“Where should I start to learn drawing when I have no background knowledge?”.
This question we often hear somewhere on forums and social networks. Many people ask me the same question. Of course, you have to learn from the basics, understand that no matter what you learn, you have to learn from the most basic, just like you learn to walk, if you don’t know how to walk, how can you learn to run, jump or learn to ride a bike?
Start Learning how to draw for beginners
There are two types of learners to draw. First, people who love to draw since childhood, like to express their creativity and ideas with manga or graffiti works; and when they grew up they were interested in the art of painting, so they started learning to draw from scratch. They desire to express themselves strongly. The colors and shapes in their paintings are generally rich and expressive, but they are often unrestricted, do not follow any rules, and do whatever they want. Even with the guidance of teachers, it is difficult for them to change habits easily.
The second type of person is like a blank sheet of paper, they are interested in art and start self-study by watching videos on YouTube or other social networks, but feel bored with their drawings and cannot endure the boring sketching practice. These two cases were not properly trained from the beginning.
1. Beginners should start with a pencil.
A pencil is an easy-to-use tool, you can quickly draw your first scribbles on paper and erase them easily. Most artists will find ideas, composition, and lighting with a pencil sketch.
In fact, anyone can choose different tools according to their preferences and forte, such as fountain pens, charcoal pens, markers, calligraphy pens, needlepoint pens, etc. You can try different pens and experience the characteristics of each tool. But the pencil is still the most basic and perfect tool to start your artistic journey.
2. Keep working towards your interests and never give up
Many people decide to learn to draw, some draw in a week, some draw in a day, and some even give up after drawing less than half an hour. What’s the reason? it’s not that I haven’t found joy in painting yet. The early stages of the painting are boring and frustrating, so you have to put yourself in a positive state and figure out what to look out for in the painting process. If you’re on the right track and making progress, you’ll be happy to continue this work
3. Practicing more can make you learn better
After all, there are very few people who have a talent for painting, most learners need to practice hard, only hard and regular practice will witness your growth.
4. Tips for drawing a good sketch
You have to master three key points about composition, lighting shadows, and perspective.
The sketching starts with the first composition as it also applies to all paintings, then we will talk about the two points of light and perspective. For beginners, just focusing on the layout is enough.
5. Ways to improve and enhance your drawing skills
Copying and sketching is a popular way to learn painting, copying some of the excellent works of classical master artists will enable beginners to directly follow the correct path of painting.Â
Sketching is a great practice and practice to help you improve your skills and come up with personal creative ideas, sketching is the best way to become a good painter. Also, pay attention to the combination of technique and artistic eye-level.
People with high artistic eye-level but low skills need more practice to improve their skills. On the contrary, people with high skills, but artistic eye-level need to raise their artistic eyes. Seeing more of the works of the masters or viewing some of the art exhibitions will help improve artistic eye-level, and make our work more alive and creative.
6. Important points to notice about color.
To understand color, we must first understand that there is no color without light; Human-made color perception is the perception of light waves through our eyes. Objects themselves have no concept of fixed color, it always changes and depends on the color of the light source, the surrounding environment.
–Hue is identified as the color family or color name (such as Blue, green, red). Hue is directly linked to the color’s wavelength.
–Chroma, also called “Saturation,” is a measure of the purity of a color or how sharp or dull the color appears.
–Brightness, also called or “value,” is the shade (darkness) or tint (lightness) of a color. Areas of an evenly colored object in direct light have higher brightness than areas in shadow.
-Cool colors range from blue to violet, which is half of the shorter wavelength color wheel. Cool colors have a feeling of coolness, lightness, cleanliness, and sophistication.
-Warm colors range from red to yellow, which is half of the color wheel corresponding to longer wavelengths. Warm colors are dynamic, attention-grabbing, and positive colors that often appear on magazine covers or billboards.
