No
matter what type of artist you are, the chances are pencil drawing
was the skill that helped you to learn how to draw and kicked off
your creative journey. Understanding the fundamentals and process of
drawing is essential for becoming
a better artist.
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Drawing
slows you down. When you draw you take time to look at something, to
analyze and recreate it. You are not simply setting up to capture it
and move on to the next image. You become acutely aware of form,
color and proportion. Understand light effect and shadow and how they
reveal and define a style.
5 Tips to Improve your Drawing Skills
Practice
will make you a better artist in drawing and these five simple tips
help you to improve your drawing skills faster and improve your
perception to see better what you're drawing.
1.
Make a Grid
This
is important if you experience from not being able to proportion out
your sketches correctly. While keeping your dimensions straight for
more realistic drawings, measuring out a square grid can keep you in
check.
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on below Video: How to draw a Face using Grid Method
The
very first step is to measure out a square grid over the image you
plan on copying on your paper, then copy the same grid with the same
measurements onto your drawing paper then try to draw that identical
image from square to square. This way you make the image as a whole
less daunting and intimidating by breaking down in the different
parts. If your image paper and sketch
paper are of the
same size, then the image you create on the grid should match up. If
you are using a light shaded pencil on the grid, you should be able
to erase them later using an eraser.
2.
Make Use of Different Shapes
If
you have a problem with complicated subject matter such as people,
animals or random object then start it by breaking down your subject
with basic shapes and draw them onto paper before grabbing the more
complicated aspects of drawing.
Draw
lightly so you can erase and recreate the big or small shapes with
perfect defined lines as you continue to sketch the fine details.
This will help ease the problem of getting bogged down on small
details while helping you to gain perspective on the general form.
3.
Gestural Motion Drawings
Try
to practice with gesture
motion drawings.
This technique helps you to improve your drawing skills. By capturing
the motions of people or animal, you can quickly gain a comprehensive
perspective of how different forms, muscles and bodies move and react
in motion. Spend 2 minutes in visualizing and drawing the motion of
any subject you like that interests you are disregarding details and
focusing only on form. This helps you in visualizing how different
bodies move in motion and loosen up drawings and pictures. By getting
a better view of a base form, you won't be restricted to sketches
that look stiff, boxy of contrived.
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4.
Change your Drawing Equipment
Sometimes
the medium you prefer most such as charcoal or pen can be a bit
restrictive. By shaping up your drawing medium every now and again,
you can find that you can get new styles or effects of drawing. Try
to use a large pencil like Jerry’s Jumbo Jet Black Pencil for a
blended effect on the sketch. If you use a dull number 2 pencil when
you sketch, try to use a sharp technical pen and drawing pen for
crisp, sharp lines that create a refined style and more professional
drawing.
5.
Practice
"Practices
Makes You Perfect" and technically it is true. Do practice in
your free time. When you wake up and before you go to bed wherever
you are on the bus, on the train, at lunch use your time to improve
your drawing skills. But by varying up your subjects, when you draw
and where you draw, you can learn a lot about the different ways of
drawing. It’s possible that you can be more inspired drawing from
real life than from a printed out photograph or picture. You can only
learn these things by continually drawing and gaining new experiences
and animation
techniques. As
your experience grows and your drawing subjects vary more and more,
you will get a better experience and improve your drawing skills
quickly.
