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How to draw sketch Carmelo Anthony Step by Step. I recommend that you hit the link in the video description and watch this video with the photo and text resource that I made for you. It will make the difficult task of drawing a NBA superstar a lot easier.

This video will give you step by step instruction on how to draw Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks. Pause the video at the end of each step, listen to the narration and watch the shading tutorial at the end and ill bet that you will make a quality drawing.

Step 1: Draw the three shapes that you see and notice their relationship with one another. The headband shape is about 1 and 1/2 times the height of the top of the head and Melo's hairline forms another shape between the headband and the top of the head. Notice that the hairline shape starts at the mid way point of the head.
Step 2: Observe, then draw in the ear and the two eye shapes. Notice that the ear fits perfectly in to the indentation of the headband. Notice that Melo's right eye shape starts at the same point as the hairline shape above it. His left eye shape is heart shaped because of the angle of his head. Finally, notice the triangular shape in between the two eye shapes and the downward angle that the eyebrows point.
Step 3: Add the nose shape and the shape for the cheek.
Step 4: Add the smile line. the moustache and the upper lip. Notice that the smile line goes slightly past the edge of the eye shape from step 2. The moustache and the lip are about the same width.
Step 5: Here is the trickiest step. I added 5 rows of shapes in this step. The top row is the gum line. Notice that there are seven points to the gum line. The next row is the teeth. There are eight teeth visible and due to the turn of his head, each tooth gets bigger from left to right until we reach the last tooth. The next row is a narrow dark space under the teeth. The row below the dark space is slightly thicker than the previous row, but not as dark. Leave the bottom row unshaded for now.
Step 6: Add Melos chin line and neck line.
Step 7: Add the shapes for his body.
Step 8: Add the details to Melo's eyes.

Carmelo makes huis debut with the Knicks against the Bucks at Madison Square Garden on the same day that I uploaded this video

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My audience is fun! They are full of surprises! Last week, my audience voted on my Facebook Page.....and chose Marilyn Monroe as the subject for this weeks step by step tutorial. I mean seriously? She died during the cuban missle crisis! She dated Kennedy....Married Joe DiMaggio and like five other people.......... Justin Bieber wasnt even a twinkle in his grandpa's eye......Merrill, why are you complaining so much today? Well, I have to admit. Its a little intimidating to draw a legendary beauty........And thats why I don't do self portraits. Check out my Blue Steel. Anyhoo. Im gonna teach you how to draw Marilyn. Go grab your pencils and some drawing paper. Lets begin.

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Hello it's OG, the old gangsta. I do not fixodent my dentures. I dont need them when I spit; I bite like Matlock with Tourettes. Go get your pencils. Get your paper. And lose your nerves, like water vapor. Im like Picasso on a ventilator and this video will educate you. We will draw the man called Weezy, my man Merrill gonna make it easy. Pause the video at the end of each step. Draw what you see is what I suggest. Hit the link in the video description. Pop every pill of your prescription. Follow the guide. Learn at your pace. Soon youll be drawing Weezy's face. If you mess up, eat your fiber. Know all the trolls have no subscribers. And all them haters pop viagra and the true players flow like Niagra.

