I started by drawing on sketchbooks. Real skechbooks, not digital. Made copies of photos (athletes in motion, foreshortened angles, art I find interesting). I took night classes in drawing, painting, sculpture while working as an animator by day. Attended life drawing sessions at a local artis co-op. My suggestion for you…
Hi everyone, I started a drawing class at a local college I attend. The problem is this class assumes that since your major is Fine Arts, you already possess a drawing ability which isn't true in my case. We started with line drawing of still life which is kinda a pretty huge jump for 2d noobs like me. I still have trouble…
Thats a pretty bad assumption for a beginning drawing class. The first class I took had us just drawing lines for the first day + homework more lines... The thing about drawing straight lines is that you don't do it all in one go. That would lead to slightly curved lines due to the arcs of motion that your shoulder, elbow,…
Hey OP, This vid is a beast to teach you the techniques behind straight lines and curves: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lApsNmdwM"]EPISODE 36 Traditional Mediums - YouTube[/ame] Keep in mind that it takes a ridiculous amount of practice. Ridiculous. Even after drawing for a year every day I still will sometimes…
It's not meant to be advice on gesture drawing in which you want your drawing to be loose and expressive. It's meant to be advice on how to make straight lines, more for technical perspective drawing. Though admittedly I'm not a good traditional artist so take my advice with a grain of salt... The 1cm length I mentioned…
If you need a straight line use a ruler ;o). Basically in life drawing youre never going to need a straight line, sort of straight for a table top or whatever is generally just fine especially when you're beginning. Line quality however is something you want to focus on. Stay away from small choppy lines, what you want are…
the first step should always be to state your goal. why do you want to learn "2D art"? What are you going to use it for? When you have a clear idea about that then switch between broadening your knowledge (experimenting and trying new things) and deepening your knowledge (repeated practice). I started drawing when i was…
There are a billion ways to draw well. Immerse yourself, try to do better, and have fun! Pretty lines are not pretty paintings. Where did you get that idea? That's pretty universally regarded as bad form afaik -- it makes awkward, scratchy, stilted lines. No gesture, no life, no control.