Join the Artistic Waves Community on Google+

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Add +Artistic Waves to your circles or head over to http://artisticwaves.poojasrinivas.com to join the community and start posting.

We are starting our monthly challenges in a few days time so hope to see you there!  

Tutorials for Realistic Pencil Portraits

If you have been following my blog, you'll notice that I had a sudden urge to dabble in portraits. I've been trying to draw portraits and caricatures for a while but they usually look a little too flat. So I decided to look for resources to learn to draw more realistic portraits. I love sketching with pencils and I was really amazed by some of the realistic looking portraits one could create using just pencils so I decided that was the medium I was going to go after.

After wading through different links/videos/resources and searching for a variety of portrait classes, I finally found one that "clicked." Check out the links below for the beginners and advanced version of the course:

Portrait Drawing for Beginners

Portrait Drawing - Advanced

The beginner's version is great for those who haven't tried portraits before. If you have already sketches a few portraits before and want to improve your technique, go for the advanced version. Both versions include step by step instructions with photos and exercises to practice the skills you've learnt. 

Finding Waves sent to ArtisticWaves Group

The best way to access the waves sent to the ArtisticWaves group is by using the links on the ArtisticWaves website. Bookmark the links that you are interested in.

But if you prefer to access them from your Google Wave inbox, watch this video for details on how to find the waves sent to the ArtisticWaves group: