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Step-by-step drawing tutorials in pencil, on a graphics tablet, in Photoshop and Procreate. Each one covers a single subject — a face, eyes, lips, a figure, a house — from the first line to a finished piece. All free, no sign-up.
A quick study trains the eye for speed — catching proportion and character in a couple of minutes without going into detail. Elena Churkina says what to draw them with and on, how long to give each one, and works through objects, fruit, animals and people.
Tip, wings, base, bridge, root — the construction of the nose is the same for everyone and only the proportions change. Drawing a nose starts from a simple block that covers the whole silhouette. The walkthrough runs on three different types, plus why the nose keeps growing all your life.
The internal construction of the lips is the same for everyone; only the proportions change. To draw lips you go from volume — the cylindrical form of the jaw, with the upper and lower lip over it, the philtrum and the corners. Light, shade and the highlight go on last, once the form already reads.
Marina Peregud paints a study of a bright flower in a glass vase and explains her decisions as she goes: which textured brushes she picks, how she sets up the canvas, how she carries the colour of the reference and the material of the glass.
Fur is drawn in layers, not hair by hair — shadows first, then ambient occlusion, then light and finally highlights with a soft edge. You need Photoshop or Procreate and a finished line: rendering over it takes about fifty minutes. Source files and a checklist are included.
A visual effect is assembled from three parts: the primary one, the core of the blast; the secondary, the dome with the shockwave ring; and the tertiary, sparks and smoke. Each is drawn on its own layer and started in black and white. That is how VFX for games and film are made before the effect goes onto a particle system.
A jug is sculpted from an ordinary cube. Delete the top face, add a couple of modifiers with Subdivision Surface first, and pull the form out — the same way you would make a vase in Blender from scratch. Part one of a free lesson, with a screenshot for every action.
To draw a woman, hold on to two volumes — the ribcage and the pelvis: the tilt between them sets the pose. Anton Korostov builds the figure front on, in profile and from the back, plus tonal drawing, quick studies and an athletic build.
Marina Peregud explains how digital differs from traditional painting — in materials, technique, the ability to revise and the way work is stored. If you are only starting out in digital, practice follows: a cat portrait from underpainting to detail.
