Drawing lessons in pencil. Step five: how to learn to draw the main objects with a simple pencil

Drawing is an artistic skill that can be a lot of fun once you master it and can even turn into an amazing hobby over time. It may seem to you that in order to learn how to draw well, you need to attend professional lessons, but this is not so. By simply drawing for your own pleasure, you can save money and improve your skills. To learn how to draw without taking a class, sketch with short strokes, apply shadows, highlight individual shapes in objects of various shapes, and practice as much as possible.

Steps

Part 1

Select an object to draw from nature. If possible, find something meaningful for you, like your favorite flower or your dog. At the initial stage, you will most likely find it easier to draw from nature than from memory or imagination. Therefore, if you draw something that you like, it will help you concentrate.

• If you're just trying to draw, you don't need special art supplies just yet. For work, any pen or pencil and paper at hand will do.

1. Draw the general outline in short strokes. Lightly press the pencil onto the paper. Concentrate on the line you are drawing, forgetting about the object itself. If you are drawing a dog, forget about it. Instead, start drawing its outlines. They represent the boundaries between the dog's body and the environment. Draw these outlines with short strokes.

   • The shorter your strokes, the more accurate the sketch will be.
   • Don't criticize your work. Move quickly and sharpen your strokes as you go.

2. Draw the details. As soon as a sketch of the object is ready in general terms, begin to draw its details. Try to identify distinguishing features or marks on the object, for example, a chip on a cup or a tuft of fur on a dog, based on which you can place other nearby details in the drawing.

   Apply shadows. Applying shadows will be a little more difficult, but they allow you to reflect the play of chiaroscuro in the picture, and also create volume. See which side of the object is illuminated by the sun. Then take a sharpened pencil and evenly shade the penumbra. Once the pencil tip becomes dull, move on to shading the darker areas. To make the pencil leave darker strokes, press it harder.

   • You can practice applying shadows by drawing a smooth shadow scale. Start drawing the scale from the edge of the sheet. Move the pencil back and forth as you work. As you work, begin to press harder on the pencil to gradually make the strokes darker.
   • It is also useful to practice drawing a scale of achromatic colors. Divide the elongated rectangle into five sections. Leave the first section white. Paint the last section as dark as possible. In between these two sections (in the three central sections), distribute your strokes in such a way that you get transitional (from light to dark) shades of gray.

3. Combine various geometric shapes into shapes. Learn how to make separate blocks from which the contours of the subject are formed. For example, a table can be represented as a set of rectangles and cylinders, and a snake as a series of circles. As soon as you learn how to distinguish individual geometric blocks in objects, you can even draw them from memory (without nature).

   • Spend some time looking closely at objects and trying to fit them into separate geometric shapes.

4. Sketch the subject from different angles. Assemble the drawing object from various shapes. As you work on the sketch, erase the extra lines and draw the necessary lines so that the object in the drawing acquires the desired shape. When you have finished drawing this sketch, try drawing the same subject from other angles. For example, in profile, a horse's head may consist of a square nose, a circle of cheeks, and a triangle of ears, but the same head can be drawn from many other angles.

   • Return to these sketches later to improve the rest of your drawings.

5. Draw the selected object again. The next time, correcting various mistakes on sketches from different angles, draw the object again. At first, you can even rely on prepared sketches. Compose an object from basic geometric shapes, then draw its details and correct possible errors. Once you have some experience, you can draw this object in various poses, even from memory.

   • It is perfectly acceptable to make some simplifications in the drawing, they can even become your individual style. For example, memorizing the location of each individual muscle on the body can take too long.

Part 3

1. Learn about various drawing techniques. The local library should have books on various styles of drawing from realism to Japanese manga. Similar books are also available in bookstores. For free drawing ideas and demo tutorials, search "how to draw (subject)" on YouTube or on YouTube.

   • Anatomy books can also be a good source of information for realistic drawings. Learn from them to schematically draw the skeleton and muscles.

2. Start working with additional materials. It's usually best to use one thing before you gain experience, such as pencil and paper. Then you can look for alternatives that you like better and help develop your own style, for example, start working with colored pencils or charcoal. In addition, even simple pencils come in different hardness, which allows you to expand the possibilities in applying shadows.

