Drawing Basics - I'm talking about the method of education, thanks to which I, at one time, managed to complete the course of the school in four months and enter the prestigious art institute the first time, gaining 298 points out of 300 possible in the exams. I hope my experience will help you too. After studying the material, you will understand that drawing is not such a complicated science as it seems at first glance. It is very important to visit the page on how to properly hold a pencil before starting to learn the basics of drawing. This knowledge is necessary for the correct setting of the hand. Study the material, I'll wait for you.
Drawing Basics
If you are an aspiring artist, then you now need a basic knowledge of the basics of drawing. Don't look at the work of great artists, you will understand them a little later. Focus on yourself. And we will start with understanding the drawing itself.
All objects are in space, they are shrouded in it, harmoniously fit into it and obey its laws. In the simplest still life, you need to perceive not individual objects, but the whole ensemble, the consonance of lines and shapes. You need to look at it as a continuous tondem of lines, shapes, light and shadow. Drawing is a conditional paper space, in which there is an object plane, proportional ratios of all objects and light-shadow, distributed according to the shape of objects.
The main elements of visual literacy:
Plane figures (two-dimensional)
Volumetric figures (three-dimensional)
All objects, one way or another, have in themselves, in their basis of construction, these figures.
Cube-like 3D basis in conditional paper space:
Drawing basics. Understanding.
First, I want to tell you a little story about a little ant. Can you imagine? A small ant was climbing its own grass and came across something... It is unknown what. He himself did not know. And he wanted to know what was blocking his way. The ant with difficulty climbed onto this something, climbed from all sides, up and down, but did not understand anything. He did not understand, because he himself was very small and saw only separate sections of the object and could not form a picture of it. Then he climbed a tall tree, looked from a height and saw the big picture....
Well, what he saw to us in principle is not important, but the meaning, I think, is clear. So we, in order to make it faster and clearer, start with the big picture.
Let's continue. The cube is the basis of a three-dimensional image in the conventional paper space. It has vertical, horizontal and depth. It itself contains an understanding of the picture in general. Here for a start we also will work with our cube. We will develop logical thinking based on the analysis of a real form with the help of figurative and logical constructions.
Not so little has been invested in the phrase "logical thinking". This is observation, and imagination, and fantasy, in the end, a special vision of the world, which in our case allows you to create the illusion of the visible world in the space of the sheet. We will learn to correctly see the three-dimensional form of an object and logically depict it in sequence based on the understanding of our main working form - a cube.
To develop logical thinking in yourself is your primary task, this is your tool with which you can independently understand the drawing. And in fact, it is not difficult and not even boring. It is available to everyone to understand.
And before work, get rid of small formats. From now on, your main working paper size is A2. Go big if you haven't already. You can use 40/60 or 40/50 tablets or even more. At first it seems that in front of you is just a huge white wall and it is not at all clear how to fill it. Not scary. Think back to this in a couple of weeks. Then the usual landscape sheet will seem tiny and completely uncomfortable to you.
Drawing Basics
Exercise 1 to understand the basics of drawing:
We sit down at the easel, attach to it a half sheet of whatman paper, you can use inexpensive paper, even wallpaper. Wallpaper is even better if your budget is tight and you don't want to splurge on expensive paper. So let's start small. We draw a square. Try to draw as straight lines as possible, of course, the opposite sides should be parallel and equal in the square.
What do we see in front of us? This is an ordinary square, which in no way gives us the feeling of a conditional space in the sheet. Boring and not at all interesting. But that's for now.
And now you will need to turn the square into a cube. From the corners of the square, draw lines-faces into the distance, I have their slope approximately equal to 45 degrees. Stick to this number. Well, we need to finish our cube, by feeling we determine and draw the back side of the cube.
We have a cube, but so far there is no conditional space in the sheet here either. You can easily confuse near and far faces. This is a flat drawing and nothing more. In order to feel the space in the sheet, there must be PLANNING - some details or objects will be closer to us, others further away, and this planning must be conveyed correctly. To begin with, we will pass it on, and then we will think about the word "correctly." Planness is conveyed as follows: that side of the cube, which is closer to us, should be highlighted, should be clearer, more active. Let's take our coal or sanginka and direct this side more actively.
