The Graphite Guide

Subjects & Projects

Practice is far more fun when it makes something recognizable. These step-by-step guides take everything you've learned and aim it at real subjects: faces and a first simple portrait, the hands everyone says are hard, the human figure, a tabletop still life, animals and pets, trees and landscapes, and the everyday objects around you. Each one is broken into approachable stages that sneak in a lot of useful repetition.