If you are a beginner from scratch - a complete zero, like me, and wanted to learn how to draw with a pencil - read the chronicle of a lazy untalented artist. The last time I drew was in school. I drew like everyone else, average.
How can you draw with a pencil after 50 hours of practice and how to learn it. I started drawing from scratch. I did not draw regularly, on average 15 minutes a day, for six months. And you can learn in a couple of months, drawing for 60 minutes a day!
Drawing is a copying skill
I started drawing the following drawings in the belief that I was mediocre at drawing. But because I know that almost everything I know about myself is not true. I decided to double-check myself: do I really have crooked hands or did I suffer so much at school.
Sphere
The main drawing element. We draw shadows and half-shadows of the sphere.
The time indicated is taking into account the reading of the textbook. Drawing itself takes half the time.
Cube
Basic building brick of any pattern.
Cube modifications
Drawing a texture with a pencil
Flags and rose
Draw cubes - advanced level
Drawing Spheres - Advanced
From this stage you obligated to buy shading - paper pencil. In the previous tutorials, I blended with my finger, then with a #3 feather.
All the magic of penumbra: volume, small shadows in the corners, when drawing an eye and a portrait - thanks to shading. Your drawing ability will seem to be multiplied by three! You'll be blown away when you compare your results.
Flags, scrolls
Cylinders: volcano, cup
Draw a living tree
Room in perspective
Street in perspective
Drawing in the central perspective: the castle, the city
Perspective lettering
Learning to draw a portrait
Learning to draw a hand
Exam: first portrait!
Drawing people is much more difficult than drawing roses or anime. The face must not be distorted - every mistake is immediately noticeable. You need to learn how to draw people when you feel confident that you can draw a recognizable outline and sketch of a face.
Portraits cannot be drawn quickly, diligence and care are required. Here is the portrait of my wife:
Learning to draw pictures from scratch
I painted eight paintings in total for a day, half the time. I also practiced with a pencil for one day. It takes 50-150 hours to learn how to draw to the same results, even if "hands grow out of your ass." In terms of serials, this is 2-3 seasons of Dr. House.
Vasya Lozhkina painted the first acrylic painting “And I like you” for 6 hours. What is acrylic and how to deal with it - I did not know. I also held the brush for the first time after school.
It is not easy to knead the desired shade. Quit everything because it doesn’t work out - I was torn every half an hour. You need someone to support you. I went to study at an art studio and drew under the supervision of an artist. A year later, a couple of times I took drawing lessons online from the same teacher.
I learned to draw with a pencil, and the skill turned out to be complex. I took a brush for the first time after school and painted. Long 6 hours, crooked, but how cool! Now I can make an extraordinary gift - draw a picture for a friend, a bookmark in a notebook, a caricature for work. Even did a little cartoon.
First painting: pastel, acrylic, gouache and oil. All techniques are from scratch, and hanging on the wall is not a shame.
How to learn to draw correctly - algorithm
Learning to draw with a pencil is the base: demolish angles, line sizes, respect proportions. Just learn not to be afraid to draw. Master the initial level, and then only more fun and easier.
How to learn to draw
We draw with gouache.
Matte color, thicker than watercolor, is also diluted with water. Great for beginners: it's easier to fix inaccuracies than watercolor. Cheap stuff.
We draw acrylic paints.
The most accessible professional material. Acrylic dries quickly, 5-15 minutes. It is easy for them to apply a second layer, to correct flaws. If it is of good quality, then it is resistant to water.
Acrylic paint on canvas. You can also outline anything: a wall, a stool, a cup, a helmet, an ashtray, a T-shirt, photo frames. I recommend then to open the work with varnish from a can.
We draw pastel - dry and oil.
The technique of drawing with pastel is unusual - you need to draw with crayons, rubbing them on paper.
The technique of drawing with oil pastels is similar to drawing with pencils, but has its own characteristics.
We draw with oils.
Complex professional paints. Durable, but you can’t buy cheap ones - they crack.
It dries for a long time, about 2-10 days. This is a plus - you can always remove the layer, draw, shade. But also a minus, you need to very carefully apply a layer on top so as not to spoil what is. I do not recommend their use for beginners.
We draw with a simple pencil.
Fundamental drawing tool. Almost all illustrations, sketches and paintings are first drawn in pencil. Then it is rubbed down to barely visible lines, or on top we draw with paints. Errors are easily corrected. #1 for beginners.
We draw gel pens.
A simple tool for drawing in color. The technique of drawing is similar to the technique of drawing with a pencil - after all, a pen, not a brush. Errors can only be corrected in Photoshop.
We draw with felt-tip pens. Analogues: markers and professional "copics".
More variety of colors than gel pens. The set will cost less. After 1-2 years, the felt-tip pens dry out and you need to buy a new set.