Now we can clearly distinguish where the side of the cube is closest to us, and where is the far side. So we quite simply and uncomplicatedly conveyed planning in order to achieve the result - to get a conditional space in the sheet. But that is not all. Now it's time to talk about the correct transfer of planning, in order to get not a flat drawing, but a volume in the plane of the sheet. Sounds strange, but it's true.
Let's train our logical thinking on the analysis of the real form - our cube. We understand the cube - how the basis of a three-dimensional image in the conditional paper space. It has vertical, horizontal and depth. It itself contains an understanding of the picture in general.
All objects are in space, they are shrouded in it, harmoniously fit into it and obey its laws. We do not draw with you, we draw. And without an understanding of space, our drawing will just look like a miserable likeness of a drawing. In space, however, there is air, all sides, faces, corners of the cube are shrouded in it. What we see in front of us we will see more clearly, what is further away from us will fade away because of the enveloping air. So we need to select what is closer to us - the nearest faces and corners of our cube.
To this we still need to add the following: where breaks in the form or intersections of planes occur, you need to highlight, because this is some kind of action in the space of the sheet, an accent, NOT static, dynamics. But just like everything else, these accents will fade as they move away from our eyes.
Now we do the following: we take and select the corners of our cube, since there is a break in the shape. The corners will be the most distinct. We select all the corners of the cube, but at the same time we do not forget that the corners in front of us will be more clearly expressed, since they are closer to us. The rear ones go into space and will tend to fade away.
Once again, the near corners and sides will look sharper, those that go into the depths we will make less sharp to achieve sense of space, for everything that goes into perspective tends to fade, due to the surrounding air. The edges that go into perspective are drawn less clearly, and besides, their clarity will fade away gradually. Invisible edges are needed for construction. So we take and highlight what is closer to us - corners, sides, edges.
Draw lines starting from the corner towards the other corner. In the middle of the edge, the clarity will be somewhat lower, since the stress on the edge is less than in the corner. In general, the line in the drawing should not be monotonous, where there is some kind of action, turn, intersection of lines, it is clearer, stronger, more distinct. Where the tension is less, the line is softer. So it is in our case here. I remind you again: what is closer to us - edges and corners - will be expressed more strongly, everything that goes into space is less pronounced, fades away. Look at the resulting drawings. Approximately as here and you should succeed. And now you have already created space in the sheet using a simple shape.
If you understand what you are doing and know what I expect from you, this job does not seem complicated or difficult at all.
You can use sanguine, pastel, charcoal, pencil drawing. If a pencil, it should be soft, M2 and above.
Well, now let's draw a second one in front of our cube! And all those conditions that apply to the first will apply to it. But notice the keyword - "before". Everything is exactly the same as we did before - we drew the first cube, but here now the second cube will be closer to us. And we must highlight it more clearly than the first one, so that our already created space in the sheet is preserved.
And then try to draw a third cube, which will be located behind the first two. Naturally, the third cube will be drawn much easier, softer than the previous ones.
Draw and invisible edges necessarily, the constructive beginning of the form must be shown. The figures should not run into and crash into each other, you must see and understand where one figure ends and another begins. Clearly.
The first cube is closer to us, so it will look clearer. The second is weaker and all its faces will be weaker than the far faces of the first die, since the second is behind the first die. You must clearly understand this this is the basis of spatial vision, the basis of the drawing.
It takes practice, practice, understanding. And once again, draw a cube that will be located in front of the first two. To make it clear that he is ahead, you need to highlight him! So we select its sides and faces so that they are clearer than the sides and faces of the cubes in the background:
Make no mistake, this is not a simple drawing of a cube, it seems so at first sight. This drawing teaching system has a small but very tricky secret: you may not notice it, but already at this simple initial stage of training you learn:
1. Draw straight lines, your hand gets used to reproducing clear conscious movements, the hand learns to hold the pencil and control it consciously. Is it difficult for you to draw straight lines now?
2. Already at this stage, you begin to learn to perceive the sheet not as a plane, but as a conditional space.
3. You learn to create volume, a three-dimensional image in paper space.
4. Learn to convey planning in paper space and understand how to achieve this.
5. To this we can add another important point, such as obtaining the skill of maintaining the correct hatching, but more on that later.
