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# Love life drawing

https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/

## Posts

- [How to Draw Backs](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-backs/)
- [The Figure Drawing Roadmap - all the skills, in order, part 1](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/roadmap1/) - The life drawing skills you need and what order to learn them in, including anatomy, gesture and simplifying values.
- [How to Draw Any Pose from IMAGINATION](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-any-pose-from-imagination/) - An introduction to how to draw figures from imagination, without references
- [Edges and Markmaking: The Skill that Makes Your Drawings Look Good](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/edges-and-markmaking-the-skill-that-makes-your-drawings-look-good/) - The ultimate guide to how edges and markmaking can improving your figure drawings and overall designs.
- [Figure drawing will make sense after this article](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/figure-drawing-will-make-sense-after-this-article/) - How do all the skills of life drawing actually fit together? A practical walkthough of how to skills like anatomy, gesture and value in your figure drawings
- [Train Your Brain: Powerful Gesture Drawing Exercise](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/memory-drawing-exercise/) - We've teamed up with Simon Luty to share some powerful exercises to help improve your figure drawings
- [The Truth About Art Motivation](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-truth-about-art-motivation/) - The 3 ingredients you need to get through the struggle of art block
- [You've been avoiding something. What is it](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/stopavoiding/) - Tips on how to tackle that one difficult drawing skill that you know you've been avoiding!
- [The most important colour to make your art BEAUTIFUL](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-most-important-colour-to-make-your-art-beautiful/) - To make colours sing, you need a lot of grey! This article explains why.
- [5 details to always leave out & 5 to include instead](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/filteringdetails/) - What you include and what you leave out is one of the biggest determinants of how your drawing will go.
- [Simplifying References First = Better Practice](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/simplifying-references-first-better-practice/) - How to create skill specific life drawing exercises for yourself by modifying references.
- [Top 5 Proportion Mistakes in Figure Drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/top-5-proportion-mistakes-in-figure-drawing/) - How to fix common proportion mistakes for life drawing beginners
- [Top 5 Gesture Mistakes](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/top-5-gesture-mistakes/) - Five ways to make your gesture drawings more dynamic and visually interesting.
- [12 Ways CONFIDENCE will transform your artwork](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/12-ways-confidence-will-transform-your-artwork/) - Top tips on how to become more confident with life drawing even if you aren't yet a master
- [How to Improve Massively At Drawing Across 12 Months](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-improve-massively-at-drawing-across-12-months/) - How to design a 12-month plan aimed at levelling up your drawing skills.
- [The basic skill that fixes 90% of gesture problems | The 3 Levels of Gesture Drawing pt 1](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/gesturedrawinglevel1/) - The three main types of angles that can take your gesture drawings of the figure to the next level
- [The Secret of Gestural “Flowing” Curves | The 3 Levels of Gesture pt2](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/gesturedrawinglevel2/) - In this aricle, we explore how to flow and rhythm in our gesture drawings
- [The Wow Factor - The Power of Rhythms in Figure Drawing | The 3 Levels of Gesture pt3](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/gesturedrawinglevel3/) - The ultimate guide to how we can use principles of rhythm to inform our life drawings
- [We Tested 7 Pencils for Life Drawing - Big Difference!](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/we-tested-7-pencils-for-life-drawing-big-difference/) - In this article we review a series of pencils specifically for life drawing: we'll share which is our current favourite and which to avoid
- [4 Simple Tweaks to Transform Beginner Drawings](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/4-simple-tweaks-to-transform-beginner-drawings/) - Learn the four simple tweaks can take your beginner drawings to the next level.
- [The Secret to Practising Your Art CONSISTENTLY](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-secret-to-practising-your-art-consistently/) - Unlock the key skills that can transform how you approach consistent artwork practice
- [The Fresh Eyes Challenge - These 10 Shapes Unlock All of Figure Drawing - How?](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-fresh-eyes-challenge-these-10-shapes-unlock-all-of-figure-drawing-how/) - Learn how simplifying the major forms of the figure can transform your life drawings
- [Learn Everything About Drawing in 10 minutes](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/learn-everything-about-drawing/) - Then ten major skills you need to learn to be able to draw well.
- [How to achieve BALANCE in your figure drawings - 3 easy steps](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-achieve-balance-in-your-figure-drawings-3-easy-steps/) - These three steps will help you to find the line of gravity in your figure drawings, an often overlooked but important skill
- [7 tools to give WEIGHT to your figures](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/7-tools-to-give-weight-to-your-figures/) - These seven fundamental elements will help you to achieve a sense of weight and balance in your figure drawings
- [Popular but BAD drawing advice - top 3](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/popular-but-bad-drawing-advice-top-3/) - Learning how to draw? Lets look at what advice to avoid and what to look for in the tutorials, advice and teaching that we use.
- [The 10 Stages of Learning Any Art Skill](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-10-stages-of-learning-any-art-skill/) - I've always had to gone through ups and downs, doubt, hope, frustration whenever I learn a new art skill - do you also have a sequence like this?