Felt pens soak the paper a little and it starts to sag, because of this I don’t like to draw with them. You can point 2-3 times and the line becomes more saturated, you can draw penumbra.
We draw with watercolors.
Cheap materials, and familiar from school. They are diluted with water, so a new layer of paint blurs the previous one. It is difficult to master how she will behave. From scratch, on your own, it's not easy to learn how to draw details. The advantage is availability.
Are you able to learn how to draw with a pencil? . Find "Why?", buy a textbook and draw for fun. In a month - be surprised at your abilities.
The sketch has recently been gaining the attention of beginners and continuing artists. Sketches are a unique opportunity to see the world through the eyes of an artist.
A sketch is the best way to reflect reality on paper in a short period of time. How to start sketching? This requires practice, as well as the availability of the necessary materials to create a sketch.
To get started, you need inspiration and a lack of fear. Inspiration will help you see a certain picture that you want to remember and reflect on paper. And the absence of fear will allow you to quickly switch to creating a drawing and not be afraid of a blank sheet of paper. As practice shows, if you are a novice artist, then it is the fear of the result and self-doubt that can slow down any inspiration you have. Try to draw, let creepy images come out at first, with time and practice, high-quality images will appear that you will look at with pleasure.
Further, a sketch is a sketch, a picture that you want to keep in memory, and then enjoy viewing the pictures after some time. To do this, it is best to purchase a special notebook where you will add drawings every time you see something interesting. Such a notebook will encourage you to draw better and more, as you will be able to view the resulting drawings. However, having a notebook does not mean that you will be sketching. If you have inspiration and desire, then at first you can draw sketches on plain paper, the main thing is that it be at hand at a certain time. In the future, the choice must be taken more seriously.
The sketch can become your book of impressions, memories and ideas for the future. If you still bought the necessary sketchbook, then you can collect various tickets, checks, small photos in it, as well as make notes and, of course, draw.
Sketches should be light, fast and uncomplicated, this rule is the main idea of sketches. So, you do not need to have a full-fledged art education for your sketchbook to become the embodiment of creativity and beauty. The idea of sketches is that the artist draws what he sees, so there is often a small amount of time to create a sketch. It is enough to outline the silhouette, and then work out the details. Let the resulting drawing not be a clear copy of what you saw, but it will convey your feelings and impressions at that very moment.
If you're painting in a public place, don't be afraid to be judged or looked at from the outside. You draw for yourself, and everyone who looks with condemnation may not even know how to hold a pencil in their hands.
How can you draw a sketch? Everything you have on hand is suitable for - liner, pencil, felt-tip pen, pen. At the beginning of your creative journey, use a simple pencil, it will allow you to make adjustments to your drawings. Also, a nag will become an indispensable assistant.
Your goal is not to build an academically correct drawing, but to create an interesting illustration that will remind you of a specific point in time. Of course, do not forget about practice and certain skills that you need to achieve before you admire your drawings.
When applied to drawing, it means sketch of the future drawing.
Literally, translated from English sketch, it means "sketch","sketch", "sketch".
"Sketch is the perfect genre for a budding artist."
Drawing such sketches is quite simple. Sketch allows you to fill your hand, learn how to use a pencil and feel confident in your abilities. After such a training, you can easily take on more complex work that requires detailed drawing and mastery of more complex materials.
“Everyone who starts with sketches then makes fewer drawing mistakes. "
Artists make their sketches on the go, without making any corrections to them. The sketch should be compact in size, no larger than a landscape sheet. For work, paper of any quality and density is used. Work is done with a pencil or pen.
Writers and journalists make notes in notebooks for future texts, and artists draw sketches for future paintings. At the same time, everyone has the same goal - to create short and quick notes with which you can quickly remember what you wanted to capture.
“The main thing is to catch and manage to transfer an important moment to paper. That's what a sketch is."
A few confident strokes on the clean surface of the sheet - and you get a sketch of the future picture, from which you can immediately see how objects are located or in what poses people are, all the features of the shape of an object are clearly visible. After a while, the artist returns to his sketch and draws the entire scene from it in detail. Sketches allow you to plan the main parts of the plot: the location and shape of objects, the horizon line, movement, shadows, and so on, without going into details.
“Working with sketches is a kind of fun game. And like any game, it certainly has its own rules. The main rule is to keep the presence and location of the main elements.
How to learn to draw high-quality and fast sketches?
The sketch technique is quite simple. The process includes three stages.
- Look through the eyes of an artist. Squint, mentally dim the lighting and discard the details. Only the main lines of the form will remain. Make a rough sketch, while maintaining the proportions and location of objects, the distance between them. Shade dark areas.