That's how much you are already starting to get when you perform this simple exercise. But do it consciously - the most important thing. Without particularly bothering, you get the basic knowledge for understanding such an exact science as drawing. This is the main advantage of this drawing teaching system.
What was written above for you so that you understand the meaning of what is happening and take a closer look at these exercises. And if you understand what I'm talking about, it means that logical thinking begins to work for you.
Fix the material covered, draw more, draw a lot. Learn to work with different materials. Learn to "feel" it - where you need to press, where to draw a bold line, and where only to outline it lightly. When your hand movements are more confident, take a regular graphite pencil and work through the same thing with more "strict" material (you can use a tablet). Drawing with a pencil is somewhat more difficult than drawing with charcoal, for example. But you already know the principle, and this is the main thing. At the same time, what you already know and understand, let your hands also learn to obey you. Take the softest pencil you have and try to vary the tone with pressure.
All this work can be done on one sheet. But for us this will not be enough. Draw as much time and patience as you have until everything turns out clearly and competently.
RESTRUCTURING VISION
Try not to draw each cube separately now, that is, when you draw one cube, you forget about the presence of what has already been drawn. Try to see two cubes at once, all at once. Constantly disperse your attention to the entire space of the sheet. Try it. Look at one point (at the edge of the cube, for example), but you also notice everything else. Use "lateral" vision.
Already at this stage, you learn to see the big picture, and not all separately. A general vision of the picture, of the entire space of the sheet, develops. The eyes begin to see relationships: volume to volume, angle to angle, height to width.
All corners of the cubes should be approximately the same, like ours - 45 degrees, all opposite sides - the faces are parallel, the others are perpendicular, and this cannot be achieved if you do not observe everything that happens in your paper space, but look at everything one by one, one from the other.
In your sheet, the cubes can be located not only as soldiers, they can fly as they please. Do this exercise until you master it. Draw at the easel with any material. Here are some examples of how to complete the task:
When the cube is placed like this:
the corner closest to us and the edge will be more active. We must single them out - everything else fades away. It doesn't matter how much paper you spend on this exercise. Don't use an eraser, think twice. Until you master this exercise, you cannot move on to the second. Here you can learn quickly, but if you do not learn the basics, all the work will go to waste. There is no need now to achieve beauty and purity in the drawing. The main thing is that you yourself do not get confused in what you draw. The main thing now learn to understand what you are doing.
TIME AND DATE
I don't know at what level you started training and what you can do. Therefore, I can’t give a clear answer - how many days do you work like that. For some a day will be enough, for some a week, for others more. I can say one thing for sure: until you understand this material, you cannot forget about it and you need to return to it if necessary. As for the quality of execution - the lines are not parallel, the angles are different, the figures are crooked, the sheet is dirty - practice and time are needed. Not everything will happen right away. The same applies to each subsequent task.
Some people think that without having a special talent, it is impossible to learn how to draw. However, we are ready to challenge this statement, armed with the well-known proverb “Patience and work will grind everything!”.
By learning from this book, you will soon begin to draw so well that you will be surprised even yourself. After all, this is the best tutorial to date, the effectiveness of which is much higher than all others.
Materials for work.
The artist’s workplace may contain various materials and devices: paper, pencils, a knife for sharpening them, rubber bands, felt-tip pens, ink and feathers, various paints, etc. - depending on what task he has set for himself, which is better just right for solving it.
Paper. For drawing, paper of different grades is used: rough or smoother, white or tinted. The choice is made depending on the nature of the work performed, on what result you want to achieve. It is better for beginners to draw on durable white or bluish good quality paper. It will make a good drawing. Images that will take a long time to work on should be done on whatman paper. It is dense, durable, not loose, slightly amenable to abrasion with an elastic band. Semi-drawing paper and drawing paper are also suitable for long-term work with a pencil or paints. As a working surface, take the side of the paper sheet on which the roughness is more noticeable.
Torchon is best suited for watercolor painting - a snow-white dense embossed
paper. This is expensive paper, so for sketches and color searches, it is more advisable to use a regular good paper. With it, you can wash off unsuccessfully placed watercolors several times. For ordinary, ordinary work, you can also use whatman paper, after checking the behavior of the paint on it. If the paint is strongly absorbed, leaves stains, lays down unevenly, if after washing off the paint from the paper marble spots remain on it, or even the top layer rolls off, such watercolor paper will not work.
