VIDEO: Drawing for Beginners
Drawing can be a lot of fun even for absolute beginners. Can, but doesn't have to. Many have too clear a goal in mind from the beginning, which then leads to the fact that they are quickly disappointed with their own drawings. However, there are some early exercises that can help beginners, both a few basic ones To learn drawing techniques as well as creativity and fun and joy in drawing to develop.
Don't start right away with the actual picture; instead, draw a simple sketch first. Be brave! Don't bother with the little things, draw quickly and with sweeping lines. It doesn't matter at all if the sketch still looks more like a scribble. Above all, it serves to first of all become really clear about WHAT you actually want to draw.
As an exercise, try out a few techniques on a separate piece of paper to draw or hatch areas. Many small lines next to each other give a completely different visual impression than a few large ones. Parallel lines look different from crossed ones, straight lines look different from crooked ones, and so on. For photo-realistic drawing, for example, it is important to draw with such small lines that they can no longer be recognized as such later at all.
Another practice is to smudge pencil lines with your finger to create blurry-looking areas and shading. Experiment with pencils of different strengths. The lines of soft pencils are easier to smudge than those of hard pencils.
On another piece of paper, draw some geometric shapes like circles and cubes. It is a great practice to now use the techniques you have tried to add shading to your objects. Think about where the imaginary light source is in your picture and try to draw the shadows in the right places. A good understanding of the interplay of light and shadow is one of the most important prerequisites for your drawings to appear realistic.
If you find it difficult to draw shadows, take a step back: watch! Place a lamp on your table and position various things such as cups or the like in the light. This exercise can always be of great help, especially for beginners.
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Experiment with shapes and shades in a variety of ways. Be curious and let yourself be surprised by the various effects! Don't see your pencils as mere tools, but as living teachers who show you what can be done with them.
Transfer your sketch into a neat drawing on a new sheet of paper. Take your time for this. Start to outline the entire sketch with thin lines and then decide on one of the shading techniques. If the finished drawing looks very different from what you had previously imagined, don't be disappointed. Instead, “understand” the drawing. Which techniques have which effect? What is wrong with the drawing. Not only beginners should try to enter into a kind of dialogue with the drawing.
Don't draw any longer than you enjoy. As a beginner, you should above all learn to enjoy drawing through simple exercises like this one. This is often much more important than having a clear goal in mind from the outset.
