Simple, Small Sketches

Okay, from now on, this is the fun part: you get to experience art! The introduction of art is ended for now, but to try out yourself. Again, don't fear, but practice a lot to get professional; and importantly, enjoy! Let's start with something small. "Something small" would be a few sketches for now. So prepare a 4B pencil, an eraser, and pieces of white paper.

First of all, without going into complicatedness, think of something that you want to draw about. If this is hard for you, look at "Ideas Opened" once again. If you have a list of things, pick one thing or combine other topics. Combining similar topics might improve your art, although it's not necessary at all times. Or look up on the Internet to draw the same thing, but in your style of art. Then, sketch it out lightly with a rounded-tip pencil. When you are sketching at rough, it's important to do it lightly so that you could erase it later when you go into details. If the pencil is sharp, it's easy to leave hard marks onto the paper; the sharp pencil is mostly used when you are into the stage where details are drawn into. For sketching, don't draw it detailed, but to shape it with circles. You need to look at where you are going to put the object. Then, draw the outline of the object. It's still quite not clear of what you've drawn, but it's a little recognizable. 

After you've drawn the outline of the object, draw the details to it. For this, sharpen up your pencil, so that your details aren't looking thick and heavy. If it is an animal, draw some thin fur. If it is a building, draw windows and doorknobs. It's those types of details. Details make your drawings look high-leveled. If you've made all the lines and shapes that you need, make those clearer. Your drawing might look as if you didn't wear glasses. 

After clarifications, decide if you want to color it with pencil or other colorful materials. For "pencil colorers", get a round-tip pencil and think about where your object is dark or bright. In other words, add contrast of light. With a tissue or an eraser, blend the lead powders on your paper. It would become more natural, without having line divisions of contrast. Sometimes, the blending might've gone out of the boundary of your object, which would be gray instead of white. Erase those to make it clear white again! Trim it, and then you're done with it. 

If you want color into your drawing, pick what materials you want to have: watercolor, acrylic, crayons, markers, colored-pencils, pastels, oil pastels, or other things that you have. It's quite similar to pencil coloring of how you add the contrast of light. Color the object with the best color that you think fits with your drawing. Trim it once more, and then you're all set!

Sketches are quite important in art, which is mainly the first step. Perhaps, you draw it on a piece of paper and leave it for later on the big canvas!

Quote of the Day: "Like emotions, colours are a reflection of life." -Janice Glennaway

 (Watch the video for sketching tips!)