Table of contents
Introduction 6
Chapter 1. What you need to know the beginning artist 7
Workplace 7
Materials for work 10
The position of the body and hand when drawing 12
Determining the proportions of objects in Figure 13
Chapter 2. Fine reading 14
Perspective 14
Construction of geometric shapes 16
Transfer of volume by chiaroscuro 17
Sketches 18
Linear sketch 20
Sketch in tone 21
Chapter 3. Learning to draw 22
Attentive cat 22
Cat head 24
Rose 26
Wild flower 28
Dog 30
Sitting cat 32
Butterfly 34
Branches 36
Pine 38
Pear 40
Barrel 42
Horse 44
Lion head 48
Fly 51
Maple leaf 54
Boat 56
Machine 59
Landscape 61
City street 61
Rural 64
Plane 68
Portrait 72
Anfas 72
Profile 75
Head rotated 3/4 78
Human figure 82
full face nude 82
Figure in profile 86
Fairy tale characters 88
Anime 88
little anime character 90
Disney characters 92
Heroes of Russian fairy tales 94
Glossary of terms 96.
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If you want to learn a new interesting activity and learn how to draw with a pencil from scratch, there are special methods for beginners. They make the process of creating an image easier. Even if you have never gone to an art studio or art school, if you wish, patience and perseverance, it is quite possible to master this technique.
Selecting the main tool
If you decide to learn how to draw with a pencil from scratch, first of all, you will need leads of various hardness. Most often, HB or TM is used in the Russian version, but it is also necessary to have H (T), B (M), 2B (M). The marking indicates softness, and the number corresponds to its degree. Number - 2H (2T) is the hardest one that is commonly used. It leaves a very thin, barely noticeable line. If you press hard with a well-sharpened pencil, a scratch may even remain on the paper. The designation HB corresponds to medium hard-softness. The larger the number of the B (M) marking, the darker and wider the line on the sheet will be.
Three different leads are enough to learn. It is worth noting that graphite can be sold both in a wooden frame and in the form of rods for a mechanical tool. They also produce sticks with a diameter of an ordinary pencil, which are covered on the outside with a special non-staining layer. In this case, it is convenient to use the side surface of the sharpened part for hatching large surfaces. They are often bought for quick sketches. You can choose any option.
What else is needed?
If you are trying to learn how to draw with a pencil from scratch, be sure to prepare a good eraser. It should be soft so as not to injure the paper layer once again.
For the same purpose, apply contours with thin lines. Keep in mind that pencils should always be sharp. It is acceptable for a beginner to use a sharpener, but professionals use only a knife. This is due to the resulting shape of the pointed part. To perform the correct hatching, it is recommended to gently sharpen the tool, that is, the stylus is freed from the tree by one or even two centimeters, making a gradual transition of the cut to the sides of the pencil cylinder. A beginner should know this only for general information. Do what is easier and more convenient for you.
Possible execution techniques
Learning to draw with a pencil from scratch is easiest in a linear fashion. easier to do than with tonal study.
Sometimes it seems to an inexperienced artist that he made a portrait very similar to the original, but in the process of shading, the opinion changes. For training, you can perform several works exactly linearly, applying only light shadows in some places. It will give the impression of a quick sketch. After all, it is not necessary to tell everyone that you simply do not have enough experience yet.
In the process of practice, the hand will gain confidence, and you will be able to move on to performing the chiaroscuro elaboration of the form. In the manuals "How to learn to draw with a pencil for beginners" they often suggest using shading. It is the rubbing of graphite on a sheet.
In this version, you will not see separate lines, and the transitions between tones will be very smooth. Hatching is harder to master. Each individual element must be very tightly located next to the neighboring one, otherwise the object will not be whole, but there will be an impression of stripes, hairiness - anything but a single shape.
So, at the first stage, use shading. You can rub the pencil mark with a soft piece of paper or even your finger, but it is worth remembering that professionals do not do this. If you are going to study at an art school, you will have to forget about this way of drawing. With serious intentions, it is better to immediately master the hatching technique, gradually developing the hand. This will come in handy in the future.
