Tag: illustrator

  • Drawing Tubes

    Tubes are cylinders with holes in them. You can think of the hole as being a second, negative cylinder fitting inside the first cylinder. Draw a cylinder with a circle at one end. Draw a circle inside the first circle and then add a bit of shading to help make it look hollow. We are…

  • Drawing Cylinders

    A cylinder has circles at both ends which are joined together by parallel lines that create the solid shape. Draw two circles and connect the edges with two lines. This will give you a drawing of something that looks like a rod or dowelling. The lines can be wavy or curly if you like. This…

  • Drawing Circles

    Drawing circles sounds easy, but drawing a perfect circle freehand is almost impossible. The 11th century artist, Giotto, was asked to send the Pope an example of his drawing skills before he was commissioned to paint a work of art. To show how good he was, he sent the Pope a perfect freehand drawing of…