The eyes are the most important part of any pencil drawing. I believe its the part that you must dedicate the most time to. Without the eyes there is no life in the drawing. The secret to making realistic eyes are the subtle details that most us don’t see. These details even though small, when they come together can make a big difference in your final drawing. I’ll keep on repeating this, with all your drawings, study and understand what you’ll be drawing before you actually pick up the pencil. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: eyes, hair, Tutorials

Let me start off by welcoming you back and by telling you to have fun with this tutorial and if you have any question please contact me.  Lets begin, this tutorial will be a combination of different techniques that hopefully will help you improve in working with different textures such as hair. Why do i say textures? Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: cats, hair, tigers, Tutorials

Lately I’ve been working mostly on these miniature drawings. I’ve been recording them also to give you an idea of how i work. These videos have been sped up because they take me a couple of hours to complete. Now, as I’ve mentioned before, these tiny pieces of artwork are not only fun to draw but are a great way to improve on your drawing techniques. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: aceo, cats, hair, miniature, speed, video

Here is a new miniature speed pencil drawing. I wanted to make this one different from my other ones. I combined two drawings in one to make a single image. The sunset and the single wolf. It gives the final image a different look and feeling. This one measures 2.5″x3.5″ and is done with pencil of course. If you don’t know what an ACEO is here is a brief definition. ACEO stands for “Art Cards, Editions and Originals”. These cards have one main rule - they are 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches - the size of a trading card. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: aceo, hair, speed, tutorial, video

As you already know im always in search in ways to improve my artwork, either by using new techniques or new tools. My mind is always working as to how i can create realism using different techniques. That is how i came up with using the needle to help in drawing hair. Before taking up the pencil medium as my tool of choice i used to paint. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: techniques, tools, Tutorials, video

I have always been a nature lover and now it is a big part of my artwork. Nature not only inspires me to pick the pencil to start new projects but i i love the challenge to bring each animal to life. I love being able to capture textures and bringing them out with the simple pencil. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: animals, cat, drawing, drawing hair, how to, pencil, tigers

In this tutorial we will be drawing a big smile. The purpose of this tutorial is to learn how to render texture and reflections using simple techniques. We will be using a combination of different techniques to give a more realistic look to lips and teeth. Well i hope you enjoy this tutorial and you learn much from it. My goal is for you to understand the techniques. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: highlights, light, lips, mouth, shadows, teeth, texture, tooth

In this tutorial we will be drawing a dog’s nose. A step by step tutorial that will show you how to add detail to give it much more realism. I’ m sure theres been times that you have made a drawing but you have no idea on how to go about adding detail. This tutorial will help you add detail to a dog’s nose using simple techniques. You can use this technique on almost every animal nose. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: dogs, drawing animals, drawing dogs, drawing hair, nose, pets, texture

Well in this tutorial we will work on a sample drawing using the technique that was introduced here. I explain what steps to take when drawing whiskers and cat hair. Cat hair is short hair so we will focus on acquiring texture using the techniques that i explained on the introduction to hair tutorial.

First thing i do when i start to draw hair is see the direction that the hair will be flowing. This is important because the hair will follow the contours of the face or body structure. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: cat, drawing animals, drawing hair, fur, pencil, pets, tutorial

This will be an introduction on how i draw hair and the tools that i use. I will split this tutorial into sections because i want you to have time to practice and for you to understand the technique. In this tutorial i will explain how understanding hair and fur will help in developing realistic textures and hair. After you understand it, you will see how easy it becomes to draw hair. I don’t want to rush this topic and i want to make sure i explain it well so you can understand it and so you can start to see improvement in your drawings. Most people have a difficult time drawing animal hair. In my opinion its much more difficult than drawing a persons hair. The simple reason for this is that with an animal they are covered in hair. Animals have bone and muscle structure and the hair over these muscles and bones look different depending on angle. So it makes it much more difficult to to make the drawing more realistic. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: drawing hair, fur, pencil, tutorial

I’ve always been asked how i draw cat eyes. These are the steps that i take to draw them and they are one of my favorite things to draw. Cat eyes are so beautiful, not only in color but the designs and depth that they have. They are beautiful animals, but we can all agree that their eyes makes them so much special. They look amazing when drawn in pencil. I love the size of their eyes, they are much bigger than the eyes of other animals which allows you to put in so much more detail and makes the animal come to life. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: cats, drawing animals, drawing hair, eyes, pencil, pets, tutorial

we can all probably draw the human eye, we draw the oval shape with the iris and pupil. I consider that to be a basic sketch of the eye. Before you draw a realistic eye you must first study what it really is. I will post a closeup picture of an eye so you can see what it looks up close. We all have them, but I’m sure that most of us haven’t really paid attention to what it really looks like up close. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: drawing, how to draw eyes, human eye, pencil, realistic eyes, Tutorials

As artists, we try to capture with accurate precision what we see down on paper or canvas, unless you are working in an abstract style. Like i mentioned before, a photograph is a great tool to work with. Now that you have the photo, you have to transfer it to your working surface. There are people who say that using the grid is not something that a true artist should use. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: turotials

Negative drawing is a big part of all my drawings. Its a useful technique that can bring realism when used correctly. So, what is negative drawing?

Well, negative drawing is basically drawing without actually drawing. Its drawing Continue reading »

written by onlypencil || tags: drawing, negative space, pencil, tutorial

A picture is worth a thousand words and a bad reference photo is worthless. A reference photo is just as important a tool as the pencil itself. If you want to get as much detail in your drawings as possible,then a photo references will be useful. Before I start drawing, i already have an idea of what i want my drawing to look like. From this idea i begin to look for reference photos that will help me achieve this. Continue reading »

written by onlypencil