Unfortunately only with practice, but I mean a lot of practice.

Lots of practice...and determination. You can do it! :)

Practice, practice, and more practice. Use good pencils, get an art gum eraser, an eraser shield (its cheap), a couple of stumps, some good paper, and have at it. A class at school can help with technigue and give a few shortcuts. But in the final analysis, nothing beats a pad and pencil each and every day.

never give up. find the perfect pencil like pure led, and remember its all in the shadeing.

Practice drawing things as simple geometric shapes, from various angles. By reducing objects to their most essential base shapes we can dispense with all those distracting details and get an instinct for how 3 dimensional objects appear in space. Once you get better at that, start trying to add more detailed features to them. Cardinal rule: Draw what you see, not what you think!! This is a difficult habit to break, because people already have quite an archive of childish symbols for many things implanted in their heads, and when they go to draw them, their brains take over and say, "Oh yeah, I know what one of those looks like!" So, what you usually end up with is a very distorted, and stylized representation of whatever it is, but not a realistic image. Artists have trained themselves to bypass this automatic response and focus on what the eyes actually see, no matter how much their brains protest. So, if drawing a hand larger than a head is required to create the illusion of depth, so be it! If you trust your eyes, your drawings will show a marked improvement. Also, if you want to practice drawing things from photographs, turn them upside down first, this will make it more difficult for your brain to identify things and substitute its inferior symbols for what is really there. Practice practice practice!!!! Here is an oil painting that I'm working on at the moment.

I take drawing lessons, part of my college course, a very key point is obviously practice! Also things like, experimentation, trying to separate left and right minded thinking (this one's actually quite interesting) <-- Example: When asked to draw a person from a photograph, people 90% of the time will try to draw what they think a person looks like, and it ends up looking wrong... The trick (try it, it works), is to turn the photo upside down and try to draw it, this forces your mind to stop drawing 'a person' and start the geometric shapes which it's made of. Also, practice ;) No one has a natural mastery of drawing, there may be some natural ability to do things well, or a natural ability to separate left and right minded thinking, but really, the skill to make a drawing look really good, is from practice and experimentation. Hope it helps! Really try out the left/right minded thinking, most people draw much better upside down than right way up, because you draw 'shapes' rather than 'objects'

Practise and patience.

well i couldnt draw at all until i met my bf and hes a really good drawer. what he used to do is draw a simple picture like a cartoon character and i used to copy it till i got it right, now i can draw pretty good but nowhere near as good as my bf though, i gueess the answer is just practise.

well what websites do you suggest that i go on to help me improve?

Theres a book called "Drawing on the Right side of the brain". try that.

The same way you get to Carnegie Hall, practice! And actually art books can really help.

