Plain-English guides on gridding, scaling, portraits and grayscale, written for artists who'd rather be painting.
How the grid method works, why artists swear by it, why some call it cheating, and when it actually makes sense to use.
A relaxed walkthrough from initial shapes to finished portrait.
Place facial features with confidence using proportions and a grid.
The tonal foundation that holds every drawing together.
The honest answer to art's most tired debate.
Grid any reference image without spending a cent.
A complete beginner's guide to achieving proportional accuracy.
Master proportional scaling without distortion.
The eight errors that quietly wreck a grid drawing, and their fixes.
From Egyptian tombs to the Renaissance, three thousand years of gridding.
Leonardo, Durer, van Gogh and Chuck Close all reached for a grid.