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You also get to see how the finished piece comes together with many advanced workflows for Photoshop users. But you will learn a bunch of little techniques if you watch closely or even follow along on your own with a second monitor. Full creature tutorials are the best. You get to learn from scratch how to create a monster and how to design the entire concept start to finish.

So this is technically a tutorial but you might enjoy just watching at first. Try to soak in everything this artist is doing, then go back and follow along. Watch how he chooses colors, adjusts the composition, and even adjusts the focus on the view in this on-the-fly painting. With a few different monochromatic creatures and a creative spirit throughout each stroke, this video will help you plan your design phase and teach you how to paint creatures with a purpose.

Well check out this SAI tutorial to see how a professional artist learns to shade their digital artwork. The artist talks about placement, shading, coloring, highlighting, and lots more while demonstrating on several different pairs of lips at different angles. It all starts with placement which can be just as important as rendering the actual eyes!

Eyes are a super important feature that can make or break a portrait, so they deserve a tutorial of their own. But this video is a great place to get into the details without wasting too much time. Check it out and follow along to quickly paint a realistic eye that sparkles with life. This is a deep dive into painting the iris of an eye. It follows on top of the previous video with a little more detail. This is all part of painting with realism and drawing ideas from life.

A very important practice to follow even in digital art. How about a professional artist painting a concept on YouTube? This artist starts by creating a messy sketch, then traces it with solid dark lines and adds some basic colors.

The end result is very cartoony and perfect for a new comic strip. Plus with only 12 minutes in length almost anyone should be able to keep up and follow along. This is a start-to-finish narrated demo of creating a digital painting of a World of Warcraft character. This video follows that same style very well. Watch closely to learn more about sketching your initial concept in Photoshop, coloring, shading, and rendering details to create a concept art masterpiece.

It also uses some very dramatic lighting which ultimately comes down to artistic choice, but gives you a lot to work with. Everyone who wants to paint digitally eventually finds speed painters on YouTube.

Very improvisational and very fun. And with this video you learn how to use layers to color quickly and add freehand color details with brushes. Watch this artist paint a monochromatic portrait using lights and darks of Bernie Sanders in a very realistic fashion. The artist pays very close attention to value and blending to create a realistic portrait, all digitally in Corel Painter.

The Art of Figure Drawing. A classical drawing book on figure drawing. Beginning with the bodies proportions to explain line work. As usual for books of this time, one can find some forgotten knowledge.

Drawing for Art Students and Illustrators. This book describes in detail the application of drawing, in particular proportion, type forms, construction, tonal value, figure and anatomy study. It is as typical for books from this time written in details and contains some beautiful illustrations.

Handbook of Foliage and Foreground Drawing. A comprehensive book of different trees and its foliage. Each demonstration contains a full view of each tree and detailed foliage examples in different styles, all adjunct with detailed descriptions. Drawings of Alfred Stevens. Beautiful figure drawings by Alfred Steven who has a keen eye for couture line work with detailed descriptions to the work presented.

The Eye of the Painter. One of the most inspiring books on painting. It is a very easy to read, and has some moments that you won't find in other artist's books.

The Human Figure. This classic book from a master teacher offers clear, detailed instruction on drawing the human figure. More than pencil and charcoal illustrations depict eyes, arms, feet, and other fundamentals. The Book of A Hundred Hands. The legendary Art Students League of New York teacher offers fine drawings and in-depth instruction, to drawing virtually every aspect and posture of the human hand.

He covers it all: the back of the hand and palm, nails, bones, tendons, muscles, the arch, veins, and more. Free-Hand Drawing. The Young Artist Assistant. Elements of the fine arts, containing the principles of drawing, painting in general, crayon painting, oil painting, portrait painting, miniature painting, designing, colouring and engraving,.

The Colour of Art. Art Colour theory and its components. Art Education for High School. A comprehensive text book on art education for high schools, treating pictorial, decorative, and constructive art, historic ornament and art.

Painter's Cyclopedia. Valuable info on subjects: adulteration and blistering of paint, brushes, calcimining, carriage and china painting, colors, color harmony, color mixing, color testing, exterior painting, gilding, graining, house painting, marbling, mildew, oils and driers etc.