   • TM (HB) pencils are considered standard. T-grade (H) pencils are harder and are suitable for drawing light lines. M grade (B) pencils are softer and suitable for drawing darker lines.
   • The degree of hardness and softness of pencils is expressed as a number. For hard pencils (T or H), the highest hardness is expressed by a nine, and for soft pencils (M or B), a nine indicates the highest softness.
   • Vinyl and navy erasers won't damage paper like regular rubber erasers, but they won't erase colored pencils. Due to the plasticity of such erasers (they have a pasty consistency), they can be given any shape to accurately remove individual small details of a pencil sketch.

3. Learn to imagine the drawing process itself. When you're not directly busy drawing, take a look around. Think about how you could reflect the environment in the drawing. For example, imagine how you apply shadows around the drawn eyes, draw pupils and irises. This way of thinking will allow you to think about working on the lines and creating your own style.

   • The goal is to learn to see details, not just general shapes. Instead of thinking about the eye itself, think about the lines and colors that will allow you to draw that eye.

4. Practice. Drawing is in many ways similar to skills such as playing a musical instrument or riding a bicycle. As soon as you have free time, sit down and draw sketches. Practice applying shadows and using various drawing techniques. Work on sketching objects from different angles. In between drawing sessions, just spend time with the objects that interest you so you can learn more about them without overworking yourself.

• Get in the habit of drawing every day. With this habit, it will be easier for you to force yourself to practice and you will improve your skills faster.
• Do not be discouraged by the realization of the mistakes you have made. This perception stops many aspiring artists. Remember, even experienced artists continue to learn in the course of their work.
• It will take time to master the exact coordination of hand movements. Keep practicing, apply short strokes to basic geometric shapes, and over time, the results will improve.
• There is no need to purchase expensive art materials. For study, a notebook and simple pencils will be enough.
• Developing the skill to isolate individual geometric shapes in objects also takes time, but this helps to make more accurate sketches.

Warnings

• Someone or even you yourself can try to talk yourself out of this venture. But do not listen to those who say that you have no talent. Drawing needs to be learned, and if you enjoy doing it, just keep working on yourself.

Who among us has not dreamed of becoming an artist at least once? Especially in childhood, many of us wanted to learn how to draw beautifully, and maybe even paint real pictures. But, as often happens, dreams were shattered by a banal lack of skills. Either due to a change of interests, or because of ordinary laziness, many lacked the desire and patience to continue developing in this direction.

So how to learn to draw with a pencil for beginners?

Like any creative occupation, the art of drawing contains many subtleties and helps its owner to reveal not only his creative potential, but also to realize his worldview in a beautiful form. These subtleties will be discussed further.

Stages and principles of training

Often, in order to fully learn how to draw, they resort to phased learning and practice in drawing various compositions of different plans. There is quite a difference if you are, for example, trying to draw a person, or trying to realize a landscape on paper. That is why in this case it is very important to master the skills of drawing a variety of objects.

Another basic principle in teaching drawing is regularity. It is practice that is the decisive factor in the development of drawing skills. It would not be bad to make yourself a specific schedule for the week, according to which you could devote at least 20 minutes a day to this lesson. From this it follows that you also need to show some patience in such training.

What is needed to get started?

So, first of all, find yourself notebook with fairly large leaves. There should be at least 50 sheets. The second item in your preparation should be the choice pencil taste. There are a great variety of pencils, so in your case, the best choice is the one you are used to using. For example, it can be a pencil with a soft lead. Naturally, a little later, one way or another, you will have to buy the necessary pencils in order to improve the quality of your work.

Get yourself a calendar too. Where you will celebrate not only the schedule of classes, but also your successes. At first, you will have to force yourself to strictly follow the schedule, but over time it will become part of your lifestyle and will bring great pleasure.

Try to picture something on the first page. Don't worry about the high quality of the drawing. After a certain amount of time, you will open the notebook on the first page and be surprised at the difference between how it was and what changes have taken place.