- [Popular but bad SHADING advice](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/popular-but-bad-shading-advice/) - Let's demistify some of the common misconceptions about shading and instead refocus on the fundamentals of drawing light and dark
- [Rewire your brain to master art - Four Steps](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/rewire-your-brain-to-master-art-four-steps/) - Learning how to simplify values is one of the most important aspect of drawing. This article will introduce four simple steps to master this essential skill.
- [How to learn anatomy - 5 DOs and DON'Ts](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-learn-anatomy-five-dos-and-donts/) - In this article you'll learn an effective way to learn anatomy for figure drawing - once I figured out this appoach, the whole thing came to life for me.
- [How to Draw Arms - Beginner to Pro](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-arms-beginner-to-pro/) - Learning to draw arms can feel overwhelming! Discover the key stages of how to draw arms, from total novice to expert
- [4 Easy Steps To Finally Conquer Foreshortening](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/4-easy-steps-to-finally-conquer-foreshortening/) - Struggling with foreshortening in your figure drawings? This article will break down the 4 key steps to take your drawings to the next level
- [The MOST useful anatomy idea is also super simple](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-most-useful-anatomy-idea-is-also-super-simple/) - Learning to draw anatomy can feel really complicated! But with this article, you'll learn how simplifying the ribcage can unlock your understanding of the figure
- [How to Draw Shoulders in Three Easy Steps](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-shoulders-in-three-easy-steps/) - This article breaks down three simple shapes to look out for when you are drawing the shoulders
- [The 11 Steps to Great Gesture Drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-11-steps-to-great-gesture-drawing/) - There are 11 steps to achieving great gesture drawings. This article takes you through each one, and makes the whole process much clearer.
- [Let's Make Pelvis Anatomy 10x Easier](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/pelvis-anatomy-for-drawing/) - We are going to bypass all the complexity of pelvis anatomy and instead focus on key ideas that will give us the most effective figure drawings
- [Avoid the 3 major mistakes I made learning to draw](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/avoid-the-3-major-mistakes-i-made-learning-to-draw/) - This article is about the three major mindset problems that really slowed me down as a life drawing beginner
- [9 Quick Wins to Learn Drawing Faster](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/9-quick-wins-to-learn-drawing-faster/) - Some quick and easy things we can do to make the whole process of learning to draw faster and more fun, from angling your drawing surface to adjusting your mindset
- [The Bread Slice Technique for Drawing Hands](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-bread-slice-technique-for-drawing-hands/) - The ultimate guide to drawing hands
- [3 Foreshortening techniques + 2 bonus tips](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/3-foreshortening-techniques-2-bonus-tips/)
- [If you're teaching yourself to draw with online tutorials...](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/if-youre-teaching-yourself-to-draw-with-online-tutorials/)
- [A simple method to achieving light, mid-tone and dark in the drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/a-simple-method-to-achieving-light-mid-tone-and-dark-in-the-drawing/)
- [How to Draw Like Raphael - Gestural Figure Drawing & Powerful Lines](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-like-raphael-gestural-figure-drawing-powerful-lines/)
- [5 Big Tips on Drawing Abs & Mid-Sections](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/5-big-tips-on-drawing-abs-mid-sections/)
- [Gestures & Quick Drawings - Strategy & Thought Processes](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/gestures-quick-drawings-strategy-thought-processes/)
- [Seeing Light. Artist’s eye training while out and about](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/seeing-light-eye-training-while-out-and-about/)
- [Artist eye training: Highlights & Reflections](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/artist-eye-training-highlights-reflections/)
- [5 Steps to Simplify Values, demonstrated by drawing complex hair](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-simplify-values/) - Frank Gambino shares tips on how to simplify complex values into something drawable
- [How to introduce colour to your life drawings](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-introduce-colour-to-your-life-drawings/) - Colour can add so much to a drawing, and hopefully this article will demonstrate that introducing colour is very do-able.
- [Colourful hatching with pastel - learning from a master (article + video)](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/pastel-hatching-learn-from-degas/) - Learn from Degas' approach to layering colours with pastel hatching and apply the techniques to a beautiful portrait drawing
- [Foreshortening cross contour exercise](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/foreshortening/)
- [Powerful exercises in foreshortening](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/powerful-exercises-in-foreshortening/)
- [Foreshortening Tutorial - How to Draw Foreshortened Figures](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/foreshortening-tutorial-how-to-draw-foreshortened-figures/)
- [1 Introduction to the course](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/1/) - This article introduces you to the online course, covering the foundation skills of life drawing
- [If you can draw armpits, you can draw figures](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/if-you-can-draw-armpits-you-can-draw-figures/)
- [The Most Overlooked Life Drawing Topic - FAT](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-fat/)
- [Beginner Gesture Drawing 3 - Keeping Longer Poses Dynamic](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/beginner-gesture-drawing-3-keeping-longer-poses-dynamic/) - We explain how to keep that dynamic and vibrant look in your longer figure drawings
- [Beginner Gesture Drawing 2 - Powerful Exercises to Draw Expressively](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/beginner-gesture-drawing-2-powerful-exercises-to-draw-expressively/) - In this tutorial, we go over a set of powerful exercises to help you get better at gesture drawing
- [Beginner Gesture Drawing 1 - Seeing and Respecting Movement](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/beginner-gesture-drawing-1-seeing-and-respecting-movement/) - In this tutorial, we help beginners start to see gesture & movement in the figure, and get into the mindset to capture it on paper
- [Choosing A Pencil for Life Drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/choosing-a-pencil-for-life-drawing/) - Our top pencil recommentations, plus important skills for using your pencil: sharpening, grip and arm movements.