How to do hatching?
If you decide to act in a professional way, it is better to practice on regular sheets first.
Try pencils of different softness in action. Try to make tonal transitions with the same lead. The main thing is to try to make the strokes fit snugly against each other, do not use lines crossed at right angles. It is better to impose them in shape, that is, if you have a cube in front of you, then hatching should be done either in the vertical direction or parallel to the lines of the faces. Do more exercise. Remember, skill comes with experience.
How to correct errors?
If during work something does not suit you in terms of quality, the pencil is easily erased.
However, in order not to remove the excess, it makes sense to make a cut on the eraser with a knife, forming a thin edge. If you start to actively erase hatching, you can smear too much of the work done or severely injure the paper. A new layer of graphite does not fit well on a damaged surface. To remove a large amount of hatching or a partial weakening of the tone, if the subject turned out to be too dark, use a special erasing mass. It resembles plasticine or In professional slang it is called a nag. It easily absorbs excess graphite. The same property has a lump of crumb of ordinary bread. So, even if you overdid something in your first experience, mistakes can always be corrected. The main thing - try not to repeat them next time.
What is better for beginners to draw?
If you are interested in how to learn how to draw with a pencil in stages, everything is simple - the work must always be done from simple to complex and from general to detail.
Whichever plot you choose, the sequence of steps will be similar. Of course, it is better for beginners not to use too complex motifs with a large number of constituent elements. This can be done only with clear visual step-by-step instructions. For independent drawing, choose simple objects and compositions from them, for example, a still life of household items, fruits, vegetables lying on a table or in a basket.
It is worth being patient if you decide to learn how to learn how to draw portraits with a pencil.
This is one of the most difficult tasks even for a professional. It is very difficult for a beginner to master it. Of course, everyone has objects that, regardless of the level of skill and experience, they want to depict. Choose your favorite subjects, just try to find and learn as many tips and tricks for drawing them as possible. We are talking about such complex objects as animals, flowers, architecture, cars, motorcycles, boats, people.
How to learn to draw cars with a pencil? You can draw them from a photograph (for example, by cells, the technique is described in more detail in the next section). For novice artists, it will be easiest to depict the car from the side.
pencil?
Performing a person's face is one of the most difficult tasks. A beginner can be offered a method for creating an image by cells from a photograph.
It allows you to more accurately convey the proportions. To do this, take the following steps:
1. Draw a honeycomb structure on a transparent film.
2. Overlay it on the photo and fix it so that it does not accidentally move.
3. On your sheet of paper prepared for the portrait, also perform an auxiliary construction in the form of cells.
4. Compare how the lines on the original cross the cells, try to repeat them as accurately as possible with a pencil.
So, you have learned how to learn to draw with a pencil. It's pretty easy step by step. Most importantly, follow the sequence of work from general to detail, and also at first try to choose simple objects to complete.
First, a little theory. It may seem that theory is not very important, but the study of theory is one of the main stages in the formation of artists. To learn how to draw realistic sketches, you need to know the nine basic laws of drawing:
1. Perspective: those figures that are closer appear large, and those that are far away, they appear small.
2. Position: those figures that are located lower on the sheet, they visually appear closer.
3. Dimensions: the larger the figure is drawn, the closer it will appear.
4. Overlap: an object that is drawn in front of another object visually appears closer
5. Shadow: the plane on which the figure is located, on the opposite side, should be darker than the light source.
6. Fill: the part of the figure that will be located on the other side of the source from which the light will come from, this part should be the darkest in order to produce the effect of depth.
7. Contour lines: in order to draw round shapes, you need to draw contour lines.
8. Horizon line: you need to draw a horizon line - to draw a three-dimensional image.
9. Distance: to create an imitation of the distance between the figures, distant figures need to be depicted a little lighter and not drawn so clearly.
Without the implementation of these laws, it will not be possible to draw a picture. Knowing the nine basic laws of drawing is the foundation of successful drawing training. The more often you draw and apply these laws, the sooner you will begin to memorize them, and it will become easier and easier to use them and apply them in practice.
Important Principles
The next step after learning the basic laws of drawing is knowing the three trailers to always keep in mind: attitude, details and practice.