For me, your question did not advise us whether you are just beginning or have had some or a lot of experience WITH drawing (and/or painting). My 'answer' here is more a discussion on the thinking or philosophy surrounding "HOW?" Recently, I came across an amazing quote. Unfortunately, I don't remember the artist-author's name. He wrote, "NONE of us 'know how' to draw or paint! For if and when we come to the time in our artist endeavors we believe we can say 'I know HOW' art in that person is dead!" Personally, I believe some of the most important considerations in "NOT KNOWING HOW" (in ART!!) elements are: • NOT KNOWING is the best way to discover the outside of what is familiar. • Not knowing is intelligent curiosity looking for doable in-the-moment tasks. • Not knowing means there are no failures, only temporary 'set-backs.' • Not knowing means there is opportunity in one's jump in our learning curve. • Not knowing means we just may discover our own 'style,' without input from others. • Not knowing explores our effort in art without judgment. • NOT KNOWING MEANS THERE ARE NO RULES! The actual thrill of discovery is best had by approaching something, ANYTHING, with the heart, mind, and hand of innocence! No CHILD ever thinks, draws, or paints 'wrong' or 'bad!' For in childen, we ALL can easily be reminded that every moment, every effort, is NEW! Whatever your personal sense of 'rank' as an artist, believe in yourself first. The fact that you asked the question must means you have a living, breathing DESIRE to be yourself! My suggestion, whether you are new or old to art, is to just draw SHAPES. All of us must return to this as all Life is filled with these. Furthermore, all art would not happen without shapes. But first, remind yourself, as we ALL do, to really LOOK with your WHOLE BODY. By the way, you can really 'look' with more than your eyes: imagine AS IF that shape was seen from another physical sense, what would it share with you? For example, the SMELL of an orange may lead you to different (than others) color choices! If you imagine as if you hear 'something burning' on the shape you are viewing, this too may lead to new and amazing discoveries in "how" to draw or paint. Imagine you can TASTE that item or view. If you imagine (from afar) could touch it, what 'discovery' in you is larger than just being able to draw that item? Color? Texture? Form? Distance? Perspective? Perhaps, that item is actually 'saying' something to you. Maybe its 'speech' offers a theme you hadn't thought of prior to your asking! USE ALL FIVE of your senses. Actually, the Sixth Sense, is not ESP, it is the innate sense that when perceiving a form or shape, you will know just how much energy you will have to expend to literally lift it! Draw: A square shape A round A triangle A tub A cone A pipe An oval Ask yourself, which of the shapes have something in common? For example the round, tube, cone, pipe and oval ALL have something similiar: shapes within shapes. Try to find find them, separate them, and attempt to draw the discoveries. --- Now. Close your eyes (no peeking allowed - HA!) Review in your 'mind's eye' all the shapes that are actually in your life right now, at this moment. Perhaps, the curve, smell of your old sneakers. The rectangle 'cold' sight of your refrigerator. The taste square of that morning toast you had. The touch round of your new baby's cheeks, in your 'warm' square hands. You see ... 'drawing' is everywhere. Attempt drawing the outline of something with only your eyes (no pencil/brush), as if you are a very old snail and must outline each and every shape very slowly with your eyes. Try 'drawing' only with your ears. What colors might your ears 'see?' Ask yourself, "WHAT physical sense of mine is 'weakest?' "What is my strongest sense?" Practice isolating all of your senses, one at a time -- absolutely no need for a teacher or 'instructions' here! ALL of these will help you 'to draw better.' RESCRIPT YOUR MIND to let go of 'right,' 'wrong,' 'talented,' brilliant,' and even 'good.' --- Other possible tasks when attempting ANYTHING: (You may want to keep a journal. I don't any longer, but some do.) Ask yourself, concretely, 'How did I feel when I did that? Ask, "What did I learn about myself?" Ask, "What about WHAT I am doing in the moment actually 'speaks' to me? --- BE LITTLE. BE SIMPLE. BE INNOCENT. BE EFFORTLESS. BE YOURSELF ... serene, excited, stupid, smart, silly, serious ... and WONDERFUL! By the way: LOTS of free 'tips' sites: try going to http://thegluckmethod.com/html/freelesson/quicktime/lesson1.html http://www.creativespotlite.com/drawing-lessons.htm http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&safe=active&client=pub-3875111605989507&cof=FORID%3A1%3BGL%3A1%3B&q=free+drawing+tips+and+techniques&btnG=Search

Practice, observe, and draw things that you want to draw, as much as you feel like...

practice, practice, practice.... sketch places, doodle shapes, try to draw or sketch people, things etc... You could look up books in your local library for ideas...

as was said: practice practice practice Draw faces from your imagination You´ll alwais come up with a different face. i is amasing.Also try to draw 2D stuff like ojects on photograths and paintings.

Practice(you must be tired of hearing that now lol!) at the end of yr 7 start of yr8 i was rubbish(i mean most of my art was stick men!) then through yr8 and now in yr9 i just draw! every day whatever i feel like in lesson in class at home in break ect and now my art teacher is scarily entusiastic about me doing art GCSE!! you have to LUV the subject and just DRAW!!!

practice, practice, practice

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Keep drawing, you will teach yourself new things. But I must say, you must posess a talent for drawing if you want to be a good drawer.

PRACTICE...PRACTICE...PRACTICE...AND LOVE DOING IT WILL MAKE IT ENJOYABLE. Iwill sometimes make a scribble on a page, and look to try and see what it looks like or could be, I tweek it a bit and in 5 minutes have a caricature type sketch. Try it!BUT KEEP DRAWING...

When you start learning how to SEE as an artists sees, you will amazingly get better. Start by drawing the same thing over and over, first draw the outer part of the object. I started with a cactus outside the window. Everyday I drew that cactus trying to draw every inch of the outer part. Then I went to other objects one at a time, covering different kinds of surfaces. After about 4 weeks of drawing 8 hours a day, I could draw! It was amazing! Looking, seeing, practicing! That's what it takes to get better!

Practice practice practice! Look up different techniques and give yourself different challengs when you're drawing. Don't view things as symbols. View things as light, shadow, value, texture and line.

Steady hand techniques. Also, if you want to make a clean finished drawing, draw with pencil lightly, then trace the outer edges using a pen. Erase the pencil, color, and voila!

just do it... doodling in notebooks, try and copy pictures, just draw whenever you have the chance