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Drawing Board covers basic drawing skills. Recent examples include improving your sketching techniques, using grids to improve composition, drawing realistic trees and grass, and rendering textural hair and fur. Color Corner focuses on how to use color effectively in your paintings. Some recent examples include tips for using white, possibilities for fleshtones, and how to make use of sedimentary colors. Landscape Basics deals with issues fundamental to landscape painting.