sbelle0220 asked:


I’m not used to drawing landscapes, better with people. Any tips on how to draw a realistic dark sky using soft pastels? Layer light to dark, or dark to light?

ADAN

Charles Salmon asked:


It goes without saying that you need to have an aptitude if you want to pursue drawing digitally. It is not an easy process and requires some kind of learning. Firstly, to be able to draw digitally you need the correct digital art software.

Photoshop

This digital software will allow you to draw digitally. It has many tools that will allow you to draw, paint, erase and create shapes. Get started initially with common shapes like a rectangle, circle. You can elaborate on these shapes and use your imagination to create drawings. You can begin withdrawing flowers, trees and other simple pictures. As you progress you will also be able to draw portraits and other intricate things.

Tool for drawing

Your primary tool for drawing would be the mouse. However, now a digital art tool called the WACOM tablet is also available that helps you to draw.

Brush: You will have to experiment with the correct brush to determine the best applicable for you. You have the option to change the size, type and behavior of the brush that you choose.

Eraser: Ditto like the brush, you have the options to choose from a set of erasers from the software. Even this has the option to change the size, type etc.

Burn tool/Dodge tool: With the Burn tool you can make your colours to appear darker. Conversely, you can choose the Dodge tool to make the colours to appear lighter.

Layers: This is one of the most unique tools in digital drawing which is not available in physical drawing. This function allows you to draw in layers. This can be explained like this – it is a transparent cell that allows you to work on every layer in such a way that you can either allow a layer to interact with the other layer or vice versa.

As you move towards drawing intricate things you can make use of the following options:

Grids: Using grids will help you to capture the drawing cleverly and easily. It will enable you to check proportions and placements etc.

Shading: Shading can also be used here like in physical drawing. It gives your photograph the characteristic of a physical drawing.

Colour: When using colours, you need to take care that you make use of realistic colours.

Adding a Background: Giving a background to your picture is quite important. It helps you to give a story to your picture.

The most important feature of drawing digitally is that it gives you a chance to enhance your subject. It helps you to correct and add more to features. Sometimes, this can make your subject look unreal; therefore you need to take care that you do not take away the essence or personality of the subject in the drawing.

Conclusion

Drawing is an art and doing it within a digital ambit it gives the artiste the freedom to experiment and do a lot more with its subject. It is good if you try to learn about art before starting with digital drawings.



LEONEL

baby gurl asked:


I tried using a dsiney world sign but it doesnt look good.

On the drawing, Im planning on having tinkerbell, minnie, mickey mouse, cinderella, the prince and the mice, and winnie the pooh and friends. How exactly can i put all of them together? what kind of background should i use?

SCOTT

tobias6898 asked:


What, statistically, are the chances of an average human being drawing a perfect circle, freehand and unaided?

LARRY

Kristen M asked:


Well, I have been drawing for five years and I am better at drawing than when I first started but I am still not the best at it. How many more years do you predict it will take me to become really good at drawing?

RAFAEL

gamegirlalia asked:


I am getting into drawing a certain manga cartoon style but i have a hard time imagining it and putting it down on paper. I want to draw what I think and see but there is nothing that interests me except small children and things that small children use for example a baby and a bottle. I notice not very many people draw babies or toddlers but I want to draw them in a cartoon manga sort of way. My question is how do I get it out of my head and on to paper details and all. I know that it takes practice but does anybody have any advice for this field?

ROB

Darren Chow asked:


In ancient times, oil painting artists use charcoal to draw the outlines of the subjects first before anything else. They then use a brush to brush off the excess charcoal so that the dust don’t contaminate the painting. This act alone leaves a faint guideline for the artist to complete the painting.

Since a long time ago, artists have employed the use of simple drawing techniques to produce quality paintings. Without a strong drawing foundation, many things could go wrong in the process, and the final end result may not be ideal. Let’s take a look at what can go wrong.

For a start, to paint a spontaneous drawing, artists are often encouraged to draw over guidelines instead of just tracing over them. Tracing makes the painting look mechanical and unnatural. Therefore, strong drawing skills are still required, even though there are already guidelines to follow.

Having a strong foundation also allows the artist to correct anything on the drawing as they work. That’s because they are not just tracing blindly and are actually creating a new painting, guided by the existing lines on the canvas.

All the better artists know this, and they make sure they take the time to build a strong drawing foundation before moving on to more advanced drawing or painting techniques.

And when you think about drawing foundations, what could be better for building a strong foundation than pencil sketching? Rough pencil sketches are easy to produce and trains the eyes and mind to look out for mistakes in a drawing. The more the artist practises, the better he becomes.

Drawing can be a huge challenge at times, and learning to draw soundly can be overwhelming. There are thousands and thousands of subjects to choose from, and there are all kinds of perspectives to practise on. So it’s important that the artist treats drawing as a journey and not a destination.

On this journey, the artist may constantly have to hone his or her drawing skills with regular sketches. If you feel uncomfortable drawing with pencil at times, maybe it’s a good time to consider taking up some pencil drawing lessons to strengthen your drawing foundation.

There are some artists who work exclusively with pencils and they have often demonstrated great skills. Take a few moments to observe the drawings of these great pencil artists and learn from them.

Your drawing foundation will strengthen your overall drawing and painting ability so that you can take on and overcome more complicated painting challenges. At the end of the day, you’ll be glad that you’ve taken the time to sharpen your pencil drawing skills.



JACKIE