Step 1: Draw the three shapes that you see. Notice their size and placement in relation to the edges of this piece of paper.
Step 2: Add in the hair shape. Hair moves constantly so the placement of these shapes do not have to be perfect. Try to focus more on the trapezoidal shape in between the two hair shapes.
Step 3: Is one of the more difficult steos. Try to take your time and observe its placement and its subtleties. Notice that the fist is like a square shape tilted to the side on top of a triangle shape.
Step 4: Add the two shapes for the shoulders
Step 5: Add the shapes for the eyes and the tear drops
Step 6: Add the two shapes for the nose and the shadow below the nose
Step 7: Add the three shapes for the mouth. The third shape on the top is a highlight above the lip.
Step 8: Add the shapes to the hair. The most important of these shapes is the ear and earring on your right side. Also, be sure to add the double line for his chain.
Step 9: Take extra time on this step. It is very important for the likeness. Lil Wayne has very complex eyes. Try to see each shape and where it fits in to the bigger shape.
Step 10: Now its time to make his 4,335 tattoos. Lil Wayne has more ink than a pen factory. Dont stress out while doing these. Not even I drew each one correctly.
Step 11: More tattoos coming your way. Draw in the letters B and Y and improvise around the armpit
Step 12:Thats a glowing bird to the left. If you dont like glowing birds, improvise.
Step 13: I think thats the word concrete written across his hand. If its not, I apologize Lil Wayne.
Step 14: Make some squiggley thingeys on his neck. Every rapper needs at least one squiggley thingey tattoo.
Step 15: I think those are dominoes on his left arm. His bodyguards would not let me shoot him with a tranquilizer dart, so I am not sure. Unless if you are a Lil Wayne historian, draw what you see or write your own subliminal message.

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LINK- http://merrillk.com/?part=fineart&articles_id=8651&act=artist1&artist=69&collection=114 In this video, I (Merrill Kazanjian) tried to do a dry brush color portrait of New York Yankee Captain Derek Jeter.....I messed up! But, I was able to recover with a little creativity. This video will show you how to fix mistakes while oil painting.

Mediums Will it work?
Oil paint over acrylic paint? Yes- Works flawlessly
Acrylic paint over oil paint? No- Will peel off in time.
Color pencil over oil paint? Somewhat- Color pencil over a single layer of oil paint will work, but if you have several layers of paint layered on a surface, pressing hard with the color pencil will dig up some oil paint.
Oil paint over color pencil? Yes- Works flawlessly
Oil Pastel over Oil Paint? Yes- However, oil pastels do not dry unless if you add Liquin or Fixative to them. So if you plan to add another layer of paint, be sure to mix some liquin in or spray the fixative on top of the pastel after you add it atop your painting.
Color pencil over oil pastel? No- The sharp point of the pencil will carve in to the soft oil pastel.
Oil paint over color pencil? Yes- My FAVORITE combination
Illustration marker over any other media? No- It will ruin the marker
Illustration marker under any other media? Yes- Works flawlessly
Color pencil over acrylic paint? Somewhat- Color pencil over a single layer of oil paint will work, but if you have several layers of paint layered on a surface, pressing hard with the color pencil will dig up some of the acrylic paint.
WHEN IN DOUBT........ 1.) Scan 2.) High Quality Print 3.) Use any of these media atop the print.
Medium Pros Cons
Color Pencil EXTREME accuracy. Decent Mixability Limited blendability. Color pencils cannot be layered.
Acrylic Paint Dries Fast. Extremely opaque (covers well). Does not mix with oil based mediums. Blending abilities are better than color pencils, but inferior to oil paint.
Oil Pastel Great mixability, decent accuracy. Does not dry without liquin or fixative (cannot be layered without liquin or fixative). Is not as accurate as color pencil.
Oil Paint Superior Mixability. Superior covering power. Can be applied in multiple opacities (Transparent, translucent, opaque). Dries slowly....TRIGGERS MY ADHD!!!!!!
Illustration Marker Fast way to add transparent color. Cannot be used OVER other media.
Scanner/Printer/Photoshop Sometimes a paper can be saturated with color and unworkable. Scanning and printing will let you start from where you left off. No texture remains after you scan and print. Mr. November

LINK- http://merrillk.com/?part=fineart&act=artist1&artist=69&collection=114 This video will teach you how to draw Tony Montana...aka...Scarface. All that you will need to create this artwork is a pencil, some paper and a blending tool (such as a q-tip, a paint brush or a tortillion/blending stump). There is a free downloadable PDF file for you to print while you listen to this video. The combination of the PDF and the video will make it possible for artists of ALL levels to draw Scarface (depicted by Al Pacino in the 1983 movie).

