HOW TO DRAW PICTURE BACKGROUNDS SCENERY & INTERIORS / INSIDES OF ROOMS FOR YOUR DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, AND OTHER ARTWORK

Avoiding Straight Lines When Drawing Backgrounds in Your Compositions

Observe the following rules when you are designing the background to a drawing. Avoid long straight or curved lines without some object breaking into them. They are inartistic and disturbing to the eye. The accompanying sketch illustrates how you can make your backgrounds interesting.

The Right and Wrong Way of Drawing Room Interiors & Backgrounds

I give you here two views of an interior, showing the right and wrong way of grouping your furniture and bric-a-brac, so that parallel lines will not conflict with one another.

Foreground, Middleground and Background : Layering Elements in Your Landscapes Creates Depth

Although this article is for photographers, it also applies to all artists. Have you ever noticed how some landscape photos look flat? The scenery is beautiful, the light is nice, but the photo itself looks compressed. It's hard to distinguish the different elements in the scene.

How to Draw Simple Room

Learn how to draw a simple room.

How to Paint a Background

A step-by-step demo of how to paint a background for a portrait or still life.

Manga / Anime Background Tutorial

Creating your own background for an anime film can be done on illustration board. The subject matter of your background is nearly limitless because anime films take place in nearly every conceivable location imaginable.

Thinking inside The Box : Beyond 2 Point Perspective

How do you use 2 point perspective when drawing interiors? Picture yourself standing inside a giant shoe box looking at one of the corners.

How to Draw Scenery - Drawing "Scenery"--whether a scenic background for a play, dance performance or opera or a rendering of a familiar monument, such as the Grand Canyon or Victoria Falls, to be framed and put on a wall--confronts the artist with two challenges: large-scale composition and the use of perspective.

How to Draw an Interior Room - Whether you want to draw, plan your next new bedroom design or do it for other purposes, creating an interior room is a challenge.