- [Day 22: 1 minute poses. What you should achieve in 60 seconds](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/1-minute-poses-what-you-should-achieve-in-60-seconds/)
- [6 Skills for Intermediate Level Artists - The Roadmap part 2](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/roadmap2/) - The life drawing skills you need and what order you will need to learn them in, including line quality, colour and light
- [Top 5 figure drawing progression tips with Simon Luty](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/top-5-figure-drawing-progression-tips-with-simon-luty/) - Simon Luty shares his top five tips for learning to draw the figure
- [Day 2: Angles & the Story of the Pose](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/angles-the-story-of-the-pose/)
- [The 5 stages of learning to draw people - Roadmap from beginner to expert](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-5-stages-of-learning-to-draw-people-roadmap-from-beginner-to-expert/)
- [Equipment and Materials](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/equipmentandmaterial/) - A rundown from an experienced life drawer of what materials and equipment to bring to life drawing class, including tips on the best brands for pencils etc
- [What is life drawing?](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/what-is-life-drawing/) - This article covers the most fundamental question - what is life drawing? What is special about it? Does the subject have to be nude? And many more answers
- [Day 1: Intro and Mindset](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/figuary-day-1-intro-and-mindset/)
- [Learning from Egon Schiele - How to Develop your own Style](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/learning-from-egon-schiele-how-to-develop-your-own-style/)
- [Lesson 9 - fleshing out the figure](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/fleshing-out-the-figure/) - Once we have built the underlying structure, we need to flesh out the figure drawing
- [Lesson 6 - Putting it together](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/putting-together-the-construction/) - Learn how to put the structure and the ribcage and pelvic area mass together
- [Lesson 7 - Measurements (angles, alignments, lengths and distances)](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/measurements/) - How to use measurements of angles, alignments and lengths to improve the proportions of your figure drawings
- [Lesson 5 - Adding mass with ribcages](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/ribcage/) - Become familiar with a shape you'll see in almost all poses - the ribcage
- [Lesson 4 - Starting Construction](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/starting-construction/) - Learn how to establish a structure based on visible landmarks as the foundation of your figure drawing
- [Lesson 3 - Training your eyes, arm and mind](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/training-your-eyes-arm-and-mind/) - Learn about how your life drawing skills develop - in your eye and arm, and how your mind needs to be tamed
- [Lesson 2 - Lines of movement and the newspaper exercise](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/lines-of-movement-and-the-newspaper-exercise/) - Learn the expressive and dynamic lines that capture the essence of any pose
- [Lesson 1 - Introduction](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/introduction-to-the-course/) - This lesson covers the learning process for figure drawing and introduces our free online beginner course
- [Getting a likeness when drawing faces](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/getting-a-likeness-when-drawing-faces/) - Achieving a likeness in a portrait is not easy, but these tips plus a lot of practice will help you a lot
- [Drawing faces - 3/4 angles](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/drawing-faces/) - We go through a demonstration of drawing a face from a 3/4 front angle with useful tips
- [Shoulders made simple - easy anatomy for drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/shoulders/)
- [Hatching - how to use parallel, contour and crosshatching for life drawing + exercises (video)](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/hatching/) - We explain how artists use each type of hatching, and then 3 exercises to help you improve your hatching technique
- [The Importance of Practising Quick Drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-importance-of-practising-quick-drawing/) - Practising with quick drawings help bring life to your style. Here we hear from the pros about why it's crucial to do quick sketches sometimes.
- [What you need to know for your first life drawing class](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/yourfirstclass/) - So you've decided to try a figure drawing class but aren't sure what to prepare or expect. This page gives you all the key info.
- [Student blog part 1](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/diary-of-a-student-life-drawer-1/) - This is the first of the Diary of a Student Life Drawer series, where a novice charts his progress trying out the advice of the figure drawing pros
- [Student blog part 2: drawing bigger and going charcoal crazy](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/experiences-of-a-life-drawing-student-part-2-drawing-bigger-with-different-materials/) - This post is about implementing the advice to draw on bigger paper and use charcoal to achieve bolder and more expressive figure drawings
- [Student blog part 3 - drawing while stressed](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/experiences-of-a-life-drawing-student-part-3-drawing-while-stressed/) - In this third post in the series Experiences of a life drawing student, we look at the issue of drawing when you're stressed out and pre-occupied
- [How did you do that amazing painting?](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-did-you-do-that-amazing-painting/) - Mayko talks us through how she did one of her amazing oil paintings, which has incredible use of colour
- [Student blog part 4: learning from mistakes](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/experiences-of-a-life-drawing-student-part-4-learning-from-mistakes/) - A blog post from a student of life drawing about learning from mistakes
- [Some great drawings from ULU Art Society life drawing class](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/some-great-drawings-from-ulu-art-society-life-drawing-class/) - Here are some examples from an evening of life drawing at the ULU Art Society class - great pictures!
