Mary Allen
Do you have little or no experience with drawing, but would you like to start? Are you looking for basic information about drawing and painting and wondering how others manage to put such beautiful motifs on paper? No problem: In my tips for beginners, I’ll explain how to become more skilled with the pen.
You don’t care what other people draw. You are you and that’s a good thing, and that’s why you draw what you want. A tree with squirrels, a fruit bowl full of fruit, a cloud that looks like a giraffe, or your naked neighbor – nothing and nobody will be safe from you. Just sit down and get started. Draw whatever you feel like. Make a few quick sketches, and don’t judge their quality against other images. Do not compare to works of art found on the Internet. Other people’s pictures are always better. Always! It’s like in advertising: What you get presented in the media always looks better than what you create yourself. But, you know what? It does not matter! The important thing is that you paint what you feel like doing. Let’s go! Sketching is enough for now. What do you care about the others? Sketch what you want and what you enjoy.
If you’re new to drawing, I recommend practicing on simple objects to start with. You start with the rough and keep improving. You must first learn to walk before you can go on a discovery hike. So before you venture out on a winding mountain hike, you first learn to draw circles, lines, and squares. This is no joke. Draw geometric figures. Cones and spheres that overlap. This is a nice exercise to start with. With a lot of imagination, they also result in a mountain range in which you can move afterwards. So draw spheres, polygons, and cones. Feel free to let these objects overlap and form a mountain range all by themselves. Hatch into dark areas and experiment as your imagination dictates. Start with the elementary, learn to walk, and slowly venture into the mountains and nature drawing.
Look at a sphere: A sphere is really just a circle that looks three-dimensional because of light and shadow. So draw a circle and hatch one side darker than the other. Voila! The ball is ready.