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How to draw a nerd step by step. How to draw a geek. how to draw a nerdy person. How to draw a Harvard graduate or MIT Mattachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate. How to draw a dork. How to draw a man with glasses. Draw a sneeze. Pencil Drawing tutorial. Shading with drawing pencils. How to shade with pencil. How to draw a face. How to draw step by step. How to draw miserable. Misery. Pencil drawing tips. How to use a Tortillion. How to use a blending stump. How to shade with a paint brush. How to cross hatch. How to smudge. How to build tones in a drawing. How to draw a mourning person. How to draw a person in mourning. Click on any of the pictures to go to my other facial expression videos, or hit the subscribe button. There will be lots more coming soon.

Remove a pencil from your pocket protector, because this video will give you step by step instruction on how to draw this glorious nerd.........Just pause the video at the end of each step and follow the instructions and I will show you how to crack the art geek algorithm.

Step 1: This is where nerds store their smarts. In this caricature, we are going to make the top of the head slightly larger in proportion to the bottom of the head. Take your time and draw these three shapes as accurately as possible.
Step 2: According to Charles Darwin, nerd eyes and ears have mutated over time to enhance the nerds senses for activities such as shopping at Radio Shack and watching Star Wars. The eyes and ears are very important to this caricature. Make the glasses and ears oversized, compared to the bottom of the face. Usually the ears will be as long as the length from the top of the eyes to the bottom of the nose, but we are ignoring that rule in this drawing and making them identical to the height of the glasses. Dont forget the eyebrow shapes above the glasses.
Step 3: Draw the nose shape and the wrinkle lines...... Then, complete the outline of the face. Make sure that you keep the bottom of the face smaller than the top.
Step 4: Draw a half circle for the mouth. Then add the details. Here is a close up.
Step 5: Add the lines to separate the teeth. For a realistic portrait, you dont want to go dark between each tooth....but.... For this caricature, it is ok.
Step 6: Draw in the braces. Please note that the braces are just small rectangles over each tooth, connected by wire.
Step 7: Draw in the eyes. Notice that they are close to the upper frames of the glasses. Try to draw exactly what you see here.
Step 8: Draw in the pattern for the hair. Dont stress, there is no way that you will get these lines perfect. Close enough is ok. I will show you a cool trick in the next part.

A very bi-partisan artwork. Put your political differences aside and watch artist Merrill Kazanjian merge the faces of our last four Presidents (Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush. A presidential portrait this is not- it sets the precedent for merging presidents- not ideologically- but aesthetically. I started out by creating a collage / photomontage with digital cut outs and combining them with Photoshop CS3 and Paint Shop Pro 8. Next, I printed on a medium format printer (13 x 17 inches). Next I added a layer of color pencils (prismacolor) and markers (AD and prisma) to fill in the gaps and tie everything together. Finally, I added a layer of oil paint to make it look life like. I added the body of Richard Nixon in his iconic peace pose and ironically the face wound up looking a little bit like a young Nixon (I did not intend this). I call the method that I use, tradigital art. It merges traditional art (2D drawing and painting) with digital possibilities (computer art and digital photography). My website is http://merrillk.com

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This video will give you step by step instructions on how to draw the rapper Jay Z. Just follow the instructions on the eleven steps that I give you and shade along with me during the shading tutorial at the end of this video .....and I guarantee that you will surprise yourself with your drawing.

