How to Draw a Winter Scenery
Scenes of peaceful winter scenery, and the glimmer of new fallen snow, are a common theme in both the visual and literary arts. In Lois Lowry's The Giver... Read more
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How to Draw Lightning
Lightning is essentially a really powerful burst of static electricity. Lightning can discharge within a single cloud, between two clouds, or... Read more
How to Draw a Desert
The desert is “a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and... Read more
How to Draw a Cactus
There are about 1,750 known species in the group of plants known as the cactus (plural, cacti). Cacti are known for their sharp spines and... Read more
How to Draw a Rainbow
Rainbows are a meteorological, or weather, phenomenon. When white light from the sun is bent, or refracted, by droplets of water, a rainbow... Read more
How to Draw Rocks
Pebble. Stone. Boulder. The simple rock goes by many names. By definition, rocks are solid masses of metals, minerals, and crystals called... Read more
How to Draw a Beach
Beaches are rocky or sandy areas located where oceans or seas meet the land. Most beaches have either white or golden sand, depending... Read more
How to Draw the Sky
The sky has long been an object of fascination for humans. Since the dawn of time, he has looked to the stars, the clouds, the sun, and... Read more
How to Draw a River
A river is a flowing body of water. Rivers of different sizes go by many names – stream, creek, brook, rivulet, rill, run, burn, and beck, to name... Read more
How to Draw Mountains
If you're looking for beautiful, spacious skies and purple mountain majesties, you've come to the right place. Add this mountains drawing to your sketchbook or hang... Read more
How to Draw an Ocean
Oceans, large bodies of salt water, cover over 70 percent of the surface of the earth. This blanket of water is known as the hydrosphere. Smaller... Read more
How to Draw Rain
Rain occurs when the water vapor in clouds condenses around tiny dust particles. These droplets increase in size millions of times, eventually... Read more
How to Draw Waves
Waves result from the wind blowing across the surface of an ocean, sea, or lake. These waves, called wind waves, whip up the water, first into ripples... Read more
How to Draw a Night Sky
Timon and Pumbaa may not have understood the science behind their view of the night sky, but night is essential to the rhythm of life on... Read more
How to Draw the Moon
The moon is thought to be four and half billion years old, just younger than the earth itself. It may have formed from the collision of a planet-sized... Read more
How to Draw an Island
By definition, an island is "a tract of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent." Did you know? In 1881, a British army general... Read more
How to Draw Grass
Grass is ubiquitous - in most parts of the world, grass is everywhere. This plant covers the ground we walk on, feeds us, feeds the animals... Read more
How to Draw a Waterfall
Waterfalls - rivers that descend steeply, often from mountains - are among the most breathtaking landmarks on the planet. Some... Read more
How to Draw a Volcano
What is a volcano? Volcanoes form where cracks or ruptures are present in the earth's surface, or crust. Magma - molten, liquid rock... Read more
How to Draw Clouds
Clouds are made of billions and billions of tiny water droplets suspended in the earth's atmosphere. There are many different types of clouds... Read more