- [Student blog 5: different strokes](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/student-blog-5-different-strokes/) - Different things work for different people, and there's no 'correct' way to approach life drawing
- [Love Drawing Podcast 1 - All About Life Drawing with Mayko Fry](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-1-all-about-life-drawing-with-mayko-fry/) - This podcast interview with Mayko Fry is all about life drawing - how to learn from the old masters, why life drawing is useful to any artist, how to get better
- [Love Drawing Podcast 2 - Simon Tolhurst](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-2-simon-tolhurst/) - Simon Tolhurst talks about life drawing, teaching, tips for beginners, his own style in this podcast.
- [Student blog 6: failing - learning - improving](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/student-blog-6-improving-feels-good/) - Trying new things is challenging, but can help you improve rapidly. It's important to be happy to fail, to learn from it and then try more new things
- [Love Drawing Podcast 5 - Joe Simpson](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-5-joe-simpson/) - In this podcast, multi-talented artist Joe Simpson talks about how he improved, developed his style, his photorealistic celebrity portraits and his tour of America
- [Love Drawing Podcast 6: Pauline Bellamy](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-6-pauline-bellamy/) - This podcast is an interview with the lovely Pauline Bellamy, an artist and life drawing teacher in New Zealand
- [Life drawing for comics and cartoons - interview with Krishna Sadasivam](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/life-drawing-for-comics-and-cartoons-interview-with-krishna-sadasivam/)
- [Drawings from your fellow life drawing students](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/drawings-from-your-fellow-life-drawing-students/) - It's great to get inspired and learn from fellow students of figure drawing. Some great pictures from ULU Art Society
- [Love Drawing Podcast 8 - Simon Tolhurst on portraits](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-8-simon-tolhurst-on-portraits/) - This podcast is all about portrait drawing. Simon Tolhurst talks us through the process and provides tips on how to improve our drawing skills.
- [Proportions - introduction to measurement and alignment techniques](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/introduction-to-measurement-techniques-part-1/) - This article covers the basics of measurement when drawing figures - measure relative distances or angles on the model and transfer to your page
- [Lovedrawing Podcast 9 - Francis Bowyer](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/lovedrawing-podcast-9-francis-bowyer/) - Francis Bowyer is a highly accomplished artist and life drawing teacher. In this podcast we discuss how to get better at life drawing.
- [The anatomical approach to figure drawing: the basics can be enough](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-anatomical-approach-to-figure-drawing-the-basics-can-be-enough/) - The anatomical approach to life drawing can lead to good proportions but also can stifle a picture. Here are the essential basics that can enhance your drawings
- [Portraits: the ultimate challenge](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/portraits-the-ultimate-challenge/) - Drawing faces is hard! In this series we go through the approaches that have helped others learned to do it well. Thinking in geometric shapes, eyes, head, ears
- [Portraits: the ultimate challenge part II](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/portraits-the-ultimate-challenge-part-ii/) - This is part of our series on how to draw portraits. Draw what you see, rather than your brain's interpretation. Tips on drawing hair and mouth
- [Bonus video - portrait](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/drawing-technique-video-series-portrai/) - In this video we watch an artist drawing a portrait and there's commentary describing the techniques she uses
- [Drawings from your fellow students 4](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/drawingsfromfellowstudents4/) - Details of an upcoming life drawing workshop, plus some great drawings from figure drawing students in Paris and London
- ["Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working" - why the art of life drawing is more relevant than ever](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/inspiration-exists-but-it-has-to-find-us-working-why-the-art-of-life-drawing-is-more-relevant-than-ever/) - Technical ability has become less important to many in the world of art in recent decades. We argue why it remains of utmost importance for self-expression
- [2.4 Approaches to tone (with video)](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/2-4/) - This article and video guide shows you how to see light and dark and it put down on the page
- [Drawing big and using your whole arm - now with audio version!](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/drawing-big-and-using-your-whole-arm/) - One of the things that'll improve a beginners drawings more than anything - draw larger pictures and use your whole arm rather than just wrist and fingers
- [Don't let your brain get in the way](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/3-2/) - This article discusses how our pre-conceptions can get in the way of good drawings
- [3 methods of practising that will improve your figure drawings](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/6-1/) - We look at different ways to practise life drawing to accelerate the improvements of your skills
- [New Year's Resolution 2014: Draw Like You Want To](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/new-years-resolution-draw-like-you-want-to/) - New Years Resolution methods for keeping good drawing practice discipline in 2014
- [The Other Side of the Easel - Interview with a life drawing model](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-other-side-of-the-easel-interview-with-a-life-drawing-model/) - Learn what life drawing is like from the other side of the easel - an interview with life model Andrew Lamb
- [Creating an imagined scene from a life drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/creating-an-imagined-scene-from-a-life-drawing/) - This article describes one process for painting an imagined scene based on your life drawing
- [Featured interview with Mayko](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/featured-interview-with-mayko/)
- [Top five tips for a budding life drawing student](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/top-five-tips-for-a-budding-life-drawing-student/) - A professional life drawer gives us five tips to improve our figure drawings. This is fantastically useful info for a student of life drawing.
