What's so special about watercolor paints? Why are artist watercolors by far the most popular medium? Find your answers with this tutorial and learn more about it!


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Using a few, well chosen pastel accessories with your pastels can greatly enhance the quality of your work. Regardless of whether you use soft and hard chalk pastels or pastel pencils, these items can all be used successfully to expand the creative possibilities. We'll look here at some of the items available and what their uses are.


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Choosing the right pastel paper to use with your pastels can be confusing. Find out what to look for in color, texture and quality that will make make your pastel drawings sing with atmosphere!


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Cats are one of the most popular pets throughout the world. And learning how to draw a cat is an equally popular subject with aspiring artists. They (the cats) adopt so many different (and at times quite comical) poses that they're a constant source of inspiration for people looking to learn how to draw. This tutorial sets you on the way with a simple way of learning how to draw a cat that shows you the main proportions and how to achieve that silky feline 'flow' associated with the way cats move - or just as often lounge around...


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Using oil pastels provides a dust-free way of drawing and painting with vibrant colors on a wide variety of surfaces. They can be used on their own or with other media. Let's learn more about them, shall we?


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Learning how to draw horses is a skill that most budding artists think they'll never master, at first. It's the flow and grace of a horse on the move that makes it such an appealing subject to draw or paint.


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Learning how to draw a butterfly has been popular for centuries. The delicate form and gentle fluttering flight represents delicacy, harmony and beauty in so many different cultures.


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Learning how to draw a car can be confusing for the newcomer. Actually it's not difficult to achieve if you're shown what to do.


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Learning how to draw a bear needn't be difficult. There are many species to choose from around the world, generally either large or very large. When young they have all the endearing qualities of a family pet - soft, playful cuddly and furry...


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Using reference photos as a basis for your pictures is great way to provide yourself with a good source of raw material - as long as you use them correctly! Many of the great artists in the past - and currently - such as Paul Degas, Vincent Van Gogh, Toulouse Lautrec and David Hockney regularly used or use photos for reference, so you're in good company.


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