Maggie G.

Drawing, painting, art history,crafts

I hear a lot of drawing instructors say to "focus on the fundamentals", but I am unclear as to what the fundamentals of drawing are. For many of the other arts, the fundamentals are clear, in... more

Up till now, my main shading technique with traditional media was to use graphite and charcoal pencils and smudge it a lot. It works fine on charcoal-heavy drawings, but charcoal has its own pros... more

I received some corel draw files, and need to open them, preferably in illustrator. But anything from the Adobe suit will do.I do not have corel draw and I have a mac, is there a way to convert... more