- [An exercise to help learn the muscles](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/4-7-learning-the-muscles/) - This article explains how to improve your understanding of muscles for life drawing
- [Making a fuss about paper](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/making-a-fuss-about-paper/)
- [Adventures with Acrylic](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/adventures-with-acrylic/)
- [How to draw what you see, not what you think you see](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-what-you-see/)
- [Why practise life drawing?](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/why-practise-life-drawing/) - Why bother trying a life drawing class? There are two main reasons given on this page.
- [Love Drawing Podcast 11: Lessons learned from the online course](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-11-lessons-learned-from-the-online-course/) - In this podcast, we discuss the lessons we learned ourselves while making the new lovelifedrawing online course for figure drawing
- [The most important thing to keep in mind when learning life drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-most-important-thing-a-life-drawing-student-should-keep-in-mind/) - There's so much advice out there, you may hear it and think 'I don't do that!'. This article is about how to progress in a way that works for you
- [Pastels (video)](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/5-2/) - This video tutorial explains the use of pastels
- [Keeping your drawing muscles fit - how to stay disciplined](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/keeping-your-drawing-muscles-fit-how-to-stay-disciplined/) - This article describes methods artists use to make sure the practise regularly and improve their skills
- [Lovedrawing Podcast 10: The Old Masters](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/lovedrawing-podcast-10-the-old-masters/) - We discuss the old masters of life drawing, such as Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, why they are so revered and what we can learn from them now.
- [Review of Gottfried Bammes’ The Complete Guide to Anatomy for Artists and Illustrators](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/review-of-gottfried-bammes-the-complete-guide-to-anatomy-for-artists-and-illustrators/) - A review of the recently translated Bammes book The Complete Guide to Anatomy for Artists and Illustrators
- [Skip Gallery - making art and life drawing more accessible (and unusual) than ever](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/skip-gallery-unusual-life-drawing/) - We did a life drawing session in a skip in London! A fun and unusual learning experience
- [Lesson 8 - poses viewed from the side and back](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/constructing-figure-side-back/) - Our beginner life drawing process adjusted for poses viewed from side and back
- [Lesson 9 exercises - ways to practise simple contours and tonal shapes](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/ways-to-practise-simple-contours-and-tonal-shapes/) - Simple exercises for drawing figures and faces using only simple outlines and tonal shapes
- [Lesson 10 - Recapping the process](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/recapping-the-figure-drawing-process/) - The life drawing beginner drawing process from start to finish
- [Love Drawing Podcast 12: Materials for life drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-materials-for-life-drawing/) - Which materials should beginners start with? Which materials should intermediate drawers try next?
- [Love Drawing Podcast 13 - Interview with Jake Spicer](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/interview-with-jake-spicer/) - We talk to a great figure drawing teacher - Jake Spicer - about exercises and approaches for beginners learning figure drawing
- [Love Drawing Podcast 14: Pose difficulty](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-14-pose-difficulty/) - Some figure drawing poses are harder to draw than others. We talk about the factors that make some difficult and some easy.
- [Finding the time - how I doubled my drawing practice (video)](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/finding-the-time-how-i-doubled-my-drawing-practice/) - If you are busy and struggling to find time to practise drawing, we have an idea that might help
- [Draw Along Club 1: 30 minute practice session (video)](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-club-1-30-minute-practice-session-video/) - We show a series of poses and us drawing them with narration. Draw along with us and get 30 minutes life drawing practice
- [Love Drawing Podcast 15: Mistakes we can't stop making](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-15-mistakes-we-cant-stop-making/) - In this episode of the Love Drawing podcast, we discuss the figure drawing mistakes we keeping making, and how to solve these bad drawing habits
- [Love Drawing Podcast 16 - Confidence and drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-16-confidence-and-drawing/) - We discuss the effect of confidence, and types of confidence, for drawing
- [Love Drawing Podcast 17 - A matter of time](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-17-a-matter-of-time/)
- [Starting to use colour - video demonstration](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/starting-to-use-colour-video-demonstration/) - We demonstrate a very simple process you can use to start using colour in your figure drawings. We use coloured pencils and draw a hand.
