Beginner Artist Guide

Canvas is a surface used for oil or acrylic painting. For artists, choosing the right canvas according to the need is very important. Texture, fabric, color, and type, all matter when it's about having the right choice. It usually comes in white and black, where the white canvas is mostly used for paintings than the black. Fabric: Canvases are made up of two fabrics - Linen and cotton. These fabrics are constructed of fibers that are woven together. Different textures on canvases are the result of how finely fibers are woven. The rough-textured surface and smooth-textured surface are usually preferred for large and small size artworks respectively. Cotton - This fabric is made up of a cotton plant. It is affordable and popular among beginner artists and students. Cotton can be stretched tighter than linen without straining the wooden support. Linen - It is made up of a flax plant and considered as strong and durable, due to this, it is preferred by many artists. It has more

One of the hardest parts is to start something, that something you want to do but you have never tried. It is always been hard to take the first step and having a fear of making mistakes and failure. But drawing, it is something where you are not gonna lose anything or not going to fail because drawing is something that fully depends on practice and continuity.  If you have a thought to start drawing, sketching, or painting as a beginner, then be realistic, get ready to make mistakes, have patience, give it time, and get started. 1)Get inspiration : Always try to get inspiration from people, from nature, from pieces of stuff we see regularly like a coffee mug, plates, windows, buildings, and many more things. It will clear your idea of what to draw next. See the world in different sizes and shapes. Try to draw things in mind, have your drawing calculations in mind. While looking for inspiration always keep it short and simple, don't go for a detailed one because it will help you to

Did you ever want to start sketching but due to lack of guidance of what tools to use you did not start? No worries. Today we are gonna cover the basic tools that are used in sketching. Let's first start with the evolution of pencil sketching, Pencil sketching is a form of drawing which was invented by André Cassagnes in 1960. Initially, it was considered as a freehand drawing which was not usually meant as a finished work but with the time and increasing interest of the artists in pencil sketching it grew a lot and now it is considered as one of the art forms.   As a beginner, having a lot of art tools for your sketching does not make any sense. So always keep your list specific and short. ok, lets come to the tools. 1)Pencils : Pencils are mainly categorized into: Graphite, Charcoal, Carbon and mechanical pencil. Graphite pencil : While differentiating graphite pencils, 'B' pencils are bold and soft and give dark effects and 'H' pencils are hard which gives light