In the previous article, Linda began to show why it’s better to draw from life than from a photograph. When you draw from life, you can feel less restricted in adding your feelings or in becoming committed to translating feelings on paper. In this article, she goes deeper to show how you can use symbols to help send messages, and how to draw such intangibles as weight, sound, and scent.

In this article, Linda shows how variety in form and in texture provides your drawings with more interest. She also emphasizes how little texture you really need to draw when you incorporate depth into your pieces. Finally, you’ll learn how to incorporate some ‘style’ into your drawings, or learn how your perception of objects is individual and yours alone.

In this article, Linda shows how variety in form and in texture provides your drawings with more interest. She also emphasizes how little texture you really need to draw when you incorporate depth into your pieces. Finally, you’ll learn how to incorporate some ‘style’ into your drawings, or learn how your perception of objects is individual and yours alone.

In the previous article, Linda showed how everything that you draw can be reduced to forms. She also introduced you to depth, and how that depth can be mimicked through drawing through on the forms rather than drawing outlines or shapes. In this tutorial, she takes you further into depth and also into composition, so you can begin to control your drawings.

Now that you have the human form down, Linda wants to take you beyond figures and drapery and into still life and landscapes. But, before you go there, you’ll need to learn more about form and depth and composition. In addition, you probably want to learn how to develop some texture in your work. But, first things first – this article is about how to find forms in everything you want to draw, and how to develop depth with those forms.