I used to ride the train to work and my goal was to draw on the train everyday. After doing that a while I realized I wasn't getting much better and was just drawing similarly weird creatures. I decided to download some Sargent drawings to my phone and try and copy how he drew. It helped me a ton. I was no longer just…
Best of luck, I hope this helps. http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php/870-Journey-of-an-Absolute-Rookie-Paintings-and-Sketches Draws this on week 1 Then he posts drawings every day and ends up like this Now draws and paints like this [vv]29510470[/vv]
Looking at other people's work and using theirs as inspiration. It becomes much easier to absorb information, styles, and techniques when you have someone that you look up to or reference a lot to influence your own style. Alternatively, having someone to be a bit competitive with so that you can always push each other to…
I think it all really depends on how as well as how much you practice; the adage that 'practice makes perfect' holds true in this regard. However, there are a couple of books which can give you a feel of some of the nuances and tricks involved. My suggestions: 1. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. This book,…
It really is the answer though. The final result wont come from a book, but your hands. Books only serve as a reference or as guidelines but they don't do drawings for you. If you want to study anatomy, anatomy is right in front of you. Your hand doesn't change shape, so draw that. If it doesn't come out right the first…
What Laughing_Bun said. Draw more, but don't lackadaiscally do it. Make sure you're attempting to learn something, like "Hey I want to learn how to draw bodies more proportionally." For me right now, I'm forcing myself to awkwardly figure out emotional expressions and gestures.
Get great at drawing by following this 1 easy step: 1) DRAW! Pay attention to the dates of each post in this thread: To see how Algenpfleger goes from being a mediocre artist who drew nothing but anime, to a world class award winning Fantasy artist:…
this is pretty much what I was about to say, except the draw part. When I usually draw, I am mainly taking the process from the foundation to the end pencil shadowing a face, a hand or a character or anything. When I fail to see the desired results I usually head back to the random tutorials "found on youtube," and or read…
Drawing without understanding is a waste of your time. You can only draw, or sculpt for that matter, that which you understand. A master draughtsman who changed my life was Glenn villpu, he has a bunch of courses on the amazingly useful site new masters academy.com www.newmastersacademy.com Study perspective, form and…