You don't have to be a Michael Angelo or have a fancy art degree to create a decent pencil portrait. Even though we do not completely understand what it is that constitutes a satisfactory physical and spiritual likeness of a subject there is nevertheless a fool proof way to transfer that physical and spiritual likeness to a piece of drawing paper. What's more, this transfer process or system can be quickly and easily learned. In this tutorial we show you a straightforward five step process to easily let you draw a portrait of a person, animal, or building from a photograph. The five steps...

A good understanding of a minimum amount of anatomy is necessary to be able to draw people on the fly. You don't need to be a "medical" expert but without a fundamental knowledge of the anatomy of the human body you will never be able to draw the human figure quickly and accurately. To give you this minimum amount of knowledge is the goal of this tutorial. The teaching methodology for a particular anatomical feature rests upon three pillars: 1. The Bone Structure: in this section we look at the underlying bone structure of a particular anatomical feature and explain just enough to be able to...

To become an accomplished guitar player it is essential to acquire some knowledge of chord theory. This tutorial aims at giving the reader a sound foundation in chord building theory starting from scratch. The book consists of two major parts: the triadic and the seventh chord theory. It contains step by step constructions of the most popular scales and their harmonization. The book also lists the fretboard notation of a complete set of chords in the key of C which serves as an example for the construction of similar sets in all other keys. Examples are written in classical, tablature, and/or...