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Step 1: I recommend that you cut your paper in to a square shape to begin. While this recommendation is not necessary, the edges of the square will help you judge the placement of the lines in your drawing.
Step 2: Draw the big U shape and the small P shape. Notice their relative size to each other and to the rest of the square shape. Notice where the lines of each letter end, compared to the edges of the paper. Finally, notice that the U and the P tilt to the right.
Step 3: Put in the triangle shape at the top....close to the middle of the page. Also put in the line in the upper left corner.
Step 4: This is a tough step.....Do not expect to get this perfectly. These are shadow shapes around the eye and they are not as important as getting the position of the eye correct. Notice the general placement of this shape. It lies above the tail of the P shape and more than 1/2 the way up the U shape. Sketch it in quickly. Do not agonize over it.
Step 5: Draw in the eyes. Overall, they are almond shaped and notice that there is one eye length between each eye. Also, be sure to add the double line around the eyes.
Step 6: Add the nose. There is a strong shadow on both sides of the bridge of the nose. There is even a stronger shadow at the bottom and the nostrils will be merged in to a shape that looks like a flattened M.
Step 7: Add the rainbow shape that you see. Notice its origin from the shape in step 6.
Step 8: Add Jay-Z's lips. The two lips together form a heart shape. The two lips are about equal in size to each other.
Step 9: Add the shirt and tie. Dont stress the placement of these shapes, they are irrelevant to the likeness.
Step 10: Finish the shirt and add his earring.
Step 11: Add the line below his chin.

This video will give you step by step "Lin"struction on how to draw New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin. All you need is a sharp"lin"ed pencil and some paper. Just follow my easy steps and I will "Lin"hance your artistic abilities and "Lin"able you to draw a portrait of the Knicks "Lin"famous point guard, who is currently living a "Lin"derella story. Whats that you say? You shoot free throws like Shaquille O'neal and you make stick figures look fat when you draw? Oh thats silly talk! Dont worry! This is a team effort.

Let me say this in your "Lin"go because I dont want to be mis"lin"terpreted. This will be as easy as playing "Lin"tendo. Drawing is part of every persons basic "Lin"stincts. It is natural to draw and it is a "lin"stigated effort to learn your letters. We are going to turn back the clock and re"lin"vent your artistic vocabulary.

What? Are you not "Lin"tertained? Put down your Egg McMuff"lin" and grab a pencil. Lets begin!

Step 1: Draw the two shapes that you see. Be sure to notice the angle of the V shape. Notice that the right side of the V is slightly higher than the left side.
Step 2: Add the five shapes that I just added. Be sure to notice their scale and how they overlap the shapes from step 1.
Step 3: Add one more finger to the shape from step 2.
Step 4: Add the tall U shape. Notice its angle and observe that it is slightly taller than the shape from step 1.
Step 5: Add the shapes around the U shape.
Step 6: Point guards need fingers. Give Linsanity some fingers.
Step 7: Give the man a jersey! The Jersey is about 3 times as tall as the shape from step 1.
Step 8: Add his other arm.
Step 9: Now its time to letter his Jersey. Just remember that the New York is at armpit level. And the number 1 is under the New and the 7 is under the York. If you want to challenge yourself, try to leave a white outline around the letters.
Step 10: Make an oval for the head. If you want to make him a bobble head make a large oval. Either way, try to keep the same height versus width proportions as mine. Notice that I added three lines. The head can be split up in four somewhat equal sections; 1.) chin to bottom of nose 2.) bottom of nose to eyebrows 3.) eyebrows to hairline ....and 4.) hair. Notice that the only section that was slightly longer on Jeremy Lin was from bottom of nose to chin. The other three sections fit that formula perfectly. The hair might seem shorter, but that is because I am going to extend it when I shade his hair.
Step 11: Add the two shapes for the orbits of each eye. Notice their scale compared to the head shape and notice that that they are situated towards your right.
Step 12: Add the hairline.
Step 13: Add the nose.
Step 14: Add the ears.
Step 15: Add the rainbow shapes for the upper eyelids.
Step 16: Place the pupil and iris underneath.
Step 17: Add the eyebrows at the top of the eye shape.
Step 18: Add the eyelids above the eyes.
Step 19: Add the opening for the mouth. Notice that it is a flattened half circle and that it is situated more towards the nose than the chin.
Step 20: Add the lips. Notice that the upper lip and lower lip are similar in size.
Step 21: It is time to do the hair. The first thing that you need to do is erase the original line because the hairline is a soft line. I extended the hair on the top and in front. Both have very soft edges.
Step 22: Will cover the top of Jeremy Lin's face. I started off by erasing the lines. Then I added wrinkle lines to the forehead since he has a tense expression. Then I darkened the area above the eyes and used the blending stump to smudge. I used the eraser to create highlights.
Step 23: There are very distinct lines at the bottom of the orbits of the eye on Jeremy Lin's face. They point towards the bottom of the ears. Generally speaking the neck will be darker than the face. Jeremy Lin has a very muscular face so dont worry about softening things. Its ok to leave jagged edges. He has a very dark shadow under his chin.
Step 24: I started by creating a dark line around the collar and the sleeves. Then I added a second line above it which left a solid white line in between. The lettering is tricky. You just have to take your time with it. Try to maintain the white edge around the letters and numbers.
Step 25: In step 25 we draw the hands and arms. Use the eraser to add highlights and the pencil to add shading.

