How did you learn how to draw?

[bawse]

Did you teach yourself? Did you learn from tutorials? How did you become an artist?

 

[Nomad]

I don't draw these days but in the past I used to draw and paint. When I was a kid, drawing was one of the subjects. However, as I upgraded, drawing was removed from the curriculum. But I kept my passion and continued to self practice.

 

[Kammdoral]

I was really good at copying things that I saw, at least when they were other drawings/paintings. Then it got to a point where I wanted to go to art school, and I realized I wasn't "seeing" things that other artists saw and had to be taught to look in a different way. Art school helped me progress in the 2 years I was there, and I have my friends from there as Facebook friends, so that's exciting that we keep in touch.

If you want to learn to draw, then you need to learn how to see. You need to see how light affects things, how shadows affect things, perspective, shapes, etc... Training your hand is next, training it to draw what you're now seeing.

 

[Urvashi]

Drawing was essential subject when I was at school. I didn't like it much but had to do it which ultimately helped me become better