1. mood: in order to tune in to positive work, you need to convince yourself that you are ready and say that everything is in your power! Only with positive thoughts can one acquire and apply new artistic skills.
2. Details: adding various details makes the drawing more alive, and if you try to add something new, perhaps the drawing will turn out to be much more unusual.
3. Practice: in order to master perfectly the skills that you have learned, these skills must be used every day in work, to consolidate.
Practicing these principles is very important for developing artistic skills.
Tools
The next step is to select the necessary tools for drawing, they should be convenient and practical:
1. You will need a notebook or album. Although any paper can be used to start drawing, it can be plain white, or it can be tinted, thin, or heavy. If you decide to take a special paper, you can certainly achieve much better results than with plain paper. It is important to know what raw material the drawing paper is made from. Paper tester, test grain has 
greater value.
There are two types of paper, fine-grained and coarse-grained paper. If you take fine-grained paper, then this type of paper will be suitable for any type of drawing, but coarse-grained paper is suitable for writing on it with watercolors. The artist himself chooses to draw on coarse-grained or fine-grained paper. Premium paper is marked with a watermark in the corner.
2. School pencils are great for sketching, which have four degrees of hardness: No. 1-2B, No. 2-B, No. 3-H, and No. 4-2H. In order to get good drawings, it is better to use pencils numbered 2 and 3. If you are serious about learning, it would be better to buy a complete set of top quality drawing pencils. There are 19 degrees of hardness: H - hard, HB and F - medium hardness, B - soft.
3. Calendar and planning is one of the most important steps. In order to achieve good results in the future, you need to draw at least twenty minutes every day. So for this, you will need to create an action plan and monitor the implementation of the plan all the time.
Stages of drawing
First step
To get started, you will need to take your pencil and calendar - now you will need to create a schedule for those lessons that you will complete throughout the week. Of course, you need to take into account that there are other activities besides drawing, so even these twenty minutes can be divided and made into two 10-minute classes.
To achieve success, you need to work hard every day, acquire new skills, learn techniques, look at the work of famous artists for inspiration. After a month of hard work, the results will be visible.
Second step
The most important thing is that you just need to sit down at the table and start drawing! When seated at the table, you will need to take a deep breath, and then you need to smile. Then take a piece of paper and put it in front of you and now try to draw.
Now you need to check yourself. First you will need to draw a few objects. You need to relax! Also, you must understand that you are doing this for yourself, and only you can draw this picture. It is necessary that you draw just such a drawing now, which will later help you improve your skills in the future. But even if you feel lazy or just do not want to draw this part of the picture, you will definitely have to force yourself to draw this moment of the picture. Then, by the end of the month, you yourself will understand that it was not done in vain!
Third step
Remember to show your work to more experienced artists, ask them for advice and listen carefully to their criticisms, and then correct your mistakes. If you don't know any artists, there are many sites on the Internet where you can post your work and ask for advice.
Fourth step
Try different drawing techniques and choose the one that suits you best. If something does not work out for you, do not despair, and try again, because you are only learning and the skill will come with time.
Video lesson
- Pencil. The simplest and most understandable drawing tool you will need in any case. Even if you want to learn how to draw with paints, you will need a simple pencil to create a sketch. Not all pencils are the same. Some are designed for drawings, others for drawing, others for everyday tasks. Too hard pencils (3H, 4H and more) are better not to choose: they are easy to scratch and tear the paper.
- Watercolor. Water-based paint is known for its lightness, transparency and a wide palette of shades. However, painting with watercolor is quite difficult: you need to learn how to use its properties and have a good idea of \u200b\u200bhow the paint will behave on paper. On the other hand, if you put in enough effort, you will learn to draw in one of the most impressive techniques.
- Gouache. This is a dense matte paint that is diluted with water. It is perfect for the first steps in drawing. Due to the dense texture of gouache, dark tones can be easily covered with darker ones. This is very important, because then all the flaws and shortcomings can be corrected. Another good news: gouache is inexpensive.
- Pastel (dry). These crayons are used to create drawings in soft colors. Due to its texture, the pastel is very easy to blend, which allows you to create beautiful transitions between shades. You should immediately prepare for the fact that your fingers and the table (at least) will be stained with dust and pastel crumbs. The finished pastel drawing is easy to smear, so the pigments on paper will need to be fixed with varnish or a fixative.
