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Learning To Draw - Where To Begin A Sketching?

By: R. Schmidt

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Lately I was asked a query that seems frequent among beginning artists who just begin to learn drawing: " how and where to take the first step to drawing??" Don't be mislead into believing this is a too simple and silly question. Although the reply may seem clear, I've seen a lot of artists that are unsuccessful because they don't pursue these principles.

Once artists come up with a new drawing without an organized and structured format they risk failure. Not that I have faith in structures and stringent rules. Sticking to some really plain and obvious rules when preparing a new drawing will make your life much easier.

What urges you to draw?

First inquire yourself not only what you desire to draw but also why do you want to draw it? What is the communication you're trying to convey with the viewer? Knowing the message you're trying to convey to your viewers is a vital first step. For example, visualize that you wish to draw a picture of a dog then inquire yourself why? Is it to demonstrate how attractive he is? Is it to explain how clever a hunter he is? To give an idea about how risky he is? Is it in memory of him?

Having identified the message the next step is to consider how you can use the elements and techniques to convey it. You can utilize perspective, dark and shadows, colors, composition, add different details, use diverse drawing techniques etc.

After this you should attempt to figure out where your picture is going by drawing plenty of little thumbnail sketches. Try different ways to create the drawing, see what actually works and what doesn't. Make these sketches quickly. The idea is to put the overall composition into place, so you don't need to spend time adding a lot of niceties on them.

It's sometimes very difficult, even for professional artists, not to jump in advance and start on the last picture before things are really reflected through. But this scenario often ends with that attempt going into the bin once you've realized that your first idea didn't work the way you'd first thought. So it's a very good idea to use the preliminary steps when starting a drawing as you can avoid a lot of work in the long term.

Getting on track with drawing

You have finished sketching your artwork you like to translate in a full-blown drawing? Then it's time to move forward. This time it's not speed but beauty you want to attempt for. And there are some guidelines that will help you to craft the beautiful drawing you want to create-without too many attempts going into the bin.

It's all in relation to the step by step approach to follow for different parts of your drawing. To sum up there are just two easy rules:

Begin with light tones, move to darker tones

This lets you to rectify little mistakes you have done at the start as the darker tones can conceal any of your errors.

Begin with little details and get into more details later

In the majority of cases the drawings get waste by indistinct size, perspective and composition. Now start first by arranging the total drawing without fine points just in faded lines. This makes sure you'll introduce all errors in perspective and proportions early in the procedure. If something goes really wrong then, you can start over again without losing too much work. And all smaller blemishes still can be remedied effortlessly as there are only faint lines and no details in drawing.

Even if you are knowledgeable and sketching for years, it will be perfect for you to refresh your mind about these tips once all over again. In fact I'm forgetting these guiding principles very often - and introduce errors into my drawings that could have been avoided. And you'll see these guidelines are even more helpful, if you've just set out to learn drawing.

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