Basics

Many people think that drawing is a skill that depends only on natural talent, so they easily find excuses for themselves in the “not given” or “not working” format. But the point is not only in talents, but also in acquired skills. A person who can draw well without knowing the basic principles is a rare exception. Every business needs to be learned. Therefore, further we will consider the basic laws and techniques of drawing.

There are 9 basic laws of drawing, having learned which you will learn how to draw at a fairly high level. Let's discuss them.

• The law of perspective. Objects that the author wants to visually bring closer are distorted in such a way that one part of it seems closer than another part of it.
• Location of items. Objects that are at the bottom of the sheet appear much closer than the rest.
• size law. The object in the picture, which, according to the author's intention, should be located closer, should, accordingly, look larger than those that are further away.
• overlap law. An object that is in front of another becomes visually closer to us.
• Law of penumbra. The conditionally unlit part of the object, which is located on the opposite side of the light source, should be darker.
• Shadow law. To make the drawn object seem voluminous, you need to add a casting shadow to it, also strictly on the back side of the light source.
• The law of contours. It is necessary to accentuate the contours of rounded objects to give them depth.
• Horizon law. The case when the horizon is drawn so that the depicted objects appear at different distances from the observer.
• The law of density. To make it seem that objects are at different distances, it is also necessary to draw near objects in more detail and distant objects in less detail.

Using these 9 basic laws in practice, it will not be difficult for you to move to a new level in drawing.

Also, in order to avoid simple mistakes, a beginner needs to follow several important steps when creating a sketch of a drawing. Here they are:

Drawing from simple to complex

A more or less well-known fact is that a drawing is different for a drawing. First of all, it means that drawing a person is far from the same as drawing, say, a tree. Different things require different approaches for perfect performance. That is why we will further consider in detail the technique of drawing various compositions.

Do not immediately take on complex compositions. Because in the science of drawing, the attitude with which you start working is very important. If you immediately took up a complex drawing, but nothing worked out for you, then a bad mood is guaranteed to you. You may even lose the desire to pick up a pencil for good. Therefore, in our training, we will go from simple to complex, gradually learning new drawing techniques. Let's start simple.

Draw geometric shapes

Since it will take quite a long time to search for suitable layouts of geometric shapes, we will be based on our imagination. For convenience, you can even download ready-made pictures of various geometric shapes from the Internet.

Cube

Let's draw a cube. Take this picture as a base:

Repeat all the faces and sides of the geometric figure. Do not forget that the back wall of the cube is proportionally smaller than the front. Now let's pay attention to the shadow.

Imagine that the light source is in front. This will make the front of the cube lighter and the sides darker. Shade the sides. Highlight the lines of the front corner with a pencil, and leave the rest thin. It will collect all the attention of the observer.

To make the figure unique, you can slightly distort the proportions. So we end up with something like this.

Cylinder

Draw a plane on which your figure will be located. It should not be in the air, because the shadow should fall on something. Find on this plane the ideal location for the central axis of your cylinder. Draw a vertical line straight up from this point. Draw ellipses around both ends of this line. Connect the lower and upper ellipses with the same vertical lines. The sketch is almost ready. For convenience, you can add a couple of auxiliary lines. For example, in front, such a line can mark the border of the shadow. Draw a shadow outline on the horizontal plane where your shape is located. The result should be something like this:

When we're done with the frame, it's time shade the main parts of our figure. Again, given that the light should be in the exact opposite direction from the shadow, we mark by eye where the highlight will be. It is also worth considering that the glare on the cylinder will not form a spot, but a vertical stripe. We hatch with a darker shade the area from the shadow line to the rear border of the cylinder. Lubricate the hatching border to make the transition smooth. We shade the very shadow of the figure. Leave the top of the cylinder light.

Draw a sphere

Let's try to depict one of the basic geometric shapes, on the basis of which more complex objects will be drawn in the future. This figure is a sphere. She draws even easier than the rest. You need to draw a circle. Further, from the edges of this circle, you need to draw a few more concentric circles inside this figure. These circles may not be perfectly regular, in fact, they may take the form of an ellipse.

They will serve us in order to properly hatch. Refer to the picture below.