The Art of Caricature. Nothing distinguishes civilized from uncivilized man with as much emphasis as humor, and the various stages of civilization are marked by the character and amount of humor of each epoch.

A Practical Handbook of Drawing. A book for the Illustrator and Artist on methods of reproduction and drawing.

The Augsburg Drawing Book 1. Allround book on the basics of drawing with a number of good illustrations. Book 1. The Augsburg Drawing Book 2. Book 2. This book is available in Djvu format only. The Art of Illustration II. There was almost a revolution in illustration at the present time, and both old and young, teachers and scholars were in want of a handbook for reference when turning to the newer methods.

Another one of Lutz's drawing books for the art student. The Art of Drawing in Lead Pencil. Classical instructional art book with beautiful pencil illustrations. Trees and Tree Drawing. Wonderful classical instructional art teaching on trees with enlightening text and delightful illustrations.

The Sketcher's Manual. Whole art of picture making reduced to the simplest principles: by which amateurs may instruct themselves without the aid of a master. A comprehensive guide to the knowledge of the human body by dissection. The Artistic Anatomy of the Horse. The title very vwell describing its content with its comprehensive content on the anatomy of the horse, with a number of fine illustrations.

A Handbook of Anatomy for Art Students. Another great classic on the anatomy of the human body with detailed explanations and a number of illustrations. Duval's Artistic Anatomy. An epitome of a course of lectures delivered at the Ecole des beaux-arts "First edition, September, Anatomy for Artists. An invaluable source of anatomy for teachers and students alike, including a number of diagrams. A Manual for Artistic Anatomy. For the use of sculptors, painters, and amateurs.

Artistic Anatomy for Animals. Useful anatomy book about the structure and detailed description of animals, from horses to monkeys with elaborate illustrations. Anatomical Auxiliary momentarily not available. A key for the study of the artistic anatomy of the human figure.

The value of anatomy on the part of an Artist must not be underrated, for a sound knowledge of the same this book is a most useful aid. Art Trader Magazine Vol. Revolutionary Art Vol. Absolutely up-to-date magazine of our time.

Revolutionary Art International Magazine is a FREE publication delivered in pdf format as a collective sample of graphic arts, videos, music, modeling, and world trends. This publication is really only for school teachers or childrens art tutors, who love to see one of the earlier versions of an typical "step by step how to" drawing book for children. It is more cute than anything, This book is aimed at children wishing to learn to draw. Hints for Pupils in Drawing and Painting. This is a nice little text book for people wishing to learnt the art of drawing and painting.

It is relatively easy to read when compared to other books of this time and it is not too long either. Well worth reading if waiting for the bus or other short time slots we might get. A neat little catalogue of materials from ca. Not an instructional book, but interesting as to what has changed since then. It contains some nice illustrations of the materials. First Principles of Symmetrical Beauty. Nature of the science of aesthetics explained; Plane figures the bases of all forms; The isosceles triangle; Universal application of the composite ellipse in the arts of ornamental design; and more.

Costume Design and Illustration. Designers and illustrators alike should have a knowledge and appreciation of the human form, and know what lines are important to emphasize or conceal. Drawing from the nude is of great advantage to gain this valuable training. Art Recreations. Art recreations is a complete guide to pencil drawing, oil painting, moss work, papier mache, wax work, shell work, enamel painting and more with valuable insides for preparing materials.

Beautifully illustrated. The Art of Miniature Painting. Instructional book on how to paint Miniatures. The books is loaded with illustrations. Principles of Light and Colour. There is just something about old books. Here another example of a very thorough description of light theory, colour theory, chromotherapy and fringe science. It is for people who do have still time to read and for a book published in it contains quite a reasonable amount of images.

How To Draw People. Short but effective e-book with step by step demonstrations on mapping, measuring and gridding the human form. If you find a free source for any art related e-books, please e-mail us We have created this listing out of passion for our art students and other creatives and offer this listing freely, please share your knowledge too, for the expansion of this wonderful resource. If you are aware of a free source for any art related e-books, which are public domain or are otherwise allowed to be used, please e-mail us.

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