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How To: Set up your own photography studio
Start with a large room when setting up a photography studio and add a background and studio lighting with umbrellas to reflect the lights. Set up a photo studio with the tips in this free video on photography tips from a professional photographer.
How To: Read a hand-held light meter
When reading a hand-held light meter, make sure the ISO setting is correct and point the cone of the meter toward the subject to get an accurate reading. Learn how to read a hand held light meter with the tips in this free instructional video on photography tips from a professional photographer. After learning about the light meter, you won't make any aperature mistakes in the future.
How To: Avoid red eye when taking a photograph
In order to avoid red eye when taking a photo, use a flash gun to increase distance between the subject of the photograph and the flash. Avoid red eye in photographs with the tips in this free instructional video on photography tips from a professional photographer.
How To: Take good candid photos
To take good candid photos, choose an interesting setting, get close to the subject and take lots of frames. Take better candid photos with the tips in this free video on photography tips from a professional photographer.
How To: Buy a camera flash
When buying a camera flash, make sure it is compatible with the camera and can act as a fill flash for daylight photographs. Purchase a camera flash with the tips in this free instructional video on photography tips from a professional photographer. Now you will know what to do when you are hunting for a camera flash.
How To: Clean a camera lens
When cleaning a camera lens, use stiff brush to remove the dirt, then wipe lens with a lint-free cloth. Clean camera lenses with the tips in this free instructional video on photography tips from a professional photographer. Be sure to be sage and avoid scratching the camera lens.
How To: Draw in the manga or anime style
Drawing manga allows much more detail than anime, especially in the areas of the eyes, flesh tones and hair. Learn to draw manga with more detail than anime with tips from a professional illustrator in this free instructional video on drawing. Manga drawing is fun, so get started!
How To: Draw Disney's Tinkerbell
Drawing Tinker Bell requires paying attention to subtleties like the round cheeks, slanted eyes and wide hips. Draw the Disney character Tinkerbell with tips from a professional illustrator in this free instructional video on drawing. Learn how to make a really cute Tinkerbell drawing!
How To: Draw lightning with different drawing techniques
Lightning is quite simply sublime. Beautiful yet terrifying all at once, it is one of nature's great mysteries (we still don't fully know why it happens) and can be deadly if you get in its path.
How To: Draw water in black and white
To draw water in black and white, accent the shadows and reflections to make it appear wet. Depict water in black and white with tips from a professional illustrator in this free instructional video on drawing. Enhance your landscapes with you new water drawing skills.
How To: Draw 3-dimensional objects
Drawing three-dimensional shapes requires paying attention to the shadows and light that fall on the object. Find out how to draw shapes with a three-dimensional quality with tips from a professional illustrator in this free instructional video on drawing. Drawing 3d will never be easier.
How To: Draw the anime Naruto character Sakura
Naruto characters are drawn with an anime-like stylized approach. Draw the Naruto character Sakura with tips from a professional illustrator in this free instructional video on drawing. Enjoy these anime drawing tips!
How To: Draw light-colored hair in cartoon characters
Drawing light-colored hair requires accenting the highlights with darker shadowed areas along the root line. Render light-colored hair in graphite with tips from a professional illustrator in this free instructional video on drawing. If your favorite cartoon character has light colored hair, then you need to know how to draw it!
How To: Draw oak bark for illustration
To draw oak bark, first understand the way the bark grows, and use natural, uneven lines to indicate each piece of bark. Render oak bark in a natural way with tips from a professional illustrator in this free instructional video on drawing. If you learn how to draw oak bark, you can enhance your landscape drawings.
How To: Draw medieval treasure chests, swords & a Fleur de Lis
Drawing medieval things includes things such as treasure chests, a Fleur de Lis and a sword. Draw medieval things with tips from a professional illustrator in this free instructional video on drawing. Medieval drawing tips are helpful for fantasy artists.
How To: Draw the human neck
Figure drawing is the basis of fine arts education, so watch this how to video on drawing the human neck. To draw the human neck, pay attention to the muscles and bones that represent its shape. Draw an anatomical human neck with tips from a professional illustrator in this free instructional video on drawing.
How To: Draw snowy pines with colored pencil
To draw snowy pines in colored pencil, depict the tree with snow weighing down the branches and with snow dunes in the background. Learn to depict snow on trees with tips from a professional illustrator in this free instructional video on drawing. All you need are a few tips and tricks to master the art of drawing snowy pines.
How To: Draw a quarter view of anime manga Sailor Moon's face
Draw your favorite anime characters! This how-to video shows the steps of rendering a sketch of Sailor Moon. There are no audio instructions, but the process is detailed very closely in a visual guide. Watch this video drawing tutorial and learn how to make a manga anime Sailor Moon character, in the quarter view.
How To: Draw an anime manga Sailor Uranus and Mamoru
Draw your favorite anime characters! This how-to video shows the steps of rendering a sketch of Sailor Uranus and Mamoru. There are no audio instructions, but the process is detailed very closely in a visual guide. Watch this video drawing tutorial and learn how to make a manga anime Sailor Uranus and Mamoru character.
How To: Draw an anime manga Eternal Sailor Moon
Draw your favorite anime characters! This how-to video shows the steps of rendering a sketch of Eternal Sailor Moon. There are no audio instructions, but the process is detailed very closely in a visual guide. Watch this video drawing tutorial and learn how to make a manga anime Eternal Sailor Moon character.
How To: Draw a female face
Draw your human figures! This how-to video shows the steps of rendering a sketch of a woman's face. There are no audio instructions, but the process is detailed very closely in a visual guide. Watch this video drawing tutorial and learn how to make a female profile.