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Drawing Tutorial- Howto draw Bruno Mars Step by Step. Today, if you feel like doing something, I am going to teach you how to draw Bruno Mars. Don't just lay in your bed, kick up your feet and stare at a fan. Thats just silly talk. Artists have to remain occupied or else we wind up moving to the South of France to chop off our ears. So I recommend that you get out of your snuggie and grab a pencil and some paper. While you are at it, hit the link in the video description. The link will take you to my guide with photos and text, which accompanies this video. It will make drawing Bruno Mars a lot less difficult. Oh and if you wanted to see someone dougie, here you go.
Step 1: Draw the two shapes that you see. I recommend that you start out in the lower right corner.
Step 2: Draw in the neck shape. Try to match the width and the height of this shape as closely as you can.
Step 3: Draw in the other shoulder.
Step 4: Draw in a bowl shape for the bottom of his head.
Step 5: Add the top of the head. Notice that it is significantly larger than the bowl shape at the bottom of the head. Do your best to observe and draw the contour line as accurately as possible.
Step 6: Add the triangular shape to the side of the head.
Step 7: Add the ear shape. Notice that its origin is at the line which runs accross the bowl shape.
Step 8: This is the trickiest step. Draw the shapes that I just added. This tip will help. It is a similar distance from the eyebrow to the bottom of the nose, as it is from the eyebrow to the hairline.
Step 9: Draw in the shape for Bruno's left eye socket.
Step 10 Draw in the shape for Bruno's left eye and eyebrow. Notice the placement of both of these shapes within the eye socket shape.
Step 11: Complete the nose shape
Step 12: Add Bruno's hat. Look closely and see that his hat is basically a banana shape and a trapezoid.
Step 13: Add Bruno Mars upper lip.
Step 14: Add Bruno Mars bottom lip.

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Do you know what there is a pink bunny visible from outer space? Well I did! Let me show you what I mean. After I read about this pink bunny and started navigating Google Earth, I began to wonder.........What else is visible in the Google Earth Art Gallery? In this video you will find some of the coolest artwork, visible from outer space. Some of these artworks have videos made about them already, and I will put the links in the upper right hand corner of the video player. I have barely scratched the surface of what is out there, so if you know of something cool. Put its Geo tag in the comments so others can find it. The geo tags of everything mentioned in this video are in the video description.

Two people inspired me to create this portrait. Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected president of South Africa is obviously one. The other is an artist named Igor Kazarin who has a popular art channel on youtube called portraitdrawing. I wanted to try his amazing Dry Brush Technique which combines oil paint, watercolor paper and a kneaded eraser. I added my own touch to this portrait by finishing it with a prismacolor pencil. -Merrill Kazanjian
If you want to try Dry Brush Technique, you will need:

- Watercolor paper (At least 150 LBS)
- Oil Paint (I am using Lamp Black.....this technique works in with color too)
- Kneaded Eraser
- I also used Prismacolor Color Pencils at the end (optional)

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Men can sometimes struggle with words.

