by Lachri | May 24, 2017 | Art tips, Graphite, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Learn how well graphite powder works in combination with graphite pencils in this cockatiel drawing tutorial! I’m sharing tips and techniques that you can apply to drawing realistic feathers in your own artwork! Get the free reference photo at...
by Lachri | Dec 13, 2016 | Art product review, Graphite, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Derwent recently improved their graphite pencil line! They sent me a set of their new pencils to test out for you guys. I’m sharing my experience and a demonstration on this flamingo drawing with you in this week’s video! If you would like to draw this...
by Lachri | Nov 8, 2016 | Art product review, Art tips, Graphite
This week I’m reviewing the Mars Steadtler Lumograph graphite pencils and demonstrating a tamarin monkey using these pencils. My set is the older one that came with the 7B and 8B that have carbon mixed in. Now you will need to purchase the “Mars...
by Lachri | Jun 28, 2016 | Art tips, Graphite, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
This week I’m showing you how to shade and draw details in a hand to make it more realistic. It doesn’t matter how great your outline is if you don’t shade it right, so that is what we’re looking at here. Many of the tips I have for you will...
by Lachri | Jun 7, 2016 | Art tips, Graphite, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Today I’m going to walk you through some tips on drawing realistic hair. I’m using graphite for this demonstration, but this really will apply to any medium. The real time, hour long version of this tutorial is available for supporters on Patreon to watch...
by Lachri | Mar 21, 2016 | Art product review, Art tips, Graphite
Normally when I review a product I either love it or hate it. That wasn’t the case with these graphite pencils from Caran d’Ache. There were some things I did love, and some things that I just felt “meh” about. The Good (or amazing in this...
