Tips on how to draw

Since this is an ART blog, I figured it is fit to share with you all some drawing tips.

By the comment section, you can add yours!

  • Talent– You must be gifted.
  • If you want to pursue Arts as a career, education is advisable. Go perfect that gift with some education! There are things a gift cannot teach you that you could learn about at school.
  • Drawing is observation. That is, you have to look at the object that you are drawing so that it can come out exactly the way you imagined it. Have the person or the photo of the person or thing you want to draw next to you.
  • Measurements. Before you start drawing, use a ruler to make the lines on the paper. They must be equal spaces between them.
  • Quality Lines. Not every line has to be thin. You can pick which ones you want thin and which ones you want thick. This will make your drawing interesting.
  • To avoid stiffness of the drawing, draw multiple lines so that you find the right ones that define your contours properly.
  • Look for basic shapes. Shapes simplify your object. Pick and start with the easy to draw shapes, then draw the outlines.
  • Draw lightly first. So, your first sketch should not be that much visible. This will allow you to rub off some parts if you do not like them. You can shade the drawing when you see the sketch came out exactly the way you wanted it to.
  • Practice! Draw anything you see daily so that you can improve your talent and your skill. When you do something every day, you eventually become better or even be the best in it.

The above information was collected on The Virtual Instructor website

Or you can visit their Youtube channel

Published by Zisanda

Hey everyone. I am Zisanda Solwandle, a 20 year old who is a third year student doing Journalism and Media Studies in Rhodes University in the Eastern Cape. This is an art blog hence the name Artistry. This blog will be displaying some of the crafts, paintings of the Rhodes Arts students that I find mostly interesting and also the works of the artists here in Makhanda also known as Grahamstown If you are someone who is interested in art be it paintings or hand crafted pieces like I am, you will surely enjoy reading and browsing through the blog. Hopefully you will find more interesting pieces that you would like to buy.

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