Don't get distracted by fancy art store aisles. You only need the "Holy Trinity":
Your first 500 drawings will be terrible. Use cheap paper so you aren't afraid to make mistakes. The First Secret: The Four Pillars
Light is what gives an object soul. Always decide where your light is coming from before you start. If the sun is on the top-left, the bottom-right of your object must be dark. It sounds simple, but this is the difference between a flat circle and a ball that looks like it could roll off the page. Your Mission
It looks like gray putty. You don’t rub with it; you "lift" the light back out of the paper.
Before you touch a pencil, let’s kill the myth that drawing is a genetic gift. Drawing is 10% talent and 90% . Most people don’t draw what they see; they draw what they think they see. This book is here to recalibrate your eyes. The Essential Toolkit
The Absolute Beginner’s Big Book of Drawing and Chapter 1: The "I Can't Draw" Exorcism
Everything in the known universe—from a Ferrari to your grandmother’s face—is just a collection of four shapes: (Everything round) The Cube (Everything with corners) The Cylinder (Legs, arms, trees, pipes) The Cone (Noses, mountain peaks, party hats)
Soft enough for dark shadows, hard enough for light lines.
The Absolute Beginner's Big Book Of Drawing And... Link
Don't get distracted by fancy art store aisles. You only need the "Holy Trinity":
Your first 500 drawings will be terrible. Use cheap paper so you aren't afraid to make mistakes. The First Secret: The Four Pillars
Light is what gives an object soul. Always decide where your light is coming from before you start. If the sun is on the top-left, the bottom-right of your object must be dark. It sounds simple, but this is the difference between a flat circle and a ball that looks like it could roll off the page. Your Mission The Absolute Beginner's Big Book of Drawing and...
It looks like gray putty. You don’t rub with it; you "lift" the light back out of the paper.
Before you touch a pencil, let’s kill the myth that drawing is a genetic gift. Drawing is 10% talent and 90% . Most people don’t draw what they see; they draw what they think they see. This book is here to recalibrate your eyes. The Essential Toolkit Don't get distracted by fancy art store aisles
The Absolute Beginner’s Big Book of Drawing and Chapter 1: The "I Can't Draw" Exorcism
Everything in the known universe—from a Ferrari to your grandmother’s face—is just a collection of four shapes: (Everything round) The Cube (Everything with corners) The Cylinder (Legs, arms, trees, pipes) The Cone (Noses, mountain peaks, party hats) The First Secret: The Four Pillars Light is
Soft enough for dark shadows, hard enough for light lines.