- Add color. Sketches are not always black and white. Sometimes, along with the location, size and shape of objects, it is necessary to fix their color. Then pencils, markers, felt-tip pens, watercolor are used. It is not necessary to paint over the entire surface, the main thing is to show the presence and location of color spots.
- Use notes. The figure can be any kind of notes and short notes. Sometimes artists sketch some details separately on the same sheet: for example, a sketch of a small gesture or facial expression.
An experienced mentor will help you master the art of sketching.
In our Academy EvrikUM you will always be helped to touch the world of art. A wonderful artist, our illustrious countryman, works with us
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Participant of city, group, family, regional, zonal, regional, interregional, republican, union, all-Russian, personal, international art and design exhibitions. Member of the Union of Artists of Russia.
In the classroom with Anatoly Vasilyevich, real miracles happen with children. Mischievous hands suddenly become obedient, whims give way to enthusiastic activity. Not even a month passes, when a real meaningful face of a person with a deep look is already looking at you from a sheet of paper. The guys who came to our circle for one course often stay in it for several years, which determines their future life path. Whatever our students grow up to be in the future, the art of quick sketches forever provides the child with good taste and an aesthetic outlook on life.
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Classes are held throughout the year. And during the holidays, Anatoly Vasilievich is happy to teach the pupils of our city camp to draw.
Hello! Recently, I have not been able to sit down to shoot regular video lessons, and even more so video courses, but I still try to draw regularly. It is clear that with a high load, there is no time left for large masterpieces. But this is not a reason to completely abandon the creative component of life. During such a period, the art of sketching or quick sketches comes to the rescue. If you have only 10-30 minutes a day free, then they are quite enough to devote to quick sketches, thereby not only maintaining your drawing skill, but also improving your view of things, the confidence of strokes and lines.
In this article, I will talk about some services that allow you to sketch more efficiently. Let me remind you that the main idea of sketching is to depict the main idea, the concept of the drawing, on paper in a very short time, so that this idea is understandable to any viewer. At the same time, the time limit plays a very important role - the artist begins to look at the object of drawing differently, highlights only the characteristic features and features of the object. In sketching, the individual traits of the artist himself, including emotions, can be very clearly manifested. the drawing is done quickly, vividly, with the desire to convey the image of the object as quickly as possible.
I decided to try my hand at the art of sketching and now I know for sure that I will not give up this business, because. I see in this process a lot of useful things for myself, especially in the direction of developing creative abilities. For the experiment, I used one of the foreign services quick poses, where photos of models are provided free of charge for sketching for a while. I will return to this site a little later, but for now let's look at others:
characterdesigns.com
This resource, in addition to information about the development of the character, offers a whole set of photosets that can be used as reference for sketches. There is no time limit here, as well as options for selecting objects. The principle is simple - choose a set of photos opposite " Choose a photoset:"and press the button . Next, choose your favorite photo and draw a sketch. This is the simplest option and essentially only provides you with photos. You have to control the drawing time yourself, which is a big minus.
reference.sketchdaily.net
An excellent service with a tool for submitting references on various topics with the ability to select a time interval. By clicking on the link, you can choose what you want to draw - the full body (Full Body), body parts (Body Parts) or animals (Animals). For example, you decide to draw hands. To do this, you need to go to the bookmark Body Parts and set the settings:
- Body part (Part): hands (Hands)
- Gender: male (Male)
- View (View): front (Front)
- Time interval (Time): e.g. 2 minutes
Next, click on the button . A random photo will open for you and the countdown will begin, during which you must have time to draw the object depicted in the photo. Adrenaline starts to go off scale when you don’t have time, and time comes to an end very quickly 🙂 That’s when in the next picture you start thinking about how to be in time and what steps you need to take for this. Your own view is born on what needs to be drawn first and what to detail later, so that it can convey the main features of the object.
I will not translate all the settings here. Even if you do not know English, you can find out by simply enumerating the parameters what each setting item is responsible for. There is nothing difficult there. Let's move on to the next service.
artists.pixelovely.com
Also a very nice site specially made for sketching with the ability to choose what you want to draw. And as in the previous service, in addition to human figures, you can choose references of different animals and birds. Consider choosing a reference for drawing a human figure. To do this, go to the Practice Figure Drawing section and select the answers to the questions.
For example, we want to draw only male dressed (covered) models with a time interval of 2 minutes. In this case, the settings will look like this:
Next, click on the button and start drawing. After 2 minutes, the picture will change to another one and you will start a new sketch. Of the minuses - it is not visible how much time is left until the end of the time interval, there is no timer.
quickposes.com
Well, we got to the service, which I stopped at one time. The service differs from similar ones in that for a certain number of hours you get a certificate from quickposes . There are 3 levels of certification:
- Level 1 (for 10 hours of drawing)
- Level 2 (for 30 hours of drawing)
- Level 3 (for 70 hours of drawing)
BUT! There is a prerequisite! Only 30 minutes of drawing spent per day are credited to the certificate. This means that you can get a first level certificate in a maximum of 20 days, provided that you draw for 30 minutes every day.
