About Drawingforall
DrawingForAll is an educational website built around classical principles of visual art and step-by-step drawing lessons.
The site offers detailed explanations of core drawing principles and shows the drawing process step by step for many subjects, including the human figure, animals, and everyday objects.
It also provides a thorough introduction to artist anatomy, which forms the foundation for drawing believable and realistic human figures.
The Founders
Stepan Ayvazyan
Stepan Ayvazyan is a professional artist who has been involved in art since childhood. He combined self-study in fine art with personal training from the best artists from Eastern Europe, primarily Armenia and Georgia.
Over decades of studying fine arts, he mastered such areas as drawing, sculpture, photography, and videography. Artist and photographer in Armenia and Georgia.
In 2015, founded Drawing For All to share his knowledge in the field of fine art.
Andrey Mozhenov
Andrey Mozhenov is a general practitioner with a strong interest in human anatomy.
Since 2015, Andrey has been working with Stepan as an anatomy consultant and is the author of the site’s anatomy-related materials. He is responsible for reviewing and developing content related to human anatomy for artists, as well as contributing to the overall structure and direction of this section of the website.
The Story Behind Drawingforall.net
Stepan Ayvazyan has been involved in drawing for most of his life. Over the years, he developed a solid foundation in classical academic drawing and gradually expanded his practice into different areas of visual art, including comics, animation, and stylized illustration.
Before launching the website, he spent many years teaching drawing both individually and in group settings. His work included teaching complete beginners from the ground up as well as helping more experienced artists refine their skills.
In 2015, together with Andrey Mozhenov, Stepan decided to create DrawingForAll as an online educational platform. The goal was to bring together years of teaching experience and academic knowledge in one place and make them accessible to a wide audience. Over time, the site developed into a resource where classical drawing principles are explained in detail, using clear language and a step-by-step approach.
Art for All
The name of the website reflects its core idea. DrawingForAll was created as a place where drawing is accessible regardless of experience level. The site includes very simple lessons for beginners as well as more detailed and technically focused tutorials for those who want to deepen their understanding of drawing.
We understand that visual art is a complex and multi-layered discipline, and that learning to draw is a process that takes years. Every aspect of drawing contains many nuances and challenges that can only be fully understood when they are explained clearly and correctly.
For this reason, the site provides everything needed to study drawing from the very basics to more advanced and complex techniques. The learning path moves from the earliest and most essential concepts toward a solid understanding of core principles and their practical application.
Whether someone is picking up a pencil for the first time or has many years of experience, the site offers material that can be useful at any stage of artistic development.
More Than Drawing Tutorials
At DrawingForAll, we also understand that drawing is not simply about copying the images we see in front of us. It is a deeper process that involves understanding form, volume, light, shadow, and many other interconnected elements. For this reason, we do not teach drawing as blind repetition or line-by-line copying without understanding.
Instead, lessons are built to explain how and why things work visually, so that each reader can fully grasp the most important drawing concepts and develop a well-rounded understanding of visual art. When studying a specific subject, it is always possible to go deeper into any of its parts or details.
For example, when drawing a portrait, the focus is not only on copying facial features. The process begins with understanding the overall volume, structure, and form of the head. From there, attention shifts to individual facial features and how they relate to the whole.
This approach builds a complete and coherent understanding that can be applied to drawing any subject.
All Facets of Fine Art
What is volume? How do light and shadow work? What are proportions and linear perspective? On the pages of the site, these topics are not presented as dry theory, but explained through practical examples and detailed breakdowns.
Drawing is not limited to working with a pencil or learning isolated techniques. It is a broader visual discipline that combines many styles, approaches, and traditions. DrawingForAll gradually introduces this wider context, helping readers understand drawing as part of visual art as a whole.