Thursday, March 29, 2012

Painting For Beginners

By Manci Zeelgal


Tip 1: Train yourself to draw from real life more often. I know it's easier to look and a photograph and draw it but you will improve much more rapidly if you make and effort to draw from real life. (source:http://howtodrawpeoplefaces.org/how-to-draw-a-realistic-face-step-by-step/)

Tip 2: Don't become obsess with details. The key to drawing more realistically is not to stuff it full to extra details. Instead look for the key details that define a drawing and focus on that. (source:http://howtodrawpeoplefaces.org/how-to-draw-eyes-step-by-step/)

Tip 3: Some time a drawing can take a long time to complete. Do not feel that if you don't finish a draw in one sitting that you are not a good artist. Some time taking a break and then coming back to a project can give you a fresh perspective.

Tip 4: Focus on the subject more rather than focusing on your drawing. Most of your attention should be on the subject and the drawing should almost be a second thought. Once you become more experienced this will come more naturally.

Tip 5: However you choose to hold your drawing pencil, make sure that you do not put too much pressure on it and hold it too tightly. Keep it loose and flowing.

Tip 6: When drawing a particular object, try to forget your previous experience of it. Just try to see what is in front of you and draw that. Don't let what you think you know about something effect your view of it.

Tip 7: There is a shading technique called hatching. It's basically a bunch of diagonal lines drawn close together. This can be very useful for adding shade to your drawing.

Tip 8: Practice using newspaper print sketching paper. It's inexpensive and great for practice.

Tip 9: Try an exercise where you just look at a subject while you draw it without looking at your drawing paper. This will teach you to let go of self judgment and also train your hand to be more connected to what you see.

Tip 10: Some artist forgets this, but you can use the weight of the pencil as a way to add light or dark to your drawing. Practice varying the weight that you put on your drawing pencil. When you become skilled at this, it can become a drawing technique in and of itself.




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