Posts Tagged Bob’s Free Art Lessons
How to Draw a Rhinoceros… Sipping on a Soda
On a sunny afternoon
just a week before June
a rhino stopped by
and I’m not sure why.
I didn’t really think
as I offered him a drink
and then started to draw
he would end up as a rhino sipping soda from a straw
…and that’s the story of the rhino sipping soda from a straw. If you’d like to learn how [...]
How to Draw a Scary Monster.
Old school monsters are the best. I loved those Monster Island movies when I was a kid and still do. As soon as one of those movies came on I’d run and grab my sketch pad and start drawing…
First you hear the footsteps, then he leans back and roars that terrible roar. The whole town [...]
Google Docs Rocks
I’ve been messing around with Google Docs a bit lately and decided to try it for a tutorial I built a while back. The original was built in HTML and took forever. It was a ton of work and after I posted it I found a bunch of errors, which of course was heartbreaking. I’d [...]
Spider-Bob?
I dig Spiderman. I actually had the opportunity to work on a Spiderman book years ago, along with the help of a some very talented friends. Working on that project was quite a stretch from my normal style. Here’s a more whimsical take on what he might look like if there hadn’t been any style [...]
Hairdos and Hair Don’ts (How to Draw Hair for Cartoons).
You’re probably thinking… Hey, what’s this guy know about hair, he has less hair then a naked mole rat . Well that may be true but you don’t have to have great hair to draw great hair. In this lesson I’ll show you some simple ways to make the hair on your cartoon really shine…. [...]
Artist Trading Cards
I was down at Jerry’s Artarama last weekend to do an art demo on artist trading cards. I met a bunch of terrific artists of all ages and we had a blast.
If you’re not familiar with artist trading cards here’s the idea… they are basically just a 2 1/2″ X 3 1/2″ piece of paper [...]
How to Draw a Fish
How to Draw a fish.
Just follow these simple steps and pretty soon you will have a friendly fish of your very own swimming across your page.
Mine’s name is Charlie and he likes to watch cartoons. If your fish has a name go ahead and email it to me I’d love to see him….or her… and [...]
Demo at Jerry’s Aratarama in Raleigh
Had a great time yesterday doing my art demo down at Jerry’s Artarama yesterday. I met some new friends and did a little bit of painting.
For this demo I busted out the old acrylics and had a blast painting “JellyFish”. It’s been a little while since I’ve done a large canvass. It sure felt nice [...]
Panda
Here is a Panda I did recently. I used the brush pen to draw him just like I did in the Jerry’s Artarama videos. Then I colored him on my computer using Adobe Illustrator. If you like this little guy please feel free to download the coloring book page at the end of the article [...]
Experimenting with Adobe Illustrator
So I’ve been experimenting with Adobe Illustrator a little bit lately. I wanted to try and find a way to bring some color to the hand inked look I’ve been having so much fun with lately. A couple of weeks back I rediscovered these really cool brush tip markers while shooting the videos for Jerry’s. [...]