- [The face in profile - tips on the mouth, nose and eyes](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-face-in-profile-tips-on-the-mouth-nose-and-eyes/) - Here we provide some quick tips with demonstrations for drawing a face in profile, with tips on the mouth, nose and eyes
- [Love Drawing Podcast 18 - Peter Dobbin](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/lovedrawing18/)
- [Draw Along Club 2: 25 minutes of drawing practice (video)](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-club-2-25-minutes-of-drawing-practice-video/)
- [Learning from Lautrec - the Physicality of Drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/learning-from-lautrec-the-physicality-of-drawing/) - We copy some figure drawings by Toulouse Lautrec to understand what gives his work so much energy and life
- [Love Drawing Podcast 19 - Proactive Progress](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-19-proactive-progress/) - In this episode, we discuss how to ensure your life drawing practice is helping you progress efficiently
- [Hatching mechanics - fluidity and pressure](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/hatching-mechanics/) - We explain the motion in your wrist and joints when hatching, and how to vary the pencil pressure for different effects
- [Drawing faces - Adam Driver practice](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/drawing-faces-adam-driver-practice/) - We continue our series on drawing faces and portraits by drawing Adam Driver. We look at both the technique and mindset needed when aiming for a likeness
- [Draw Along Club 3 - draw with us](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-club-3-draw-with-us/) - Draw along with us from a timed series of great reference photos from Croquis Cafe
- [Love Drawing podcast 20 - Drawing faces & other challenges](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/love-drawing-podcast-20-drawing-faces-other-challenges/) - We first talk through how our recent challenges have gone (Mayko drawing with ink pen, Kenzo drawing leg anatomy) and then move on to the tricky realm of drawing faces and likenesses. Hope you enjoy it!
- [How to draw like Lane Brown part 1: Master of Light](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-like-lane-brown-master-of-light/) - Lane Brown is a master of figure drawing. He is excellent with light, and creates wonderfully composed drawings. In this video/article we learn about how to draw like him.
- [Lane Brown part 2: Composition, Anatomy and Form](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/lane-brown-composition-anatomy-and-form/) - Lane Brown creates beautiful figure drawings with a charcoal pencil. We break down his approach to composition, form and anatomy.
- [Draw Along Club 4: movement and gesture](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-club-4-movement-and-gesture/) - We put reference photos of life models on screen, draw them and narrate. Draw with us!
- [How to Paint like Kelogsloops - the Ethereal Watercolours of Hieu](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-paint-like-kelogsloops-the-ethereal-watercolours-of-hieu/) - We break down Kelogsloops' paintings to understand focal points, colour temperatures and compositions
- [Draw Along Club 5 - real time drawing practice](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-club-5-real-time-drawing-practice/)
- [How to Draw Figures like Chris Glib - Pen, Contour & Hatching](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-figures-like-chris-glib-pen-contour-hatching/)
- [Artist Self-Doubt - What if I have no talent for drawing?](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/artist-self-doubt-what-if-i-have-no-talent-for-drawing/)
- [How to Draw Tiny Figures - a powerful & fun exercise](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-tiny-figures-a-powerful-fun-exercise/)
- [Drawing Tiny Faces - useful simplification exercise](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/drawing-tiny-faces-useful-simplification-exercise/)
- [Draw Along Club 6](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-club-6/)
- [Draw like Don Gale - Wild & Expressive Gestures](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-like-don-gale-wild-expressive-gestures/)
- [Anatomy Book Review & how to use them for life drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/anatomy-book-review-how-to-use-them-for-life-drawing/)
- [Draw Along 7](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-7/)
- [Draw Along Club 8](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-club-8/)
- [Drawing Experiment - 2 beginners make rapid improvement](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/drawing-experiment-beginner-improvement/)
- [How to START a figure drawing - making sense of the many methods](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-start-a-figure-drawing-making-sense-of-the-many-methods/)
- [Draw Along Club 9 - practise with us](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-club-9-practise-with-us/)
- [Steve Rude - Lessons from a Master Illustrator](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/steve-rude-lessons-from-a-master-illustrator/)
- [Insights straight from Steve Rude](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/steverude/)
- [How to practise like Steve Rude, Master Illustrator](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-practise-like-steve-rude-master-illustrator/)
- [How to Draw NECKS - 5 simple lines](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-necks-5-simple-lines/)
- [Draw Along Club 10 - Foreshortening Marathon](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-club-10-foreshortening-marathon/)
- [TIPS & DEMO from Portrait & Figure Drawing teacher Frank Gambino](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/frank-gambino-portrait-demonstration/)
- [Mindset, Charcoal, Anatomy for Figure & Portrait Drawing - Frank Gambino](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/mindset-charcoal-anatomy-for-figure-portrait-drawing-frank-gambino/)
- [Draw Along Club 11 - Lets Practise Together](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-club-11-lets-practise-together/)
- [How to Draw HAIR - a simple method with amazing results](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-hair-a-simple-method-with-amazing-results/)
- [Is it TOO LATE to learn to draw & be a good artist?](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/is-it-too-late-to-learn-to-draw/)
- [Draw Along 12 - GEOMETRIC SHAPE CHALLENGE](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-12-geometric-shape-challenge/)
- [6 Beginners TEST OUR TUTORIAL - Huge Improvements Drawing Hair](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/beginnersdrawhair/)
- [How to Draw Chests - 5 SIMPLE LINES of the pectoral muscle](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-chests-5-simple-lines-of-the-pectoral-muscle/)
- [Draw Along 13 - 12 LINE CHALLENGE](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-13-12-line-challenge/)
- [Full length hair drawing demonstration](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/hairdemo/)
- [Day 28: Your drawings with feedback](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/day-28-your-drawings-with-feedback/)
