Drawing circles every day won't help you until you've spent time drawing accurate circles. Just going through the motions of making round shapes on your page and hoping one day they get more ellipse like is a waste of time. Figure out how to do something correctly before you practice it, or else you'll be practicing to draw things incorrectly.
I know you can draw dogs a million times and become a master at drawing them. But im talking about more general exercises like drawing a horizon line with a center point then draw numerous objects going toward that point as a way to practice perspective. Or drawing a bunch of different lines to improve line art. Or if you have any warm ups that you like to do before starting to draw.
The list now has a few dozen entries, but I was wondering what drawing exercises others use. Do you have go-to drawing exercises to warm up? What do you do to jog your creativity or come up with new ideas? What do you draw when you don’t feel inspired to draw? How do you improve your skills? Which exercises have and do help you the most ...
There are things you can focus on doing, but you do have to repeat them to get better at them. Think like a martial artist: they don’t just suddenly get good at karate chops. They practice for years to master their art. So it is with drawing. These are my areas of focus that I think will help you along in growing g your illustration skill set. Contour drawing. Look at some objects, they can ...
I'm all ears for recommendations that have a more personal touch and proven results. I'm especially curious about books that offer a good mix of theory and practice, with exercises that really push a beginner's skill level up. If there's a book that changed the way you approach drawing or opened new doors in your art journey, please do share!
As for what to practice, I do have some exercises in mind recommended by some popular artists on YouTube, like Marc Brunet, hide channel, Art with flo, all of which aim to improve hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness, and pose drawing skills.
Hi r/learnart, here are my practice bust drawings from the past few weeks. I've recently read a book by the artist Mau-Kun Yim wherein he strongly advocates drawing classical busts specially for beginners learning portraiture.
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Drawing Exercises for Newbie Hey everyone. Recently I'm getting into digital drawing with a Wacom Tablet (CTH670, older model). Currently I just draw with GIMP on my Windows 10 desktop. Nothing complex. I've watched one video suggesting to do some drawing exercises to get a better feel of how to draw with a tablet and build up muscle memory.
