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    What is the easiest way to scale a drawing?
    Kelly Medford
    Professional Artist
    Kelly Medford is an American painter based in Rome, Italy. She studied classical painting, drawing and printmaking both in the U.S. and in Italy. She works primarily en plein air on the streets of Rome, and also travels for private international collectors on commission. She founded Sketching Rome Tours in 2012 where she teaches sketchbook journaling to visitors of Rome. Kelly is a graduate of the Florence Academy of Art.
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    Buy a small wheel that shows ratios so that you do not have to calculate them yourself. Then scale up the drawing according to the same proportions.
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    How can you use water-soluble pencils for shading?
    Kelly Medford
    Professional Artist
    Kelly Medford is an American painter based in Rome, Italy. She studied classical painting, drawing and printmaking both in the U.S. and in Italy. She works primarily en plein air on the streets of Rome, and also travels for private international collectors on commission. She founded Sketching Rome Tours in 2012 where she teaches sketchbook journaling to visitors of Rome. Kelly is a graduate of the Florence Academy of Art.
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    You can use water-soluble pencils and roughly shade over an area. Then go back over the pencil with a wet brush to fill it.
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    How do I make a perfect heart?
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    To make a perfectly-proportioned heart, you can use the two circles and triangle method, but use a ruler or other straight edge to draw a line down from between the circles before drawing your triangle. This will help you keep the point centered. You can also use tools to help you draw the circles if you struggle with drawing nice circles.
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    How do I draw a heart that spells out the word "love"?
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    Draw the heart, then draw the word love in the middle space. Trying to write the drawing will be much harder and takes a lot of skill and practice but you can cheat by drawing a heart guideline, then sizing the letters to fit within that heart, then erase the guideline.
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    Do I color it different colors?
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    Yes, use your inspiration to color it whatever way you want!
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    How do I do the shading?
    Undertale4141
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    Determine a light source. Draw an arrow or a point to represent it somewhere on the page close to the heart. Shade it like you would a sphere, morphing the shading to accompany the different shape. The lighter areas are closest to the light source, and the shadow is the farthest away.
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    How can I draw a flying heart?
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    Just add some wings by following the guidelines in wikiHow to Draw Wings .
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    How can I draw a broken heart?
    Community Answer
    You can draw a regular heart and then fill it with cracks to symbolize the brokenness.
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    Can I add more color?
    Community Answer
    Of course, you can add any color you want. You are the artist so you can use your own artistic license.
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    How do I draw a real human heart?
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    Do the circles need to be perfect?
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    No! You can add your own unique touch to it. Every heart doesn't have to be perfect!
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