How To Draw A Monster

Happy Halloween to start off! I hope you all have fun trick r treating and going to parties!
This video is done by an artist named Mark Crilley once again, a video on how to draw a monster, I thought  it was befitting considering it's Halloween! Enjoy this how to draw a monster video and start drawing!

Love Comics? Draw A Comic Styled Male Head

Comics are fun and one of the most loved  art styles of all. Comics are popular among people of all ages but especially teens and young adults. Super man, Spider man, Iron man, and many more well known names in comics have filled the hearts of many people.

This style is usually very well known, however... that doesn't make it any easier to draw then other styles! It still takes hard work, practice and research. If this is a style that interests you, which is probably why your at this page then stick around as I will be posting more videos to help you out with comic drawing! In the mean time here is a video I found and enjoyed myself, I drew along even. I found it pretty cool.. though the video quality could be a better. Try this out for now, how to draw a male head in comic style.

Art Erasers: Art Gum Eraser, Pink Eraser, White Eraser, Puddy Eraser? Choosing The Best Erasers For You!

A necessary drawing tool that we all use is an eraser, for fixing mistakes, removing unwanted guidelines or left over sketch marks... in anyway that we use it we all still need the same thing, a good eraser that works for us.

Some erasers will leave colored marks, some will smear pencil instead of erasing it and others just wont work all together. Keep reading on to learn about the different erasers and their pros and cons as I've learned them.


Pencil Eraser
Pencil erasers are the most commonly used erasers and the worst erasers to use as well. How can that be? Well, being on the back of the pencil it's not only convenient but also becomes habit. The erasers on the back of pencils will often times smudge the pencil instead of erasing it and make it impossible to be fully erased even by a good eraser. A lot of pencils have colorful erasers on the end of them, green, red, pink and purple are all common colors... these are fun right? Yes it is true they are fun but it is also true that they are impractical can can ruin your drawing. When erasing with these unless you've found a very good brand they will leave leftover residue from erasing... often the colorful kind... yes, you guessed right, once this is done it cannot be erased by anything else it's already stained the paper.

Common Pink Erasers VS White Erasers
Common pink eraser are a major step up from the end of the pencil eraser most of us use and are the second most common used choice. While these erasers are better they still are not great. Pink erasers still risk smudging, smearing, coloring and damaging the paper in these and other ways... especially if you end up buying a cheap pink eraser.

White erasers are better then pink erasers but sill can smudge even with mid quality. Smudging and staining can still occur with these erasers but at least the risk of coloring is gone. White erasers are the second most recommended erasers for artistic use today... the first being  puddy erasers which I will speak of next. White erasers are something I've used for years and always served me well and to this day I would go back to them although I do not prefer them anymore because of the occasional smudging and staining that can still happen.

And so the previous leads us to puddy erasers, puddy erasers are nice, I really do like them although being in a small town myself right now I have found them hard to find so I am guessing this is a draw back to people in small towns without art stores as I don't believe Wal-Mart or Target carries them. However even if your still in a small town they are easily found online in places like amazon and online art stores. Puddy erasers are fun because you can shape then and size then to the form you need which leads to more accurate erasing. ;) Another thing I never liked about these is the fact you had to knead them... while it's fun as a larger person if you are buying for a younger one this can be difficult. I remember getting very frustrated with these puddy erasers because they took so much hand strength to use and and form... it was very difficult. Kneading the puddy eraser together wraps and traps the left over lead on the eraser making them last for longer then some erasers... and this is a great aspect to these. When a puddy eraser is too used, to full it will start to smudge as with any eraser so far.

Moving on to Art Gum erasers, this is my favorite kind of eraser to use nowadays. I find then perfect for  the majority of my erasing needs. An Art Gum Eraser doesn't smudge nearly as much as other erasers... I have never seen them stain even after smudging... and they can erase deeper and darker pencil lines then other normal erasers. I love mine because of these qualities. However if it has it's draw backs that include things such as the art gum eraser has about twice as much eraser shavings as other erasers resulting in them needing to be replaced more often... (mine still last me a year or longer.) Along with more pencil shavings you have to make sure you gently brush the shavings off your paper, blow them off or brush them off but since it is such a good eraser the shavings will erase just as easily as the eraser it's self.

Here's What I Recommend
My personal preference is to have an Art Gum eraser for major erasing, and a puddy eraser for smaller portions... I also always keep a back up, and basic white eraser handy. I find this to be the best combination that I've found but that is considered and chosen for my drawing style and how often I need to erase and what I need to erase meaning that this is different for everyone, so find a combination that's works for you and enjoy!

How To Draw Horse Bodies In Full

Learning how to draw horses is a subject that is very popular, but what a lot of people don't realize is that is a very hard thing to learn and a skill that doesn't come easy. horses are very complex animals and a lot can be messed up when drawing them... it takes a lot of practice and hard work. So if this is something that you want to learn then you will want to stick around with this blog over the next few days as I will be posting a lot of videos on how to draw horses that I think will be helpful to you at home wanting to learn this.

I took months to learn how to draw horses and mine wasn't even that good at that point so don't expect to get it right on the first try or the second or third.. just keep going, keep trying, keep practicing.. I know, I sound repetitive, but it's the truth! The secret to success is to keep going, and keep trying!

Here's the first of many to come, how to draw horses..

How To Draw A Cartoon Cat: Draw Sleeping Cats

Here is a video I found on how to draw cartoon cats while they are sleeping, I thought hey, why not!
I'd love to find some more videos on drawing cats, maybe some more with a better quality, but for now we will start with this one! ;) Cats are one of my favorite animals, and just think one of the most famous and known cartoon cats is Garfield... how cool right? Learn how to draw cartoon cats and put one in your latest project, or even start a project based around them, who knows.. you could be drawing the next Garfield!

