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In the Zone: Becoming One With Your Pencil

Imagine yourself playing your favorite sport. Forgetting all limitations, you perform flawlessly and are unstoppable as you tally up point after point. You're in a state of mind where time is suspended...

Seeing Like an Artist: Edges and Space

Originally posted 10/08: Do you ever get frustrated when you're trying to draw something you're looking at, and just can't get the shapes to look right? Here's a lesson that's guaranteed to help you draw...

Setting Up Your Art Studio

Originally posted 1/07 Your art studio is a special place for drawing and painting. It can be a small area in the corner of your bedroom or it can be a large room with a drawing table, computer, and art materials....

Sketchbook: Animal Instinct

Originally posted 1/09: Animal sketching can be a fun challenge. The fun is in quickly capturing a likeness of your subject, and the challenge is in accomplishing your sketch with a minimal amount of lines,...
Hot Tip: Getting Sideways With Your Pencil
The very first thing SI students learn is how to hold the pencil on its side while drawing basic lines and shapes. The overhand...
In the Zone: Becoming One With Your Pencil
Imagine yourself playing your favorite sport. Forgetting all limitations, you perform flawlessly and are unstoppable as you tally...



3 Ways Drawing Can Help You in School
Originally posted 10/08: Years ago, when I was in elementary and middle school, other kids sometimes called me "weird"...
Seeing Like an Artist: Edges and Space
Originally posted 10/08: Do you ever get frustrated when you're trying to draw something you're looking at, and just can't...



Setting Up Your Art Studio
Originally posted 1/07 Your art studio is a special place for drawing and painting. It can be a small area in the corner...
The Elements of Art and Alexandra Nechita
Originally posted 5/05: A Young Artist Grows Up Alexandra Nechita has been a famous artist since she was 8 years old....



Sketchbook: Animal Instinct
Originally posted 1/09: Animal sketching can be a fun challenge. The fun is in quickly capturing a likeness of your subject,...