How To: Draw a man's face
Draw human figures! This how-to video shows the steps of rendering a sketch of a man's face. There are no audio instructions, but the process is detailed very closely in a visual guide. Watch this video drawing tutorial and learn how to make a male profile.
How To: Draw a manga anime Sailor Moon in crisis uniform
Draw your favorite anime characters! This how-to video shows the steps of rendering a sketch of Sailor Moon. There are no audio instructions, but the process is detailed very closely in a visual guide. Watch this video drawing tutorial and learn how to make a manga anime Sailor Moon in a crisis uniform character.
How To: Draw an anime manga Sailor Saturn and Neptune
Draw your favorite anime characters! This how-to video shows the steps of rendering a sketch of Sailor Neptune or Saturn. There are no audio instructions, but the process is detailed very closely in a visual guide. Watch this video drawing tutorial and learn how to make a manga anime Sailor Saturn and Neptune character.
How To: Draw the male body
Draw a realistic man! This how-to video shows the steps of rendering a sketch of a human man. There are no audio instructions, but the process is detailed very closely in a visual guide. Watch this video drawing tutorial and learn how to sketch the male figure.
How To: Draw a manga anime style Sailor Moon face
Draw your favorite anime characters! This how-to video shows the steps of rendering a sketch of Sailor Moon. There are no audio instructions, but the process is detailed very closely in a visual guide. Watch this video drawing tutorial and learn how to make a manga anime Sailor Moon character.
How To: Draw an anime dark elf girl
Drawing and sketching an anime/manga girl (woman, female) Dark Elf for cartoon and comics. Part 1 of 2 - How to Draw an anime dark elf girl.
How To: Draw a snowy road scene with a nostalgic 50's film
Jon Gnagy, "America's Original Television Art Teacher," guides us through a drawing tutorial for a Snow Scene. This video lesson was first broadcast fifty years ago, in 1956. Watch this video sketching tutorial and learn how to render this snow-covered road landscape picture.
How To: Draw a seaport village with a nostalgic 50's film
Jon Gnagy, "America's Original Television Art Teacher," guides us through a drawing tutorial for a Seaport Village. This video lesson was first broadcast over fifty years ago, in 1956. Watch this video sketching tutorial and learn how to render this quaint seaport fishing village landscape picture.
How To: Draw an old oak tree with a nostalgic 50's film
Jon Gnagy, "America's Original Television Art Teacher," guides us through a drawing tutorial for an Old Oak Tree. This video lesson was first broadcast fifty years ago, in 1956. Watch this video sketching tutorial and learn how to render this oak tree night-time landscape picture.
How To: Draw an ocean liner with a nostalgiac 50's film
Jon Gnagy, "America's Original Television Art Teacher," guides us through a drawing tutorial for an Ocean Liner. This video lesson was first broadcast fifty years ago, in 1956. Watch this video sketching tutorial and learn how to render this ocean liner marine landscape picture.
How To: Draw a mountain lake with a nostalgic 50's film
Jon Gnagy, "America's Original Television Art Teacher," guides us through a drawing tutorial for a Mountain Lake. This video lesson was first broadcast over fifty years ago, in 1956. Watch this video sketching lesson and learn how to render a mountain lake landscape.
How To: Draw a harbor scene with a nostalgic 50's film
Jon Gnagy, "America's Original Television Art Teacher," guides us through a drawing tutorial for a Harbor Scene. This video lesson was first broadcast over fifty years ago, in 1956. Watch this video sketching tutorial and learn how to render a harbor marine landscape.
How To: Draw a bucking bronco with a nostalgic 50's film
Jon Gnagy, "America's Original Television Art Teacher," guides us through a drawing tutorial of a pair of a horses. This video lesson was first broadcast fifty years ago, in 1956. Watch this video sketching tutorial and learn how to render a bucking bronco Western landscape.
How To: Draw a grist mill with a nostalgic 50's film
Jon Gnagy, "America's Original Television Art Teacher," guides us through a drawing tutorial for a grist mill. This video lesson was first broadcast over fifty years ago, in 1956. Watch this video sketching lesson and learn how to render a grist mill landscape.
How To: Draw Canadian geese with a nostalgic 50's film
Jon Gnagy, "America's Original Television Art Teacher," guides us through a drawing tutorial of a pair of Canada Geese. This video lesson was first broadcast over fifty years ago, in 1956. Watch this video sketching tutorial and learn how to render a Canadian goose landscape picture.
How To: Begin to draw with camera perspective
Learn how to draw with a concept of perspective based on a camera's field of vision. This instructional drawing video demonstrates how to draw with an awareness of objects as they exist within space. How will an object change, in the camera's of vision, as you slide it back and forth? It's important to draw things as they appear rather than how they might actually exist.
How To: Draw a basic horse
Watch this how-to draw a horse video for a walk through of this horse drawing. To begin with you want to start to define the major areas of the head like the nose, mouth ears and eyes of the horse along with the general shape of the head. At this stage keep your lines loose and light so that if you make any mistakes they will be easy to erase later.
How To: Draw a human head
Figure drawing gets a lot easier when you have simple proportion to follow and this course that's exactly what you're going to learn. In this video drawing lesson series, you'll start exploring the basic proportions of the human head from the front and side. This will give you a good understanding of where the main features of the face should lay and will give you the foundation and understanding that you need to start drawing heads that look great from any position you can imagine. Watch thi...
How To: Draw roses step by step
Drawing Roses that look great isn't difficult, but it will take a little attention to detail. Apart from that it's as simple as putting your pencil to the page.