Shade the circles as shown. Draw another ellipse on the main plane. Shade this ellipse too to create a shadow. The sphere is ready.

Exercise

Try using the sphere drawing skill to draw more complex compositions, such as a plum. Notice what changes happened to the shadow? What happened in the end?

Answer

Shadow and light have changed places. As a result, the berry acquired the illusion of transparency.

So, we found out that drawing geometric shapes is not such a difficult task.

Based on a basic knowledge of geometry and the skill of drawing such shapes, you can create more complex compositions with their help.

Drawing utensils

The next most difficult step in pencil drawing is drawing dishes. At the same time, the main difficulty lies more in the correct placement of shadows, both on the subject and around it.

Let's draw a simple vase. It will be great if you find a suitable example that you can study in advance.

At the very beginning, we need to designate the parameters of the subject using straight lines. Draw a small horizontal line at the bottom of the sheet. This line will be the bottom of our vase. From the center of the horizontal line, perpendicular to it, draw a vertical line. This line will indicate the height of the object. Draw another horizontal line at the top of the vertical one. If something is not clear to you, refer to the figure below:

As we can see, we will need another horizontal line marking the narrow neck of the vase. Draw her. Next, you need to draw ellipses with centers coinciding with the intersection points of the vertical and horizontal lines. They are needed in order to give volume to the vase.

The next step is to draw the outline of the subject. For example, it could be like this:

The final step will be the drawing of light and shadows. This is done in the same way as with geometric shapes. Simply, first you need to decide what underlies each part of the object, a sphere, a cylinder, a cone or a cube.

Try to ensure that the outline of your vase is symmetrical on both sides.

Draw a cup

First, according to the proven method, we need to draw a vertical and horizontal lines. This time, the base of the cup will be much smaller than its mouth, and not the same. Draw ellipses for the top and bottom.

Plants

Unlike geometric figures and dishes, drawing various plants is a more difficult task than it might seem at the beginning. For example, unlike relatively simple objects, in the case of flowers, bushes, trees and many others, it is better to always have a living example in front of your eyes. It is very difficult to accurately imagine so many different details and correctly display them on paper. Or it can be a finished image of the original. With the degree of detail in the drawing, it is important to resolve the issue at the very beginning. After all, it can be as simple as possible, or, on the contrary, contain a large number of details.

Drawings by degree of detail:

Let's start drawing.

Make an initial sketch of your composition. If this is not one flower, but several, depict them so that the stems are slightly curved, and the buds look in different directions. Do not make all the lines perfectly correct.

One of the most interesting things is that the initial sketch can consist of geometric shapes, albeit a little distorted. Take a closer look.

What do you see? The picture contains at least a circle, ovals, a cylinder, a distorted rhombus and cones. This tells us that sometimes, even complex images at the initial stage can be drawn using simple shapes.

Start drawing details. Draw the petals and add irregularities to the petals. Add leaves to the composition. Focus on the original.

A tulip flower usually has about 6-7 petals that partially overlap each other.

If you pay attention, then note that the thickness of the stems along the entire length is the same. The leaves are long, with a sharp end, curved. The leaves wrap around the stem. Also pay attention to attaching the stem to the bud. This is noticeable on a flower turned back.

The final step is to add light and shadow. With light strokes, make more shaded areas inside the flower, as well as on the inside of the leaves. Places where the petals intersect can also be slightly shaded. This will give the petals a translucent effect. Draw the stamens. They can be emphasized with a darker color.

As you can see from the last lesson, creating a simple composition is not a problem if you know the basic basics of drawing, from simple to complex.

Draw an oak

Trees are very often an integral part of various complex paintings. For example, these can be landscapes where numerous trees echo images of animals, which will be discussed later.

Take a hard pencil. It will be needed in order to very weakly draw a general sketch of the tree. We will, as always, go from the general to the details.

Draw a tree trunk. Since we are drawing an oak, it must be thick. Draw branches from the tree trunk.

Add some leaf clouds inside the crown. It is necessary to leave empty areas on purpose so that some branches are visible.

Thicken the branches where they are not covered by leaves.

Start applying basic shadows. Before doing this, think about which side the light will fall on and how parts can be further shaded.

Draw the leaves. Add details to them and distribute the shadows correctly. Highlight a few leaves throughout the crown. This is to add volume to the picture. Oak is ready!

In the final image, it is not necessary to draw every leaf. You can simply thicken the contours of the leaves.

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Most likely, everyone periodically has a desire to draw something, and not just a scribble-doodle, but in such a way that everyone likes it. In particular, often such a desire appears when looking at a beautiful and talented picture. It would seem that difficult? I want to learn how to draw cool with a pencil, I take paper and draw a masterpiece. But if it comes to implementation, then difficulties arise: either the center is shifted, then the scale and aspect ratio are wrong, then the details did not work out. How to quickly learn to draw with a simple pencil, if immediately, due to your own ineptitude, the desire to create masterpieces disappears?

Remember that even the most talented masters did not learn right away: everyone went a long way in order to improve their skills and delight others with beauty. This is preceded by more than one year and more than one month of hard work - it will take quite a bit of time, and now we are already good at drawing simple pictures and people.

The pencil is considered the simplest tool for drawing, so it’s worth starting training with it.

You need to get used to carry a pencil and notepad to make sketches. Only hard work and perseverance will help achieve the goal. But what to do if, in addition to desire and some abilities, there is nothing?

Drawing: how to draw something beautiful and easy for beginners

So, to draw pictures, you need to know where to start. remember, that for beginners, a pencil is the most convenient tool. This is due to the fact that it is easy to erase, and if the line is wrong, it can be changed. Moreover, there are different types of pencils, with the help of which you can easily create a beautiful drawing.

The main advice for future artists is never do not start drawing with complex and large paintings until you learn how to depict details. You are unlikely to succeed, and the desire to draw again will simply disappear.

First, learn how to draw individual objects. To do this, highlight one element from the others with your eyes. Then visually evaluate the shape and size. Next, select where on paper it is best to place it, given the size and shape. Do not forget that tall elements are placed along the length of the paper, and wide elements are placed along the width.

Also, keep in mind that the real object is usually larger than the leaf, so you need to draw it, given aspect ratio and scale. This is not an easy task for a beginner. Therefore, to develop skills, below there will be suggestions for simple exercises that will help make room for the drawing.

Drawing exercises

In these drawing exercises, we draw objects as diagrams, without creating small details - this is something that a beginner can draw simply and beautifully. Here it is important to see how objects are created using unpretentious figures, their dimensions are taken into account. By obtaining such skills, in the future you will be able to automatically find the location and size of the picture.

Exercise #1: so the first task is that it is required to draw an object not from a natural size, but from a picture. This greatly simplifies the task, since it does not require the selection of an element and the search for a place to place it - everything is already done. You need to reproduce the same thing, but in a different size, so that it does not become a copy.

Repeat these exercises with other images to develop an understanding of proportion and space.

We draw a mountain. First, take a close look at the picture. Visualize it on your sheet. Now draw a straight line. This will be the foundation. Study the shape of the hill, its slopes. If the mountain has the same sides, then depict it as a regular cone, whose height is less than the width of the base. To understand how many times the parts differ in size, you can take a ruler, but the main thing is to be able to do it by eye. In this situation, the proportions of height and width are 1:3.

To correctly determine the aspect ratio, create a vertex first. Find a place on the horizontal where you will position it. Create 3 equal segments on the line. Next, find the middle and draw a perpendicular. Then mark the top of the mountain at a distance of 1 division from the base. If the image matches, everything is done correctly. Now try to create the same mountain, but in a different size.

Do not forget that in order to correctly determine the aspect ratio of an object, you need to start by dividing it into equal parts of the base, and then go further from this. This task will teach you to accurately identify the ratio of various elements of objects. And this is the basis of drawing.

Exercise #2: another problem is that it is required to depict a mountain with different proportions of width and height. Here they will be 1:4, and the top deviates to the right. The task is more difficult, but not impossible.

First, repeat the steps of the first exercise: draw a straight line, dividing it into equal parts (here 4). Then there is a feature - the top will not be in the center of the segment. It is as if above the third segment, therefore we draw a perpendicular line from it. Then the top is laid off. Usually, when creating a drawing, the base is divided into 2 or 3, rarely into 5.

Exercise #3: this exercise will require you to draw on one sheet profiles of different mountains, which have different vertices in location and height. Do not be afraid, the task is not too difficult. Imagine each hill separately, mentally draw a dotted line to the bases. And then you will understand that the first exercise is simply repeated several times.

Another skill is skills to draw straight lines without tools. It's not easy, it takes practice. First draw a vertical line using a ruler. Now practice trying to create the maximum freehand parallel. A similar exercise is repeated with the horizon.

Mastering Hatching

When creating masterpieces with a pencil, mastering is required hatching skills for the volume of an object. It will show where the shadow falls and where the light falls. Start with simple shapes: a cube, a ball, a cone, etc. In addition, if you look closely, it is noticeable that these figures have penumbra.

In order to get a smooth transition from light to dark, you will need pencils with different weights. After mastering this skill, you can easily learn how to draw three-dimensional details. For classes, you can choose interesting and stylish drawings for beginners - not very complicated, but beautiful, they will please you with the result and support your self-confidence.

How to draw a person correctly

If you have been successful in the previous tasks, then let's figure it out now, how to draw a person. This is not the easiest task. Consider a phased drawing. First try to create on paper people who are standing - this is important for distinguishing aspect ratios.

Draw a vertical line, push off from it to create a grid, i.e. the main lines of the waist, shoulders, head, arms and legs. But how to understand the size of these lines? When drawing from nature it is important to use a pencil as a measuring tool. For example, you want to define the gap from the waist to the head. Take a pencil, visually align its tip with the level of the crown, then mark on it where the waist is located. Transfer the size to paper. So it will be possible to measure all objects.

Drawing people is a difficult task. Start by creating the base, then paint the details.

To check yourself, remember that the body is visually divided into 8 parts. One part equals the size of the head. For representatives of the stronger sex, the body length is 3 heads, and the border is located on the chest, chin, crotch and belt. Legs - 4 heads, and the center is near the knees. The width of the shoulders reaches 2 1/3 the size of the head. The arms are 3.5 times the size of the head in length. Female proportions are different - the body is more elongated, and the hips are considered the widest part.

If you have determined the proportions of a person, drawn marks, then shape the body. To do this, all elements are drawn in the form of cylinders and ovals. If you like everything, then draw the outline. Now it remains only to create the details - fingers, hair, face, clothes.

How to draw a portrait

The greatest difficulty creates the creation of portraits. The difficulty is that in order to obtain a similarity, it will be necessary to correctly draw all the details and features. So, let's figure out how to draw a portrait for beginners.

First advice: think about what you can easily draw or draw with a photo with a pencil? Separate areas of the face: nose, eyes, lips from different angles, even ears. Then move on to creating the full image. For beginners, it will be easier to work from a photo, you can gradually move on to personal observations, sketches and sketches from nature.

Tip two: Start by creating an oval for the head. Then draw a vertical line through the center. She will divide her face into equal parts. Then divide it into 2 parts horizontally - this is the line of the eyes. Eyebrows are located on the line of the upper edges of the ears.

Third tip: the length of the nose can be determined as follows: divide the gap between the eyes and the chin by 2 - this is the place of the tip. Its width corresponds to the gap between the edges of the eyes. These ratios are not an axiom, but most often faces are drawn in this way.

There is a certain concept of facial proportions that can be taken as a basis.

When you arrange the parts of the face, you need to create a contour of the lips, nose, ears, hair. If the details suit you, then start drawing. Now it remains only to add the final touches.

graffiti style

If you like lettering, then you should think about. There are different directions and stylistic exercises for drawing words, letters, phrases. And to understand in which specific direction you will create, you will need to study them all.

Practice on paper first. Create a word. The letters need to be placed at a distance corresponding to ½ of the height of the letter, because they will need to be circled along the contour. Now give each letter volume and bulge with hatching.

Tool selection

A significant role in drawing is played by the choice of tools and sheets. So, which devices to choose:

There are different types of pencils. A simple pencil is with different levels of softness. Often they are indicated in Latin letters: B is the softest, H is the hardest, and HB is hard-soft pencils. In addition, there are also numbers from 2 to 9. They show the tone;
a beginner will need different pencils with different hardness. In addition, when drawing, you will need soft eraser;
paper plays an important role. It is better to use white thick sheets - they are able to withstand corrections. A grainy sheet is suitable for a pencil, because the shades are noticeable on it.

We have considered in detail how to learn how to work with a pencil and how to draw something beautiful at home, but now let's sum up a kind of result. Consider brief tips on how to fill your hand for drawing - the list, of course, is far from complete, but sums up the experience:

Create sketches.

This is the main point. A day is required to create at least 5 sketches. Here it is worth working to the maximum. Use every chance to create drawings: on the road, in the office, at home. This fills the hand, develops imagination, the ability to understand the ratio of sizes. Useful drawing of storyboards, comics.

Copy the work of the masters.

Imitate the masters, it develops the taste. Do 1 copy every 3 months. This should include the originals of good artists. Try to get as close as possible to the source, study not only the technique of the masters, but also the peculiarities of the culture of that era.

Experiment, do not be afraid of mistakes and do not postpone creativity for later. So you will soon learn how to create masterpieces.

Draw from memory.

Even when drawing from life, you have to create an image from memory. Besides, it is important to draw small elements from memory- it will improve visual memory and fantasy.

Repeat mistakes.

Often people give up at the first problems: they are afraid of repeating the mistake. But you shouldn't do it. Doesn't work - start again. Do not avoid mistakes, you should look closely at them - perhaps this is where your personality lies.

Don't draw from a photo.

Yes, at first this is the only way to train, but then you should not do it. The lens is not able to convey the full depth of the forms.

Take a break.

Don't focus on one it is important to be able to switch. If something doesn't work, take breaks. Start other drawings, change points of view, technique.

Conclusion

Even if for you drawing with a pencil or paints (pastel, watercolor, oil, etc.) is a completely new direction in life, don't be afraid to set goals both modest and global. It is important to remember why you decided to study drawing: will it become a future profession or hobby, do you want to please friends or relatives with a landscape or portrait presented as a gift, did you just decide to master a new creative niche?

Fears of your own inability haunt you, constantly buzzing in your ear “Anyway, you won’t succeed”? Do not put off ideas and plans for later, gradually buying boxes of pencils and paints or spending weekends looking for that “best paper” in stores. Make your wishes come true today- just take a notebook and a pencil and start making, albeit not very skillful, but your own sketches.

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Mila Naumova
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professional drawing teacher
painting and composition.
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"Learning to draw with a pencil" (PITER publishing house)
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Course №1 "LEARNING TO SEE AND DRAW AS AN ARTIST"

If you have a desire to quickly learn how to draw, so so that your friends and acquaintances admire your drawings, then my course of 6 drawing lessons according to the method of one of the greatest draftsmen Albrecht Dürer, who worked at the turn of the 15th-16th centuries, will definitely help you.

Even if you can't draw at all!

And if you already draw well, then thanks to the course you will improve your technique and understand that you can draw anything from nature - any still life, landscape, and even a portrait.
If you didn’t have a good artistic background, then you will discover a lot of new things, because I talk about the basic basics of drawing, which are necessary for both graphic artists and painters.

The most important thing for an artist is to learn to see like an artist, and then capture what you see on canvas or paper.

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ARTISTIC VISION

First of all, we will deal with the disclosure of artistic vision in the course, as well as let's learn to draw not objects and forms, but lines and dots.

To teach a person to draw without developing his artistic vision is a meaningless occupation. Because when an ordinary person looks at a landscape, he sees the street, houses, trees, people. And when the Artist looks at this landscape, he sees lines and spots. If the Artist at this moment draws with a pencil, he sees dark and light spots, if he writes with paints, he sees colored dark and colored light spots.

The artist sees lines and spots, transfers them to the canvas, and the viewer distinguishes on the canvas - streets, houses, trees, people. Here is such a magical transformation, and without it, nowhere.

If you wish learn to draw from nature anything, regardless of shape and material, try to see not objects and objects, but lines and spots.
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SEE SPOT AND LINES?

In the right teaching of drawing, the general principles (formulas) are taught, thanks to which the beginning Artist can draw from life and from imagination all such objects.

For example?

For example, if you watched the site's lessons, you may have seen such a lesson: "SHADOWS ARE DIFFERENT, HOW TO TRANSFER VOLUME." In that lesson, I talked about how to make objects three-dimensional by placing light and dark spots correctly: highlight, light around the highlight, midtones (penumbra) around the light and shadow (the darkest places). This is a general formula for adding volume to any shape, from a ball to a person's face.

And it doesn't even matter if you know how to hatch or not! The main thing is to correctly find the place of dark and light spots.

I will try to show with an example, as if I do not know how to hatch.
It looks something like this:

But if the object is at least a little transparent, then in our formula, light and shadow are reversed.

That is, there will always be a dark place around the highlight, and where opaque objects usually have the darkest shadow, transparent ones will have light.

Approximately like this:

Let's check this formula on grapes:

On the average bottle, everything is the same: there are dark places around the highlights, halftones around the dark places, and light spots in the shadow itself, only the shape of the spots changes:

And even the iris of the eye is drawn according to the principle (formula) of transparent objects:

So, just by swapping the shadow and light in places, drawing any object, you can create the illusion of transparency! I hope you noticed that the principle of drawing and the stages of drawing different objects were the same.

It is called general principles.

Knowing the general principles greatly facilitates the work of the Artist.

There is an even more general principle for drawing from life, and even more so from a photo, thanks to which you can learn to draw from life EVERYTHING, anything, in a couple of weeks! The main thing is that all this can pose for you for a while

I talk about this general principle in my already famous course

"LEARNING TO SEE AND DRAW LIKE AN ARTIST!"
basic course №1

BEFORE the training begins, I ask you to make test drawings so that after the training the person can see for himself what he has learned during the course.
On the course, we do not learn to draw one picture, hand or landscape, but learn to draw EVERYTHING, anything.

Total 6 learning tasksand you can draw like this!

R drawings and feedback from students basic course No. 1 Vladimir Pritchenko (Servo-s): Hurrah! Yesterday, all day long, I had to drive a happy smile from my face - otherwise they might have thought something wrong at work! The first, introductory hand, painted with fear in 20 minutes, was given a big advance in the form of praise. Now it was necessary to prove that Mila was not in vain messing with us for two weeks (well, we know for sure that it was not in vain) ... I hoped that maybe they would not criticize me much, maybe even praise me, but that I would be suspected of a disguised artist pretending to be a teapot - I did not even dream of that! Mila, thank you for the wonderful course, it just reveals something in us that we ourselves did not suspect.
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Tamara Sh: So the two-week pencil drawing course is over! Thank you very much Mila! Learned so many new things, learned so many new things! I just can't believe it! A little sad! I will now master the technique of watercolor painting. ... Mila! I bow my head before your pedagogical talent and am subdued by your dedication and desire to transfer all your knowledge to everyone. Thank you again.
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Julia: Well, the course "Learning to see and draw like an Artist" has come to an end! !!! Sad!!! I am posting the last task and I look forward to your opinion)) I myself can say for sure that you, Mila, have revealed my potential (I think I have it). Thanks!!!
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Larisa: I grew bolder and drew the first portrait of my husband for the competition - I would never have thought that I could do anything at all! Dear Mila, thank you very much for the course!!! Thank you for your help and parting words in the realization of the dream of my first childhood - to draw beautifully! So, now I have a period of the second childhood - urrryayaya! I probably enlightened what and how, "enlightenment has come in the mind"! Now it takes practice to get the hang of it. And for this - time, neck and eyes! And good tools, otherwise I seem to understand what needs to be corrected, I wipe it, and the paper shrinks, and the view is not at all the same. Mila, I wish you good luck in all your endeavors, interesting finds and pleasant acquisitions, joy and health!!!
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You can take as a gift my book from the publishing house "PITER"

"Learning to draw with a pencil"

The book contains all the lessons of the basic course + hatching options.