We got sick of scouring the web for good drawing websites, so we made a list of our favorites. Help yourself to these drawing links, and if you have a site you think we should add, leave it in the comments, and we’ll take a look.

Media

• WetCanvas: Types of Drawing Papers/Surfaces

Foreshortening

• idrawdigital’s Foreshortening Tricks Tutorial

Anatomy

• Wizard’s How to Draw: Heroic Anatomy
• Posemaniac’s slightly creepy skinless 3D pose reference
• WetCanvas.com: Basic Anatomy for the Artist
• Portrait-Artist.org has a bit up on anatomy.
• BlazeDent.com: Anatomy and Posture In-Depth

Proportion

• Art School Online: Proportion

Perspective

• Termespheres: Perspective – Super quick rundown on 1-6 point perspective
• Art Studio Chalkboard
• Anime by Example: 3-D Perspective Types
• The Animation Learner’s Site: Quick intro to perspective
• Scott McDaniel has some great walk-throughs of 1–5 point perspective. Check out the primer first.

Reference

• Getty Images – Search the creative section
• Veer – Hipper than Getty, but smaller selection
• Corbis
• FellowHumans.org – Faces!
• Fantasy Art Resource Project: Hand Study
• Nude-Muse.com – Lots o’ women
• iStockphoto – Community driven
• 1001 Hair Styles
• Hair Styles

Tips/Tutorials

• Art Cluster: Hydra’s Drawing Tips – Sketches only showing the basics of super hero-type stuff
• FARP has up a whole bunch of great tutorials
• Drawing Tips for Beginners

Art Stores

• Dick Blick – or “Blick” or “The Blick Store”… Whatever
• Utrecht
• Cheap Joe’s
• Froogle – Not an art store, but great for comparing prices

Manufacturers

• Alvin – Tools and supplies including tables, chairs and lamps. They don’t sell directly from their site, but it helps to see what’s available.

Forums/Communities

• DrawingBoard.org
• ArtPapa Forum
• WetCanvas
• DeviantArt

Blogs

• Drawn! The Illustration Blog
• Pencil Revolution – Pencil philosophy

Misc

• CheapPencilsStore.com – The best quality, cheap pencils. Period.
• Deterioration of Paper: Causes and Prevention
• JasdonLe: Home of Sketch Please member Jason Adam