How To Get Better At Drawing Characters

How Drawing is like Kung Fu

The reasons you lot don't draw.

Castor Lee

"I tin can't depict a straight line."

"I can't even depict a good stick effigy."

"Artists are so lucky that they've got the talent to draw."

I've heard all the excuses in the book on why you tin't depict.

I'm hither to tell you right at present, that that's all they are, EXCUSES.

The truth is, you lot're afraid. Afraid to fail. Agape of being laughed at. Afraid of existence mocked. Afraid of WHAT Yous DON'T KNOW.

Well guess what? Here, you learn what you don't know. Here, you will exist shown the steps. Here, you will discard your fright.

"Merely I take no TALENT for drawing!"

I'1000 hither to tell you that talent, True natural drawing talent, is simply skilful for one thing:

Making y'all Desire to draw more.

But a person with less talent or no talent, can normally end up drawing better than someone with natural talent simply by working at it. <= CLICK TO TWEET

The Trouble with Talent

Since drawing comes easy for the talented, they often rely on information technology like a crutch. Talent can often be a fatal cartoon flaw. I've seen talented artists become brackish and never improve because they rely on their talent too much.

Some talented people when confronted with a need to improve their skills, quit when they realize that it'due south difficult and requires work. They think they shouldn't HAVE to work at it. After all, they're talented.

Worse of all, some talented people think they're the BEST draftsmen out at that place, and when they come confront to face up with draftsmen who are better, they simply quit, rather than work at improving.

This  is where a person with less talent or no talent has an advantage. They've never had it piece of cake, and then the work is office of the drawing feel. Something they have for granted.

The reasons you CAN describe

Drawing is a learnable skill. It'due south a skill with teachable methods that work. All yous have to do is learn those methods, practice them and that'south it.

Drawing is like writing, like playing an instrument, like learning to dance,...similar Kung Fu.

Why Kung Fu is like drawing

Pen Grier

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Kung Fu as:

"any of various Chinese martial arts and related disciplines that are expert especially for self-defense, exercise, and spiritual growth."

This is Non the definition that I want to apply here. The definition that best fits what I was taught when I learned Kung Fu is much more like the following 1 I establish in Wikipedia:

Kung fu, gongfu, or gung fu (功夫, Pinyin: gōngfu) is a Chinese term referring to whatsoever written report, learning, or practice that requires patience, energy, and time to complete, oft used in the W to refer to Chinese martial arts, also known equally Wushu.^[ane]

...In its original significant, kung fu can refer to whatsoever skill achieved through hard work and do, not necessarily martial

THIS definition of Kung Fu sounds much more than like drawing. Kung Fu can roughly exist translated as "difficult piece of work". This means, whatsoever skill that requires work in lodge to amend information technology, can exist labeled Kung Fu.

You can learn all the principles of drawing very easily. To get good at it though, you demand to practice them.  Just like you lot did when y'all learned to write.

Conditioning

Workout your body is the first matter you do when y'all're preparing to learn Kung Fu (the martial art). You prepare your body slowly in order to handle the physical skills yous'll begin to learn.

It'south no dissimilar when learning to draw. The workout only looks different. Yous condition your arm, wrists, hands, and fingers to do what yous want them to do. This results in good hand, eye coordination. Which results in making you capable of getting the cartoon results you want.

A Kung Fu master doesn't teach you the most complex moves right off the bat. He helps yous learn them in pocket-size digestible steps so that they slowly become internalized and go automatic.

Drawing is the same way. Y'all exercise the small basic stuff and those things slowly become part of how y'all retrieve.

Drawing is easy

Enough talk, let's draw!

Drawing is easy. Cartoon dandy is difficult and takes piece of work. At this stage, you simply want to feel comfortable drawing. The lessons beneath will assistance yous do simply that. Never once again will you feel like you don't know what you're doing when it comes to drawing.

How The Cartoon Website is Structured

Following the Kung Fu example, I structured this site like a Kung fu class.  In other words, it goes in levels.  Starting from beginning level (Lvl 0) up to "THE Last LEVEL". You tin commencement where you feel most comfortable.

A word  of advice: ALL things in the beginning level are applicable in the most advanced stages of drawing.  Information technology wouldn't hurt,  if your more than advanced, to take a look at the well-nigh basic lessons, as a refresher form.

Here'due south how the levels are broken down. Click on the highlighted level to go to the page and become started:

Lvl 0 - You can't depict a stick figure or a straight line and it's darn embarrassing. The lessons hither are especially designed for you.  By the time you're done with these lessons, you lot'll exist the envy of all your other, not-drawing friends.(FREE digital volume of this info is now available)(Beginner Fine art Bundles also bachelor, in "Deluxe Version" and "Regular Version")

Lvl 1 - The lessons in this level are for you who are comfortable cartoon already and want to depict better and cooler things.  Forget all that anatomy stuff and cartoon realistic, lets have fun and describe cartoons!  By the time you lot finish this level, you will exist able do draw some nice looking comic strips.

Lvl 2 (COMING Soon)- Time to get serious. The lessons here are for yous who are serious about getting better. You want to make a living drawing? By the time yous master this level, you volition be able to do just that.

Lvl 3 (COMING Before long)- Yous're a pro only now yous want to leave the competition behind.  You want to be a Chief. These are the lessons for yous!

Lvl 4 (COMING SOON)- Yous are a Principal artist, then you know that you've only JUST BEGUN. It'south taken you years to realize that all yous know ways you know nothing. Y'all are more exited than ever to learn. Hither you lot will find what you need.

THE FINAL LEVEL (COMING SOON-ish???) - Those who have accomplished this level are said to have a mystical aura around them while they draw called, "The Glow."

Questions?

I can't assist yous if yous don't inquire.

What'due south your burning drawing questions?

Is there something you've always wanted to know well-nigh drawing? Inquire.

I'll give you my all-time answer and, who know,  probably write a mail service about it.

Get out any comments and questions in the comments below.

Or better nevertheless, sign up to receive more information via electronic mail. You'll become extra tips and advice.  You can ask me questions that way besides.

Source: http://www.thedrawingwebsite.com/beginners-drawing/

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