General Guides about Drawing and Painting
General guides for drawing and painting
How to make a hand with fingers that bend
This beginner’s guide will show you how to make a cardboard and paper mache hand with fingers that bend. It is an easy introduction to sculpting and observing shapes
How to make a drawing or composition grid.
A drawing grid is a good aid for realistic drawing. It is used to find the area included in the picture and correct proportions of the objects. This guide will show you how to make a drawing grid from materials you have at home.
How to make a color wheel collage
Kids and adults love to rip, cut and glue paper. This guide will show you how to turn junk mail, old magazines and other paper scraps into a pretty collage of a color wheel. It is a good way to teach children about primary and secondary colors or just to have fun making a nice work of art.
How to make a patchwork design with toilet paper rolls
This guide will show you how to cut and fold toilet paper rolls to create artwork with a patchwork design.
How to draw a shamrock
This guide will show you how to draw a shamrock and make a template to use for Saint Patrick’s Day crafts projects
How to make a puzzle using Inkscape
Make a unique puzzle from a photo or your art work using squares and ovals in Inkscape.
How to make a flipbook with Inkscape
This guide will show you how use Inkscape to create a template for each page of your flipbook and then use it for creating animations with Inkscape or printed out for hand drawing .
How to make a Piet Mondrian style picture with Inkscape
This is a very easy way to create Mondrian style pictures with Inkscape
How to make a Frank Stella protractor type picture with Inkscape
This guide will show you how to divide a circle evenly into concentric circles with the interpolate extension and create a frame in the shape of a protractor.