What do you have to learn first to draw well?

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The first thing to learn to draw well is that you must practice to the point of being disciplined to practice more. One should not expect to draw anything correctly the very first time they sit down to draw. Discipline will bring about passion, and passion will bring confidence. Confidence will eventually knock out all obstacles preventing one from achieving their artistic goals. It doesn't matter as to what tools you use or what you want to draw. Drawing is a mindset that takes creativity from the brain and transfers it into a visual media for others to see.

AnswerThe basics of life drawing should be the safest bet on whatever kind of drawing you're interested in. 4 main things that should be paid attention to are: shape, distance, color/tone and texture. You need the knowledge of perspective and careful observation for accurate shapes. Use many tones to show colors (even for black and white drawing) and distance. For texturing, you have to change the way you render the drawing for every different texture. With these on mind, you should be able to analyze your drawing, know your mistakes and correct it to make it better and improve yourself. Before knowing these things, people tend to keep doing unproductive practices which is bad. Also by knowing these rules, its easier when you decided to defy some for the sake of stylization. Your artwork could get more interesting without losing its basic artistic qualities even if you break the rules.

There are many, many more factors that cannot really be explained here.　Also experience is important, so practice a lot.

ANSWERFirst thing you have to remember is to forget everything you know about drawing. Since childhood, we are taught to color in between the lines. When we try to draw, we imitate the drawings we colored in as children and we want to outline everything in a bold line. Big mistake. If you want to become a great drawer, get the book called Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. It may be available at the local library. I own a soft and hardback edition and they are my most favorite two books that I own. There is a simple task to do at the beginning. Make four drawings and then in about two weeks to a month, look at the original drawings and the difference will shock you. I went from doing doodles to doing portraits in charcoal. AnswerI agree that Drawing with the right side of the brain is excellent. One of the most important things I got out of it was how to pay attention to line relationship. Doing her upside-down drawings were great because it made you eliminate all the clutter when drawing something and focus only on how the lines relate.

When I teach, one of the most common problem my student had is understanding line relationships. One of the best ways I've found to help them practice developing this skill is by drawing with a grid so they are concentrating on only one square at a time and looking only at the lines in that square. I have written quite a few article about this plus did a video on YouTube demonstrating it. I've added a related link so you can check out this concept of learning to draw