What are some tips for drawing?

Always start with a sketch in good light. You can shade in later. But the one thing most people forget about art...it's all in the eyes of the beholder. Interpretation is different for everyone. Draw what you really see.

Try to draw what you see not what you think you see.

Heres how I work in black and white.

First, trust your hand.
Second Try to block out the main form.
Third Add in the shapes you see. This includes the shapes of the shadows.
Fourth Bring it all together. Clean it up a bit.
Fifth add in the finer details. You should now have a clean line drawing.
Sixth Shade in all the shadows. Hard shadows soft shadows. Now you should have a nice black and white shaded drawing.

I work the same way in colored pencil. Except I use indigo blue for the lines and shading then add color tones in layers. Oh and sometimes I use white because its a nice way to blend the colors.

Another trick for strong highlights is to add white as a base before adding color. Then you can take the scrape & add approach. Be careful you dont score your paper!

Paper, pencils and pens are usually a good idea.

Use the right pencils, I prefer the softer "B" pencils to sketch with, they are easier to blend and erase easier.

Just keep at it, some of my best sketches were those that I wanted to trash about half-way through because I didn't like them.

life drawing. You really have to do it right to make it look right, so you properly practice discipline rather than making do with something that looks right!
Join a class and have a tutor guide you a little. It really is the best way to practice drawing and develop your skill!

Look long and hard, make marks, dont worry if theyre wrong just make another mark in the right place, the resultant mesh of lines adds a sense of searching that a technical drawer never achieves.

If drawing representationaly, DRAW WHAT YOU SEE. Not what you think you see. Like look at the edge of one object and in your mind make a line between that edge and the beginning of another thing in the still life. Make sure that distance matches. Always do that in your drawing and it will always ring true.

YOU MUST HAVE AN INSPIRATION WITH THIS YOU CAN DRAW ANYTHING....... WELL THIS IS WHAT I DID..... I LOVE DRAWING....

Take your time.
Work on little bits at a time, looking at the overall picture from time to time to make sure things are in proportion.
If a line isn't looking right, it may be that it's wrong, or that the lines around it are wrong. Or both.

practice practice practice...the only way to get good is to hone your skills. Practice drawing all types of things, things that interest you. Study techniques, read and observe. There's a millions different styles and forms and ways of drawing...find what works best for you...but it all starts with practice.

First of all, a lot depends on what you're wanting to end up accomplishing - some like loose, sketchy representations, while others (like me) seem to gravitate toward realism (photo-realism, hyper-realism, insert your own prefix here)...

I have always been fascinated with reproducing photographs with graphite - although I will say that my more recent drawings always seem to have more of a "drawing" aspect to them than one of photo-realism... perhaps that's a result of the quality of my photos that I'm working with (one can never guarantee the kind of picture people will want drawn...) or it could be that my sensitivities have changed over the years... who knows?

I will say that the photos I have control of when I'm working are usually very sharp and clear, so there's usually a noticeable difference in the look of many of my commissioned pieces as compared to my personal pieces...

Don't know if any of that helps, but please let me know if I can ever offer any assistance!

Regards,
Robert

well if you you have an image in your head of what you want to come out on paper, dont expect your self to do that. you should scetch it out, outline, and well shadeing. insed of getting frustrated, learn from the erase marks and do the best you can do

lean back from the sketch every once in a while to make sure that everything is in good proportion. light is also important.

Read the book, "Drawing with the right side of your Brain"

you might suck at it for a while. but just keep it up and in a few months you might suprise yourself.dont forget to keep all your scetches and doodles so you can watch yourself advance

Use a 2B pencil

Wash your hand frequently to avoid smudging the part of the drawing it will end up touching even when you're sure it won't.

Just picture the object your planning on drawing, and start to draw that object like you picture it. Its sort of like moving the picture in your head to the paper.

go and see my work and after, send me an email with the questionsyou have ! Ok?
do not consider less kind answers... we belong to the same light!

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sorino de luca

have a great and safe life!!

I sketch the body and face,
Alot of people (including me) have trouble getting the right proportions.
Then i discovered starting from the very middle and work out (like from the nose) it helps, and is heaps easier, then you work on each part or the body and perfect it as u go, and your left with an amazing sketch!!!

draw unsual things that no one sees offten.

add shading to your drawing to make it seem 3D

Have pencil and paper.

forget pencils and line drawing- grab grey drawing paper and some black & white charcoal or conte crayon

using a tone background will changes the way you approach your drawing- and makes things a hell of a lot easier than using white paper

I believe the most important thing about making a great drawing is reference, reference, reference! Even the great Renaissance artists used reference. Look at photos and real life and draw based on those. Every good concept design or artwork is based on good reference.

sketch the frame of what you want to draw first.
then add in more and more details as you go.
it helps too to look away from your drawing for a bit and then look back at it.
this allows you to see any imperfections you may have missed before =]

Practice practice practice, and yeah you should draw what you see, the lines curves shadows even if you think it wont work.

Try and forget what you're drawing... if you're drawing a human, try and think of it as a bunch of shapes, NOT a human.

(It helps to remind yourself of how you'd draw the person's hair: would you draw about ten million strands of hair or would you draw a shape that roughly represents the hair's shape? That kind of reasoning is exactly what you'd need to apply to everything you draw. Go for rough representations of shape, shades, volumes and detail them as you go along)

draw very lightly when first starting your picture, so if you have to erase its no big deal, if youre like me you will make a lot of mistakes (i tend to be picky and a perfectionist when it comes to drawing lol. not saying that i draw perfect, but i like to get it to look as good as i can =P)

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Draw what interests you, or what you might find aestheticly pleasing to yourself.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Learn to go fast. Give yourself a challenge by working up to shorter and shorter sketches. 10 seconds is the benchmark. The faster you go, the less time you have to overthink something. You can get a lot out of just sketching the people you see sitting around at lunch. Get a sketchbook and something light and easy to use like a graphite stick or a conte crayon. Try to capture the essence of the pose, the main thrust of it and then move on to the next person. You'll see improvement if you stick to it and do this every day.

Sketch lightly?

draw how you like. you'll like your work better if someone isn't telling you how to do it. but it might help to draw in someone else's style first. if you put in enough time you'll get results quickly

TO START OFF WITH A GOOD SKETCH OF WHAT U HAVE THING IN UR MIND