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A seated fox with pointed ears, cheek shapes, a centered face, a light chest and a large tail sweeping across the foreground.
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How Much Shading Does a Cute Animal Need?

Use white paper, a few middle tones and a few dark accents to finish a Fox, a Frog or a sleeping Cat. Emphasis will be on clearly drawing the face and the overall silhouette of the animal.

September 7, 20265 min read
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A smiling frog with raised eyes, visibly folded back legs and four feet resting on a notched lily pad.
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Make Your Animal Drawings Look Connected

A head that looks detached or a leaf line that crosses a foot needs a clearer connection. Find out where to join a contour, stop it, or erase a small section of line.

September 7, 20265 min read
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A seated bunny with a broad head, one upright ear and one folded tip, small front paws and broad back feet.
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Cute Animal Proportions: Start with Two Simple Shapes

Work out the head and body before adding too much detail to your animal. Use simple forms of a cat, bunny and puppy to explore proportions rather than trying to draw a perfect oval.

September 7, 20266 min read
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How to Draw a Box in Perspective, Step by Step - and Check It Yourself
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How to Draw a Box in Perspective, Step by Step - and Check It Yourself

One-, two- and three-point perspective explained from your vantage point, as opposed to arbitrary levels of difficulty. This is followed by an explanation of how the checking step of the 250 box challenge helps you check whether each set of edges agrees on a vanishing point, and two free tools for practicing boxes and cylinders.

August 10, 202611 min read
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Why You Can't See Your Own Mistakes (And How to Measure Them Instead)
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Why You Can't See Your Own Mistakes (And How to Measure Them Instead)

Most importantly, it is very hard to look at your own work objectively for the same errors you created in the first place. A fresh look or a measurement can help. Try 5 free drills that check specific drawing relationships and show where your estimates drift.

July 29, 20266 min read
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Why Do My Drawings Look Bad? 7 Fixable Reasons
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Why Do My Drawings Look Bad? 7 Fixable Reasons

Your drawings don’t look bad because you lack talent. Here are the 7 fixable reasons a drawing looks off, stiff, or flat – and a 5-question checklist to find out which one is yours.

July 2, 20269 min read
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The Drawize Academy guided drawing lesson interface
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Learning to Draw in the Age of AI

How we use demonstrations, practice and AI feedback in our art learning system to enable students to learn to draw by making their own drawings. We also explain where generated teaching materials are used in the learning process of Drawize Academy.

February 1, 20254 min read
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