- Markers ("copies"). We asked illustrator and teacher Anna Rastorguyeva to tell us about this relatively unknown instrument. Because she draws with the help of markers and does it superbly. We are not talking about highlighters and not about simple felt-tip pens, but about alcohol markers, which, due to their basis, do not deform the paper and allow you to achieve smooth transitions between shades.
There are many manufacturers of such instruments, including Japanese, German, Chinese, Korean, and Russian brands. The price also varies - from 160 to 600 rubles apiece, so even a novice author can pick up a small kit to start.
The palettes of this type of markers are unusually wide, on average 300 colors each, so in order not to get confused, you can buy a ready-made set, usually selected for a specific topic: architecture, nature, manga.
What if I don't know what to draw?
If you don't know what to draw, but really want to - copy, draw and repeat after others. There is nothing wrong with that. On the contrary, it is a normal process. Take a picture that you like, put it in front of you and start.
Video instructions are helpful. Unlike advice in the style of "draw a circle, draw sticks, add details - you get a great canvas," these posts do not lie. You will see exactly how the drawing is created.
Remember: creativity is an international thing. Don't be afraid to check out the YouTube channels of English-speaking bloggers, even if you don't understand what they're saying.
Try starting with these channels:
- Proko. An absolute must-have for anyone who wants to learn how to draw. The artist clearly, simply, clearly explains the most difficult thing - how to draw a person. This is the base and the foundation, so the channel will certainly live in your bookmarks.
- Mark Crilley. The artist works in a cartoon style, so those who want to learn how to draw cute, cute drawings will find everything they need here. The artist shows different techniques and in detail, frame by frame, demonstrates the simplest techniques for creating a spectacular drawing.
- Sycra. The channel will appeal to everyone who loves Japanese cartoons and wants to learn how to draw anime. Video lessons reveal the topic inside and out: body structure, facial features, costumes and everything.
- Bob Ross. Bob Ross is an American television legend. Perhaps the most inspiring program in the world was created by this man, who spent 11 years teaching people to create miracles on canvas. You may not understand what Bob is saying in a soft voice, but you can not resist the talent of the artist penetrating into you right from the screen.
In general, the choice of topic is the second fundamental issue after the choice of material. And here it is not at all necessary to be limited to traditional genres: portrait, still life or landscape. Nowadays, everyday household sketches are gaining more and more popularity. Like photos on Instagram, artists quickly capture exciting topics in their notebooks, post them on social networks, study and communicate together. Absolutely any object can become a subject of interest - from macro sketches of insects to detailed travel diaries.
Anna Rastorgueva, illustrator, teacher
"You can paint in 30 days" by Mark Kistler. One of the most famous drawing books. As long-term observations show, after reading it and, importantly, following the instructions, everyone learned to draw.
"Discover the artist in you" by Betty Edwards. Those who doubt can immediately be informed: about 2 million of those who considered themselves "armless" have already learned to draw from this book. To those who do not believe in their own strength at all and think that all artists know some secret of beautiful paintings, we say: yes, there is a secret. It is hidden in this book.
"A sketchbook that will teach you how to draw!", Robin Landa. As a teacher himself, Robin knows that students draw best on the pages of textbooks. This is where fantasy comes into play! So he created a book in which you can (and should) draw. And learn along the way.
I want to draw, but I don't have the time or extra money
Eugenio Marongiu/Shutterstock.com The first step can be taken without much investment and effort. Download creative apps and get started now.
Tayasui Sketches. One of the most beautiful and simple applications with numerous tools will teach you how to draw in different techniques.
Bamboo paper. Drawing tablet company Wacom has developed an app for artists. Sketches, sketches and full-fledged drawings - this program will be needed at every stage of learning.
Zen brush. This application will not help in learning, but will set you in the right creative way. With a brush, you can draw characteristic strokes, and the finished drawing looks like a work of art from some distant eastern country.
We figured out the materials, the sources of inspiration too, the books were studied, and there are applications for the laziest. Your move - it's time to get down to business.
The main thing is to find what you really like. Dare!
Anna Rastorgueva, illustrator, teacher