In any case, remember, learning how to draw cartoon cats, or anything else takes practice so keep trying and click by again soon for more resources to help you out along your way!

How To Draw Cartoon Frogs

Frogs! Frogs are classic characters in made up stories and in cartooning! No, not just for background noise or sitting on a lilly pad, frogs can do sooo much more! Tap dancing frogs, singing frogs, princes that are turned into frogs only unlocked with a kiss from a princess.. You get my point, frogs are pretty famous if you think about it.. I mean just look at Kermit. ^^ Learning how to draw cartoon frogs just seems like a must knowing this! I love frogs, I have since I was little, so this post is pretty exciting for me, some people call them gross but I think they are so cute.. and well in cartoon version, they always are cute! That's the point.

If you want to learn how to draw cartoon frogs then stick around ! Here is one video I have found and I will be back will more real soon. ;)

How To Draw Cartoon Penguins

Penguins, one of the famous Christmas animals... but they are great for anytime of year! My little brother loves penguins.. he says "they are so much fun sissy! You should find a video on how to draw penguins!" So upon his request, a video on how to draw cartoon penguins! Personally I think penguins are awesome, but they are even better when they are in cartoon version!

Check out this awesome video on how to draw cartoon penguins!

How To Draw A Cartoon Trench Coat

When learning how to draw cartoon characters you also want to learn how to draw their clothing! I mean no one wants to see a bunch of cartoon characters with... well, no clothing!! This video is to show you how to draw a cartoon trench coat. Enjoy!

How To Draw Manga: Jermain's Face

This was a neat video I found on how to draw a manga character called Jermain. Check it out, even if you don't know the character watching how different people draw in their own ways can really help improving your own personal art styles as you incorporate part of their talent into your own.

How To Draw Kids: Draw A Kid's Head

One of the most interesting subjects to draw are kids, a lot of people wants to learn different ways on how to draw kids. This way in this video happens to be cartooning. So if your interests take you to learning how to draw kids in cartoon type of art style then I suggest taking a look at this video.

This video was done on ho to draw a kids face on a computer, however if your clever you can follow the same structural steps with a pencil on paper if that is your preferred method of working. If you are wanting to work with a computer just follow along with the way that it is! Have fun!

How To Draw Cartoon Dogs

Dogs are lots of fun in real life and in cartoons Cartoon dogs are a lot of fun to draw because they are such wacky and playful characters, my favorite part is drawing their tong they seem to always have it out! Cartoon dogs are really cute, but thos doesn't make them any eaier to draw. If you want to learn how to draw cartoon dogs then this video is for you. I saw this video and found it awesome, I hope you will too!

Ok lets's get started learning how to draw cartoon dogs! Remember to keep trying and practicing.. and look out for more videos on how to draw cartoon dogs, puppy's and more animals too!

How To Draw A Rose And Stem

Ok, so you can draw a rose flower but you don't know how to draw the rose flower and the rose stem. So how do you draw a rose as a whole? Check out this video! If you want to learn how to draw roses further look out for more videos on drawing roses and also check out the other videos on drawing roses we already have here!!

How To Draw Male Manga Eyes

As promised here is the video by the manga artist, Mark Crilley on how to draw male manga eyes. Male manga eyes can be a bit more difficult for some people, simple because they are not as flashy, and have big lashes and bold, dark lines. They are simple... and manly without being to rough. It can be hard to master but with practice anyone can do it! Just keep drawing and practicing!

Here is the video on how to draw easy male manga eyes, enjoy!

How To Draw Female Manga Eyes

Manga is a type of drawings that has really become quite popular for people of all ages recently, here is a how to draw manga video by an artist named Mark Crilley. He has several published projects manga and writing and also is a brilliant teacher for drawing manga. If you want to know how to draw easy manga eyes then this is for you!

Here Mark shows how to draw manga eyes in 4 different ways, they are all female examples, stay tuned for a how to draw male manga eyes video later on! In the mean time enjoy this easy how to draw manga eyes video and get in some practice for this!

How To Draw Cartoon Halloween Cards

With Halloween coming up learning how to draw cartoons in a Halloween theme is a new topic that has a lot of push, maybe you'd like to learn how to draw Halloween cards this year.. if this sounds like a neat idea to you take a look at this awesome youtube video I have found for you today!

How to Drawings Are Limited, What About Using Reference?!

A lot of people search the net every day for how to drawings, they hope that by finding them and following them they can learn how to draw better. While how to drawings are helpful  they are not the only way to learn and they are not able to teach you everything. Another way to learn how to draw anything is to use reference.

What is reference?

Reference is using objects, scenes and most commonly used, pictures to better recreate that object, or scene. The best way to find easy reference is to use a easy tool called Google Images, put in your search terms and find several pictures you can study and or print out to use as reference for your art. While how to drawings are awesome, they are also limited... try using reference instead!

How To Draw Horse Videos: Painting A Horse

Drawing horses seems to be a topic that everyone is loving lately so in reaction to this I am finding and putting up some more how to draw horse videos and blog posts. I hope that you all will find them helpful and fun!

This videos is one I found of a guy who is painting a horse from the back, It's not really a "how To" videos but really neat to watch, you also can take his technique and try it out for yourself or change it to make it your own!

How To Draw A Dragon

Here's another How To: Dragon Drawing. Dragons are really cool subjects to draw, they are the tops creatures of the fantasy world. Dragons  are fun to draw and great to have in stories, comics, and just in plain illustration drawing. The classic Princess in a tower guarded by a dragon is the most common role for a dragon that I can think of.

So whether learning how to draw dragons is just for fun, for a project and an task to do I think this helpful video should help you out in your journey! Remember that drawing isn't always easy, and you don't get good over night. It takes lots of practice and work.. so keep trying and never give up!