The writing grip, the loose grip and the underhand grip, and when to use each.
Drawing what you see, not what you think you see
A sheet of glass, a frame and a pencil, and how to see shapes instead of things.
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Pencil Notes
A short letter every Wednesday for adults learning to draw: one exercise, one thing to look at and one small thing to try this week.