Little Old Man: Are you a parking ticket?
Little Old Lady: (What?)
Little Old Man: Because, you got fine written all over you.

Fortunately, Merrill is here to help. Imagery can replace words and today, I am going to teach you how to make a drawing that you could give to your crush or your significant other. All you will need is paper, a pencil and some romantic incentive and I will take care of the rest.

It has been said that a picture is worth 1000 words, so you probably don't want to mess up this drawing. Don't worry. You won't. Hit the link in the video description. The link will take you to my guide with photos and text, which will make this drawing as easy as possible.

Little Old Man: Baby, you are like a student and I am like a math book, you solve all my problems

Little Old Lady: (Slap)
Little Old Man: I'm not a player I just crush a lot.

Step 1: Draw an oval and two tree stump shapes.
Step 2: Draw the fist shape. Be sure to notice its placement within the oval shape.
Step 3: Draw the shape that I just added. Notice that it looks like a cartoon face from profile view. Also notice that a part of this shape goes outside the oval shape.
Step 4: Add the upside down rainbow shape, between the two shapes from the previous steps.
Step 5: Add the fingernails.
Step 6: Add the lines between the fingers.
Step 7: Erase the egg shape.

This is a step by step tutorial on how to draw Spiderman

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Book Recommendations to draw from your mind-
Ron Tiner - Figure Drawing Without A Model
Andrew Loomis - Creative Illustration
Andrew Loomis - Drawing the Head and Hands
Andrew Loomis - Figure Drawing For All It's Worth
Andrew Loomis - Fun with a Pencil
Andrew Loomis - Successful Drawing
Andrew Loomis - The Eye of the Painter
George B. Bridgman - Constructive Anatomy
George B. Bridgman - The Human Machine

Link- http://merrillk.com/index.php?part=fineart&articles_id=5980&collection=114 Today, YOU are going to draw Kobe Bryant. It doesn't matter if you have prior art training or not. This video will break the process down in to simple steps so that anyone can do it. Grab a pencil and paper and let me show you what I mean. Remember to pause the video when you need to. Here we go.
Step 1: Draw an oval shape for Kobe's head. Notice that the bottom of the oval looks like an upside down trapezoid while the top of the oval shape is rounded.
Step 2: Make four horizontal lines. The top line MUST intersect the midway point of the oval shape. The lowest line should be placed at the bottom of the chin. After drawing the top and bottom lines, add two EVENLY SPACED lines between the top and bottom line. At the end of step two, you should have THREE evenly spaced segments between the top and bottom lines (refer to the picture).
Step 3: Observe the six dots that I added. The top four map out the corners of Kobe's eyes, while the bottom two map out the corners of his mouth. Lets look at their relationship. Notice that these dots are leaning towards the right side of the oval. This is due to the fact that Kobe's head is slightly turned. Also, take a second to notice the distance in between the two eyes is equal to one eye length. Finally, notice that the middle part of the space designated for each eye, will line up with the outer corners of the mouth. Now, draw in the six dots.
Step 4: Draw in the eyes....The upper eyelid as a rainbow shape and the bottom lid is close to a straight line. Notice that the iris is partially blocked by the upper eyelid.
Step 5: Encapsulate the eye in the oval shape that I just added.

Step 6: In this step, make the bottom of the nose by drawing three connected, upside down arches. Do not worry about the bridge of the nose yet. After you make the bottom of the nose, draw the shape for the upper lip...... The upper lip looks like a squished McDonalds logo (picture the golden arches squished).

