Drawing can be difficult, it is for everyone at first, but with practice you may discover hidden talents.
Steps
Step 1. Try practicing shapes with gradients and using different tools
Try it whenever you have some free time.
Step 2. Draw simple shapes
After you've practiced with different tools, start drawing simple shapes, plants, or the things you see around you resting on the table. Remember that a badly started drawing can always be deleted, but always try to finish the one you started and modify it later if necessary.
Step 3. Draw living things
Now you can start drawing live subjects, with different expressions and eyes. You can decide whether to start with people or animals first. Try looking at a photo or buy a drawing book (recommended) and start with simple and less detailed things, such as a fish, a bird on a branch or something else that isn't too hairy or moving.
Step 4. Trust yourself and your abilities
Always try to encourage yourself to draw and be sincere in compliments. You will be more encouraged to keep practicing until you get good results.
Step 5. Move on to more complicated designs
After you get used to drawing simple animals, try drawing more detailed ones. Always draw details calmly, hasty details are not effective. The best way to create detailed designs is to start with the outline (the way you just learned). Afterward, continue by adding more details, such as eyelashes, freckles, noses, fingers, shading, creases in clothes, etc. In animals, add the stripes, speckling, scales, highlights, long hair, and background.
Advice
- Never abandon drawing if it is a hobby you are passionate about.
- Drawing is NOT a competition and you do it mainly for fun.
- Practice.
- Don't fixate on one type of material, practice with everything that comes your way.
- Ask for constructive criticism.
- Blending in one direction (for example a straight line) is fine for most objects, but in the case of animals and leaves, blending along the curvature of an object will help bring out even more of the details.
- Don't compare your work with that of famous artists. Remember that these are professionals who have practiced their whole life.
- Experiment with different types of paper and textures. The pencil stroke will have a different look and feel on cardstock or cotton fiber paper. Find a surface you like.
- Create your account on deviantart.org and publish your works. You can ask for criticism and get suggestions.
Warnings
- If your drawing didn't turn out well, recognize the imperfections and try to improve in the future.
- Sometimes drawing is simply difficult and you think you have lost all your skills, a condition known as "artist block". It happens to the most gifted ones too, so don't get pissed off. Find an effective way to 'beat the block'.
- Don't be angry if someone tells you that your drawing is painful, keep practicing.
- Don't stress yourself out (psychologically And physically!) if your job lets you down, everyone makes mistakes.
- If you have a friend who draws better than you, don't be annoyed. Practice and improve, you might even get better!
- Don't practice until your fingers are sore.
