Showing posts with label medieval. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medieval. Show all posts

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Fantasy Art School - Totally Free

I have created an art school where you can learn how to draw fantasy subjects like castles, knights, weapons, and all kinds of mythical beasts. It is aimed at the beginnner and will teach you how to draw while you are learning how to draw things in the fantasy genre.

Here is the link:
The Fantasy Art School

There are lessons like
How to draw a medieval Mace
How to Draw a Shield
Understanding Perspective
How to use distortion to draw fantasy creatures
Many more

Build a Trebuchet

Epic Fantasy and The Medieval/Renaissance subjects are closely bound together and in that spirit I have created a project on how to build a small table top trebuchet. It is a great little project that you can do in a couple of hours. This is one fine example of what medieval siege engines were all about. The Trebuchet was very popular because it was easy to build and a sieging army could find the materials to build it around the castle they were sieging. This way they didn't have to haul a big trebuchet around the countryside.
This is the same reason why it is a great little project for you to build too. It is easy to build and easy to get the materials. Check out the project here:
The Little Dragon Table top Trebuchet