Step 7: Add the bottom lip. It is similar to a banana shape. Notice that the bottom lip is thicker than the top lip. Now that we have the eyes and part of the mouth done, take a second to notice the perfect square that is formed when you connect the points from the middle of the eye and the corners of the mouth. Make adjustments if you do not have this perfect square.
Step 8: Draw in the two shapes between the eyes and nose. Like the bottom lip, these shapes are very similar to banana shapes. They will help us shade the nose later.
Step 9: Now add in the ears. Due to the fact that Kobe's head is turned; it appears that his left ear is smaller than his right. This, of course is not the case, but draw what you see.
Step 10: Draw in the lines, stemming from the chin, as well as Kobe's dimple lines.
Step 11: Draw in Kobe's hairline. Again, due to the turn of his head, you will see more hair on the right side.
Step 12: Erase the construction lines
Now, I will show you how to shade your drawing. Don't worry, this too, will be easy! You have three options to learn shading. Option one- click the link in the video description to go to a webpage that I made for this video..... on my website, merrillk.com. You will see a series of 17 steps with picture references and words. You will also see a free downloadable resource that you can print. Option two is to watch a shading demonstration in the second part of this video; and option three is a separate video; where I will demonstrate how I shaded Kobe at a slower pace. Please take advantage of all of these options. I am confident that they will help. Special thanks to Rico Shen for use of his photograph via Creative Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/w....iki/File:NikeTaipeiF

Link- http://merrillk.com/index.php?part=fineart&articles_id=6556&collection=114 This is the second in a series of twenty videos, that will show you how to draw the hand in various poses. This video will specifically focus on the peace sign hand gesture. I broke the process down in to simple steps and I went the "extra mile" to make sure that EVERYONE could do it, even if you havent had much experience with art. The link in the videos description will take you to a web page with step by step instructions and a PDF Book that you could download and print for free..... Lets get ready to draw

As a general recommendation, pause the video at the end of each step and look at the reference image often.

Step 1: Draw the two fingertip shapes. Notice that the fingertip on the left is at a different angle than the fingertip on the right.
Step 2: Add the next two shapes. Notice that they are slightly longer than the fingertip shapes.
Step 3: Draw the trapezoid shape in addition to the two shapes that complete the fingers. Notice that the bottoms of the fingers are slightly longer than the mid sections of the fingers.
Step 4: Step four is a tricky step! Be sure to spend some extra observation time. Notice that the thumb overlaps the trapezoid shape. Also notice that the thumb in this position, resembles a flying saucer tilting to the side.....YES...a flying saucer with a thumbnail in it.
Step 5: Draw the traingle shape. Notice that it is directly below the V shape from the two fingers. Also notice the tiny shape that I made tp the right side of the thumb.
Step 6: Draw the tilted U shape, to the left of the triangle. Also, draw in the fingernail.
Step 7: Observe the picture to close the U shape from step 6.
Step 8: Add in the shape that I just added. It will eventually be a part of the pinky finger.
Step 9: Add in the fingertip and fingernail to complete the shape for the pinky finger.
Step 10: Add the triangle shape next to the pinky finger. This will eventually be part of the palm.
Step 11: Add in the shape for the lower palm.
Step 12: Observe the line that was just added. It is similar to the bottom of a cup. It starts at the middle of the ring finger and ends at the thumb shape from Step 4.
Step 13: Take some extra time to observe the line that I just added. Then, complete the shape for the bottom of the palm
Step 14: Now, take a second to observe the lines that I ALMOST totally erased.


SHADING

Step 15: Build the tones up slowly. Start cross hatching with an HB (#2) pencil.

Step 16: (NOT SHOWN) I use a blending stump to smudge my hatches. And then I do more hatching atop of the smudges.

Step 17: The darkest parts will be the triangle in the center and the areas on the edges of the right side of the hand (and fingers....see this developed in the next few steps).

Step 18: At this point I am using my darker (in tone) 2B, 3B, 4B and 5B pencils. I also use the eraser (A LOT) to create highlights.

Step 19: I always try to finish a drawing by smoothing it out by using the pencil, the eraser and the blending stub (tortillion).

Step 20: Finished!

Want to draw Abraham Lincoln? This video will give you step by step instruction so that you can draw Abe......Honestly!!!!!

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