- [Day 24: Importance of warming up mind and arm](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/importance-of-warming-up-mind-and-arm/)
- [Day 25: Negative Space](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/negative-space/)
- [Day 26: Alignment](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/alignment/)
- [Day 27: Figuary review & summary!](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/figuary-review-summary/)
- [Day 21: Your drawings with feedback](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/day-21-your-drawings-with-feedback/)
- [Day 19: Building layers](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/building-layers/)
- [Day 20: You could probably ride a unicycle](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/you-could-probably-ride-a-unicycle/)
- [Day 23: 1 minute poses - the 12 line challenge](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/1-minute-poses-the-12-line-challenge/)
- [Day 14: Your drawings with feedback](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/day-14-your-drawings-with-feedback/)
- [Day 15: Draw bigger with whole arm](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-bigger-with-whole-arm/)
- [Day 16: Getting used to the overhand grip and when to use it](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/getting-used-to-the-overhand-grip-and-when-to-use-it/)
- [Day 17: Shorthands in detail areas](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/shorthands-in-detail-areas/)
- [Day 18: Observe and commit](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/observe-and-commit/)
- [Day 10: Learning to simplify values](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/learning-to-simplify-values/)
- [Day 11: Edges and levels of shading](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/edges-and-levels-of-shading/)
- [Day 12: Hatching, smudging and other shading methods](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/hatching-smudging-and-other-shading-methods/)
- [Day 13: How to move past the details](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-move-past-the-details/)
- [Day 7: Your Drawings with Feedback](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/day-7-your-drawings-with-feedback/)
- [Day 5: Torso / spine line - distance to each side](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/torso-spine-line-distance-to-each-side/)
- [Day 6: Wilder stories](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/wilder-stories/)
- [Day 8: Unusual angles and tricky poses](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/unusual-angles-and-tricky-poses/)
- [Day 9: The corners that explain the form](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-corners-that-explain-the-form/)
- [Day 3: Angles! The 3 torso lines](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/angles-the-three-torso-lines/)
- [Day 4: The squashy, folding, stretching middle](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-squashy-folding-stretching-middle/)
- [Train your eye: Perspective practice while walking](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/train-your-eye-perspective-practice-while-walking/) - A guide to perspective lines and how to practise seeing these lines while walking in the street.
- [The Drawing Habit](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-drawing-habit/)
- [Proportions in Practice](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/proportions-in-practice/)
- [How to use colors like Marta Nael](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-use-colors-like-marta-nael/)
- [Eye Level. An essential perspective tip for artists](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/eye-level-essential-perspective-tip-for-artists/) - The key principles of how eye level can affect the way that we draw the world around us
- [Draw Together Live 1](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/drawtogether1/)
- [DrawTogether2](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/drawtogether2/)
- [Draw Together Live 3](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/drawtogetherlive3/)
- [Draw Together Live 4 - Hands](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/drawtogether4/)
- [Conversation about Colour with Jared Cullum!](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/colour-conversation/)
- [I helped a beginner draw much better with these 4 tips (Life Drawing Stage 1 to 2)](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/beginner-to-intermediate/)
- [An Epic Story of Art Progression](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/art-progression-story/)
- [You are your own art teacher. Are you a good one?](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/self-compassion-artist/)
- [How to find the perfect drawing tool for you](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/the-perfect-material/) - The challenges and mistakes I went through finding the right drawing tool, and tips on finding what is right for you
- [More great pictures from fellow life drawing lovers](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/more-great-pictures-from-fellow-life-drawing-lovers/) - Get inspired with drawings from fellow figure drawing students - we can all learn and improve together

## Pages

- [2024 Home](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/) - Everything you need to master figure drawing: concise and clear lessons from beginner to pro, references and a friendly community of fellow art enthusiasts.
- [Consistent Progress Every Month](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/study-group/) - Get consistent progress every month, guided by a pro and share the journey with likeminded artists.
- [Kenzo's Work](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/kenzo-gallery/)
- [Mayko's Work](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/mayko-gallery/)
- [artwork shop faqs](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/artwork-shop-faqs/)
- [Study Group Course: Figure Foundations](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/figure-foundations/)
- [The Draw Anything Course](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-anything/) - Learn to see and draw a variety of objects and scenes from life.
- [Study Group Course: Portraits](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/portrait-course/)
- [The Portrait Workshop Replay](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/portrait-workshop-replay/)
- [WORKSHOP REPLAY](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/workshop-replay/)
- [Elementor Page #15913](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-an-eye/)
- [Join the Workshop](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/workshop/)
- [Registered for workshop timeslot 1](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/registered-for-workshop-timeslot-1/)
- [Registered for workshop timeslot 2](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/registered-for-workshop-timeslot-2/)
- [Fresh Eyes Life Drawing Mini-Course](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/fresheyes/) - Our free mini-course has been proven to transform students’ drawing fast. How? By focusing on the few simple ideas that make all the difference.
