Welcome to the Drawcraft Tree

In here you will find lots of free drawing lessons to delve into the art of drawcraft with a variety of subjects and demonstrations full of useful tips to help you along your artistic journey. Our unique, step-by-step approach is designed to help you draw any subject with ease and confidence, no matter your skill level or age group. Let's start your drawing journey today!

Some of the demos in here are currently under construction but you're welcome to peruse what is currently available. Locked symbols like the one shown on the left are assigned to demos that are made for Patreons.

Suggested Drawing Subjects & Freebies

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Demonstrations

Here you’ll find an image based demonstration that explains a way to make a lovely mandala. The video part shows how I went about making the Hyrule Mandala.

Hyrule Mandala

Time do delve into monster generation with this brutal lesson!

Minotaur

Into the woods we go to try and find a gnarly tree to draw. (Not gnarly in the surfer bro way).

Gnarly Oak

The artists who worked on The Last of Us really went all out on creeping its player base out with this one. Let's draw this fella and rejoice in all of its chaotic, detailed goodness!

Bloater - Coming soon

Ahh, a good old staple of the internet. This wouldn't be a proper How to Draw site without a lovely eyeball demo now would it.

Human Eye

Ahh, poor old Jerome. He had it rough! We however are not going to struggle so much as this demo should reveal plenty of insight into how to draw an old man like old Jerry here.

St Jerome - Coming soon

The 'other' Mona Lisa. Truth be told, I much prefer this painting.

La Belle Ferronière

A copy I made from a skull study originally drawn by the fantastic Colleen Barry.

Skull

Ink markers and pencil? Insano talk!

Ram

Another copy from a Colleen Barry drawing. The human form is really the greatest test. Just like a circle, the human form leaves very few places to hide when it comes to accuracy.

Woman Figure

A brief look at the drawing that emerged from a scribble. Full process of the production of the Wych Elm is covered in Book 2.

Wych Elm - Coming soon

Old people have the most interesting skin and make for fantastic subjects. They're exploding with character and if we catch that energy, they can make for the best portraits!

Old Man Skin Texture

GENERAL GUIDES

General Guides

If you are considering picking up a pencil to make some magic happen this page will introduce you to a friendly, refreshingly straightforward, enjoyable, and enlightening journey to learning to draw. Welcome to the fold young padawan!

Learn How to Draw

A critical time for any drawing is in its early construction stage. This lesson delves into that very important phase.

Blocking In - Coming soon

The very first instances of value start to emerg and suddenly 'pop!', the lights flick on in the drawing and a semi 3D model emerges.

Shadow Shapes

TOOLS

Artist's Toolkit

Ooooh, pencils! I'll say it now, I have been to the pencil museum in Keswick three times and I'm not ashamed of that fact!

Pencils

Here we explore the wonderful world of paper.

Paper

Erasers! Some are great, some are good and some are downright awful. Vincent Van Gogh used bread... I have experimented with that too and can confirm it is nonsense.

Erasers

Over time, my conviction strengthens: maintaining a sketchbook is fundamentally essential for meaningful progress to unfold.

Sketchbooks - Coming soon

Blenders! Most of these you will find around the home. Toilet roll, cotton wool as two examples!

Blenders - Coming soon

Creative burnout is something that happens to most, if not all artists. Lack of ideas is a problem but one that is easily surmountable.

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