Amaz

Teach me how to draw!

If you actually can, i second that.

Amaz, I really wasn't joking.

Well fuck I had 2 paragraphs written and then I hit the backspace by accident.

The best way to learn how to draw is to draw for yourself. Go out and buy a sketchbook in the size and type of paper you want and draw in it everyday. Don't worry about what it looks like just doodle in it everyday and make it fun and interesting for yourself. The sketchbook isn't just a place for visual making either, put words, write poetry or lyrics, notes to yourself whatever you can think of. I often describe places of where I am at when I'm drawing because I often draw at my local coffee shop or at chipolte. Sometimes I draw people at chipolte, it really just depends on what you want to do and how you want to go about it.

Now if you want to draw anatomically correct rather than from imagination it requires a much more formal education and I would recommend getting an anatomy book and practicing how to draw the body a couple of times a week and drawing from real life everyday. You should only choose this route if you're really becoming a real artist because drawing with anatomical precision is something that can take years to tackle (3 to 5ish), but is well worth the time it takes. I can post some anatomical drawings I have found online that have helped me if you'd like.

All in all teaching you how to draw is something you have to do on your own, I can help guide you in the process, but it would be impossible for me to teach you the techniques I have learned (they come from experience). The best thing that you can do is post your work and see how others respond to it. It would actually be cool if you posted some of you work because I could respond to it in a constructive way that would help you out as an artist. I'm already teaching my brother and his friend how to do some art this summer so maybe some of those lessons I could post here.

How did you erase 2 paragraphs by hitting backspace, did you hold it down for 20 seconds



I drew this in paint:


I got bored and didnt draw the body
Im not looking to learn to draw, i figured id see how hard it was to draw something that vaguely resembled the thing i was thinking of
The hardest part was thinking of something to draw

pat 2012

I have no idea how it refreshed the page honestly, maybe I hit cmd or option with backspace.

I think drawing from your imagination is really hard and I'm not really sure if it is natural or you learn how to do it. From my own experience it took until this year alone to be able to draw from my imagination (with great detail) and I've been drawing my whole life, but everyday for the past 2 years. I think drawing from your imagination only comes from drawing everyday, but it really does vary with every individual. I know some artists who could do this right away, where when I started I just had a natural technical ability (I'm good with colors and form). Some are mentally creative, they know how to think and construct 3D (I can also do this a lot like Michelangelo (seeing a work of art from the inside out). I believe that drawing everyday just strengthens these creative skills.

I second that notion, Seren 2012