- [Fresh Eyes Live 2026!](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/fresh-eyes-live/)
- [My Art Journey](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/my-art-journey-2/)
- [Case Studies](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/case-studies/) - Life drawing student transformations
- [Grafit Photo References](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/grafit/)
- [Study Group Course: Style & Design](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/study-group-style-design/) - Learn how to design your edges and shapes and also create lively and dynamic drawings.
- [Study Group Course: Fundamentals](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/fundamentals/) - Learn the 3 fundamental skills of figure drawing: gesture, simple forms and values
- [Thanks for signing up!](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/newsletter-sign-up-thanks/)
- [My Art Journey sign up](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/my-art-journey/)
- [Life Drawing Success](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/lifedrawingsuccess/) - For years I tried to learn to draw figures and failed. It was only once I learned the lessons in this guide that my drawings started to transform.
- [How to Use Anatomy to Help Your Figure Drawing](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-use-anatomy-to-help-your-figure-drawing/)
- [How to Use Love Life Drawing's Resources Part 3](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-use-love-life-drawings-resources-part-3/)
- [How to use Love Life Drawing resources part 2](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-use-love-life-drawing-resources-part-2/)
- [How to use Love Life Drawing's resources](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-use-love-life-drawings-resources/)
- [About](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/about/) - Love Life Drawing was created because life drawing is a lot harder to learn than it needs to be. You’ll probably relate to my story of learning these skills.
- [Student Before and After](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/studentprogress/) - See how our students’ drawings have transformed through a series of simple and fun exercises. It’s amazing what smart practice can achieve.
- [Home](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/home/) - At Love Life Drawing, you’ll learn the fundamental skills of life drawing with super concise and clear tutorials. Our online lessons break down the learning process into manageable chunks, and are a ton of fun too.
- [Intermediate](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/intermediate/) - There are a lot of pitfalls that face the intermediate artist. Fortunately, this guide provides you with all you need to get to an advanced level of skill.
- [Beginner Complete](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/beginner-complete/) - The main things a beginner needs to know when starting out with life drawing, including what skills to work on first.
- [Life Drawing Simplified](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/life-drawing-simplified/) - This course is our best and most powerful package of learning. Students come away with the essential skills of life drawing and progress fast.
- [Understood!](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/opt-out-of-promo/)
- [Choose a topic](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/tutorials/) - This is a guide through all the major skills of life drawing, such as gesture, values, form and anatomy. For each topic, we provide a sequence of lessons to look through. These are the steps that will lead to beautiful drawings.
- [References](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/figure-drawing-references/)
- [LIFE DRAWING SIMPLIFIED LESSON 1](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/simplified-sample/)
- [One More Step](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/one-more-step/)
- [Membership almost complete](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/new-member-almost-complete/)
- [The Drawing Practice Planner 2023](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/2021planner/) - This is how to plan out the next 12 months of drawing practice.
- [Testimonials](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/testimonials/) - See what our past students have said about our courses.
- [Values and Shading](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/values-and-shading/) - Learning about value - light and dark - and how to manage it using simple shapes is one of the most important things you can do as an artist. These tutorials guide you through the topic.
- [Painting and Colour](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/painting-and-colour/) - These articles give you some fundamental principles about colour that will help you master figure painting. Learn about saturation and shadow colours here.
- [Areas of the Figure](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/areas-of-the-figure/) - These articles are focused on the anatomy that really makes a difference to your drawings. Trying to learn all anatomy is a overwhelming. Start with these bite size chunks and set yourself up for success.
- [Figure Drawing Skill Assessment](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/checklist/) - Use this to figure out what skill to work on next and how to practise it. You can’t learn everything at once, so set yourself up for success at each stage with this guide.
- [Articles](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/all-tutorials/)
- [Podcasts](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/podcasts/)
- [Hatching tutorials](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/hatching-tutorials/) - Here you’ll find tutorials to help you perfect the art of hatching to shade your figure drawings.
- [DRAW ALONG CLUB](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/draw-along-club/)
- [How to Draw Faces](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-faces/)
- [Foreshortening series](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/foreshortening-series/) - Foreshortening can be really confusing for artists at first. However, a few simple exercises go a long way to making it not just easier, but fun and interesting.
- [Figuary 2019 (figure drawing month)](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/figuary/)
- [How to Draw Hair](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/how-to-draw-hair/)
- [Artist analysis](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/artist-analysis/)
- [Materials](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/materials/) - You can do life drawing with all sorts of materials, including charcoal pencils, brush pens and tablets. Learn about the various options here.
- [Train your eye series](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/train-your-eye-series/) - You can train your artist’s eye even when you’re not drawing. See perspective, light and shadow with these eye opening tutorials.
- [First steps mini-course](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/first-steps-mini-course/)
- [Learning & Mindset](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/learning-mindset/) - The two most important factors to your life drawing progress are your mindset and your plan. These articles help you set yourself up for success.
- [Gesture series](https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/gesture-series/) - These articles make gesture less mysterious and much more tangible. We break down the process into doable steps.
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