This is done mostly in order to instill in you the skill of daily sketching. The certificate itself should not be a goal, it's just a nice addition, as the author of the site writes.
If you want to track time and get a certificate, then prepare your email address and go to the main page of the quickposes site:
Here we need to select options:
- themed poses, such as athletes or warriors
- reference display time interval
- your email
- inverted mode (I always put No)
And push the button to start drawing.
To check your progress, you can enter your email in the left column of the site (number 5 in the screenshot above) and click on the button .
It is important to always use the same email address, because later on it will send you a certificate.
Here are some of my sketches that I drew using the references of this service:
It was very interesting to try to make sketches with different materials, for example, pen, pencil, charcoal, pastel and on different papers. I always set the interval to 120 seconds, because in addition to the main silhouette, I wanted to have time to add a few details. But sometimes this was difficult to do, because. time was running out quickly.
I would like to note that several times I had a very interesting state, when all thoughts left my head and the hand itself drew what it considered necessary. At the same time, I kept in mind the drawing completely, and not some individual details and strokes. It's quite difficult to put into words, but it's much easier to feel when you're drawing fast and want to make the drawing recognizable.
I didn't manage to draw every day. There were days when there was no time even to allocate 10 minutes. Either there was time, but there was no strength. So instead of 20 days, I scored 10 hours of drawing in about a month. At the same time, on the 4th-5th day, thoughts began to creep into my head, such as why do you need this, you don’t need to force yourself to do it every day, etc. 🙂 But if you don’t pay attention to them and continue to draw, then they soon leave and you just enjoy from the process.
As a result, after about a month, I received such a certificate in pdf format by mail:
At the same time, both from the results and from the sensations, I noticed that the strokes and lines in the sketches became more confident and much more pleasing to the eye.
I suggest you try your hand at quick sketches. Draw anytime, anywhere, be liberated in drawing. It is not necessary to create only full-fledged pictures. Even 5 minutes of sketching is good for creative development.
Hello friends! In this article, we will define sketching and talk about where this concept came from.
Nowadays, sketching can be considered a separate direction in design and art. However, this was far from the case before. Initially, sketches (from the English word "sketch" - quick drawing) were called sketches made by hand. Moreover, the important criterion was precisely the speed of the work.
Such sketches were made in a separate notebook allocated for sketches, or even on a piece of paper that turned up under the arm. In this case, various materials could be used: pencils, charcoal, watercolor, pastel, and so on. As a rule, these were only sketches of future paintings that did not have much value. Thanks to a quick sketch by hand, the artists could build the composition of the future painting, choose the main colors and tools.
However, over time, the situation has changed. So what is sketching these days? Now this is a whole trend in art, which includes both high-speed freehand sketches and detailed illustrations with balanced proportions, on which the designer worked for more than one hour.
Thus, for some, sketching has become an exciting hobby, a way of self-expression and getting away from the routine. And someone went further and began to study academic drawing, expanding their horizons.
There are even special notebooks for sketches - the so-called sketchbooks, designed both for keeping a personal diary with sketches, and for creating full-fledged illustrations in the field of design. Previously, sketchbooks often had to be made by yourself, using special paper for watercolors, drawings or pastels. However, now the market offers a fairly large range of products in this segment.
Currently, there are many areas of sketching. These are sketches in a cafe, and city sketches, and portrait sketching ... Completely different objects can cause inspiration for an artist: both his own working tools, and a cup of coffee with a croissant. Travel sketches are also very popular: people want to capture what they saw on long trips by simply making a full-page drawing or a whole collage of sketches with pasted memorabilia like plane tickets.
However, it should be noted that sketching can act not only as a hobby. Separately, it is worth saying a few words about its application in the field of design. After all, sketches are not just a way to pass the time pleasantly, but for some it is also an element of a working routine. Speaking about the professional use of sketching, we can distinguish such areas as interior design, architecture, fashion sketching, website prototyping, industrial sketching, and so on. Each of these areas has its own characteristics.
Creating professional sketches requires certain knowledge, skills and often takes more than one hour. So, for example, when drawing an interior sketch, a designer must understand the principles of perspective, light and shade modeling, be able to build objects at one or more vanishing points, and also convey various textures on paper, such as wood, concrete, marble, glass, metal, and so on.
The world of sketching is truly diverse. Everyone is free to choose which direction is closer to him. And we will try to analyze in more detail its individual aspects on the pages of this site.
If you are interested in sketching, you can also take a look at the free lessons or presented in our studio.
