![]() Get yourself a sketchbook or use SketchBook the app.You have a hard time getting used to a graphics tablet.You want to learn to draw with your non-dominant hand.You feel as if your drawings weren’t really created by you.You can’t draw simple objects intentionally without a ruler or other aids.You make obvious mistakes: You notice them immediately after you make them, and you have no idea why you did. ![]() Your drawings look wrong even when you try to copy a reference (or follow a step-by-step tutorial).These exercises will be great for you if: If you were trying my animal drawing tutorials, and you weren’t able to follow the instructions, this may be a case of underdeveloped basics. But such a negligence will follow you, making learning harder than necessary. Many people avoid practicing basics as long as possible, because the what of drawing is so much more interesting than how. If you want to draw well, you need to achieve control and draw intentionally.Ĭonfident lines are a base of every drawing. It’s something that children learn quite early, but they do it intuitively and chaotically. You can know what you want to draw (truly know, not just feel it), but conveying the look on paper requires understanding of the tool and the techniques it utilizes. Drawing as a technical action of putting lines on paper is a separate skill altogether. Skill Number One: Precisionīeing able to recall a look is one thing. ![]() You’re going against nature-it must take time. That’s why it’s so hard, and that’s why you must be really patient in your learning. But creating a simulation of looks of a real thing… that’s something we’re not prepared for. We can draw symbols just fine, drawing what we know and making other people understand it. The purpose of my previous lengthy introduction was to make you aware of the challenge of drawing from imagination. After the site’s migration, the original is no longer available, but you can still access the content here. This post has been originally commissioned for SketchBook Blog in 2016.
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