Stunning Drawing Art Skills Distinguish Art Drawings Facebook Group

Jeffrey Appiatu, a member of the Art Drawing Facebook group shows off his drawing art skills in this painting titled Stages of Evolution. Charcoal and graphite on Canson paper drawing. Scale : 28 x 20 inches. © Jeffrey Appiatu 2015

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Art Drawings, a Facebook group, is the place to show off your drawing skills, learn how to draw, and share your drawing ideas with emerging and professional artists.

BY KAZEEM ADELEKE

Image: Pen, color pencils, pencil drawing titled Praise God by Merna Ahmed

Merna Ahmed, Praise God. Pen, color pencils, pencils. © Merna Ahmed 2015

Art Drawings is a Facebook group dedicated to artists who love to draw. This is the place to share your drawing art skills. Many of the artists in this Facebook group use traditional drawing tools like pencils, pens, and crayons. However, drawing for this group extends beyond the use of pencils, crayons, pens, and other traditional drawing materials. If you can draw or create art using cables, wires, and strings, then you can become a member of this group.

Drawing Materials

Pastel pencils
Colored pencils
Conté Sticks, crayons, and pencils
Charcoal sticks and pencils
Graphite sticks
White chalk
Pens
Brushes and dip pens
Ink
Sharpeners
Erasers and stumps
Papers and supports

Art Drawings, a Facebook art group, is a place to learn how to draw. What is particularly fascinating about this art group is that it has a lot of videos showing artists exploring different drawing techniques. These videos are very instructive for aspiring artists who love to draw or want to learn to draw. In these tutorial videos, artists show off their drawing art (remove) skills. For aspiring artists who love to draw or want to learn to draw, the videos are very instructive. In them, artists show off their drawing art skills. They reveal techniques established artists use to create amazing drawings. From drawing pictures to drawing ideas, there is so much to learn from the videos. Here are some of the drawing techniques explored by members of the group.

Drawing Techniques and Drawing Art Skills

Vertical Hatching
Horizontal Hatching
Inclined Hatching
Cross-Hatching
Radial Hatching
Expressive Hatching
Contour Lines
Dotted Line
Zigzag Lines
Interwoven Textures
Basketweave Patterns
Wavy Lines
Scribbling

Although there are no details as to when the group started or membership requirements, what is clear is that the Art Drawings Facebook group attracts members from across the globe. The opportunity of a level playing field where everyone can contribute is one of the strongest features of this Facebook group. Although not all the works on the group’s Facebook page are outstanding, there are many enjoy.

Creative Drawing Ideas

If you are looking for drawing ideas, this is the group for you. Many members of this group are innovative in their approach to drawing. They explore different creative drawing ideas and techniques to communicate their ideas and thoughts. The ideas are endless. Here are some of the drawing ideas you can find on the group’s page:

Portrait of a friend
Self-portrait
Drawing of a family photograph
Portrait of a famous person you admire
Draw a new fish tank for a fish
Animals
Flowers
Flower arrangements
Interesting pair of shoes
A cute baby animal
Still life of fresh fruit that has been cut in half
Landscape
Treehouses
Tress with arresting characteristics
Cars and automobiles
Food
Perspective
Aerial view of your favorite place
Superheroes in real life

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THE ARTISTS: DRAWING ART SKILLS

One of the artists in this group is Jeffrey Appiatu, a 20-year-old artist. Appiatu’s approach to drawing is delicate and sensitive. From the sketch to the finished work, there is a great effort by the artist to go beyond likeness to the point of bringing forth emotions. In his recently finished portrait drawing of a woman, Appiatu captures the beauty and emotion of the woman staring into space.

The charcoal and graphite on Canson paper show the brilliance of this artist, and how much patience goes into creating such an exceptional portrait drawing. On his Facebook page, Appiatu allows an insight into the creative process that makes his drawings unique. He presents the step-by-step approach from the beginning to the end of the portrait drawing. It took 95 steps to get from the drawing to the finish line. Commenting on his drawing, a fellow artist noted, ‘Got Mad Skills!:

But Appiatu is just one of the exceptional artists with amazing proficiency in this group. Merna Ahmed is another artist with great skills. A student in Cairo, Egypt, Merna Ahmed’s approach to drawing explicates bravery. One of her recent drawings shows why this is an artist with a great future. Titled Praise God, the young artist uses colored pens, crayons, and pencils to capture sun rays radiating on swirling waves. The movement, color interaction, and composition make this piece very interesting.

The Magic of Coloured Pencils

In the hands of Jesse Lane, colored pencils are like magic wands. Lane, who studied at Texas A&M University, has perfected his drawing skills by emulating old masters. Caravaggio, the seventeenth-century Italian artist, is a major source of influence for this young artist. Caravaggio developed tenebrism, a style of painting that explored very pronounced chiaroscuro. Caravaggio’s influences are evident in many of Lane’s drawings that play on the dramatic contrast of light and dark. In his Anatomy of Light Series, Jesse Lane creates several portraits showing Caravaggio’s influences of dramatic illumination.

One of the drawings is titled OASIS. The colored pencil drawing is the portrait of a woman with water running from her head to her face and neck. The face of the woman with her eyes closed tells the whole story of her emotions and mood. That mood is accentuated by the realistic rendition of the water flowing down her face. It is not surprising that this colored pencil drawing was accepted for the 49th Annual Richardson Civic Art Society Regional Show in Richardson, TX. It is an outstanding piece of art.

From illustrators to designers, and drawing enthusiasts, this group has a long list of creative minds. Besides showing off their skills, members can also create links to their own Facebook pages. This is another reason this group is unique. Unlike many other groups that do not allow members to post links to their website or Facebook page, artists have the opportunity to create links. There are also many painters in this group. Members not only have the opportunity to learn how to draw but also understand how the environment and culture inform artistic representation.