Draw like an artist

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The need to create lives in each of us. Drawing is one of the easiest ways to unleash creative energy. But you can often depict flowers, suns, clouds, and at the same time, the feeling of unfulfillment does not leave you alone.

I would like to draw in such a way that it’s straight "ah", but it doesn’t work … If this is about you, take a pencil, a sheet of paper and start art. You will also need one of five books that will teach you how to draw at any age and with any "set" of talents.

Visual Notes

Sketches are visual notes that you take in the margin of a notebook during meetings, phone calls, and even business meetings. Usually it is customary to hide such drawings: well, how is that, after all, all adults, and you … draw! Sound familiar?

In fact, a sketch is a useful thing. Taking notes like this helps you remember information and think about it creatively.

In addition, colleagues, seeing your cool drawing, will finally see a creative person in you. The book "Visual Notes" will help you master the wisdom of interesting, vivid sketches. Whether you have talent or not, author Mike Rhodey promises to teach drawing simple graphic elements and visually expressing thoughts on paper.

Start drawing

Walt Disney began his journey with this book. And probably more than a dozen famous illustrators. After all, "Start to Draw" has been reprinted since 1921. The book's success is not surprising: it is specially designed for those who cannot draw at all.

After 10 lessons, you will be able to portray a penguin, a Christmas tree, a balloon, a horse, a steam locomotive and even human emotions. Can't believe it? You have everything for this - hands, eyes, a pencil and a book that will tell you what and how to do.

"Start to draw" is suitable even for children - everything is described so simply and clearly. And the first results will come in two or three lessons.

You can paint in 30 days

If the desire to become an artist has long been gathering dust in a long box and you just can't get it out of there, it's time to arrange a 30-day marathon. There is a simple step-by-step system that will teach you to draw any volumetric objects in a month as if you were a real illustrator. I am sure the author of the book is Mark Kistler.

This manual is good because it not only gives instructions on how to draw, but also talks about the laws and techniques of painting.

More than 500 pencil drawings are collected here, and in just a month you can repeat them all without opening the book! Trees, flowers, a coffee cup, and finally a face, an eye and even a hand - this is a small part of what you can learn in just 30 days.

Drawing from scratch

If the previous books are more focused on the image of objects, then here it tells how to make a complete drawing: from the background to small details.

“If you can read this book and write your name, you will learn to draw,” sounds simple and inspiring. The author Claire Watson-Garcia is an artist herself, and on the pages of the book she outlined her face-to-face course, which is taught to aspiring creators. Here are the topics of some of the lessons:

• line drawing;
• creating the illusion of volume;
• drawing a person's face in front view and in profile.

Painting from scratch

A logical continuation of "Drawing from scratch": if in the first book Claire Watson-Garcia talked about how to create a pencil drawing, then here the reader will learn how to create real paintings. How to work with paints and colors, how to make a shadow, how to depict a face naturally - these are some of the questions to which you will get clear answers here.

Classes are structured in such a way that you gradually learn to draw more and more complex things. The last chapters are devoted to the depiction of the nude body and the human portrait. All this is in color! In general, creating your own picture from a dream will definitely turn into reality.

Each book is one step to mastery. From simple to complex. Which one will you start with? Do not forget, there is no limit to perfection!

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