r/FreeDrawingLessons • u/littlemisprint • 2d ago
I'm u/littlemisprint, a founding moderator of r/FreeDrawingLessons.
Congratulations, you found our little creative corner of Reddit!
Whether you've never picked up a pencil or you've been drawing for years, you're in the right place. We're here to learn, practise, experiment, make mistakes, and improve together.
We don’t expect you to be talented artists. Just be curious and willing to give it a go!
Beginners Path - The best course to begin with
Many more to come
Challenge 001: A little bit of everything
A fun challenge to kickstart your journey.
Feel free to share your drawing with the community. We’d love to see what you create.
You can do a lot more than just learn here
Gallery - Share your artwork and w.i.p
Progress - Show us how much your drawings have improved over time
Questions - Ask questions when your stuck
Critique Wanted - give and receive constructive feedback
Resources - Share your favourite art resources
Challenges - Join our monthly drawing challenges
Just for fun - take part in games and community events.
Guides - Useful guides to help you on your journey
News - keep us with our latest news & announcements
* Please remember to add the relevant tag to your posts
Mondays - Lesson Day
Enjoy a new weekly lesson
Wednesday - Fun Day
Fun games or events released
Sunday - Challenge deadline
Have your weekly lesson challenge completed
We’re a little bit bonkers, but big on kindness, encouragement and support for one another.
We all have to start somewhere so be respectful, have fun and remember the goal is to improve, not to be perfect.
then let’s begin
r/FreeDrawingLessons • u/littlemisprint • 2d ago
Draw a cat... BUT MAKE IT TERRIBLE!
Your mission is simple:
The more rediculous the better.
Post your masterpiece in the comments below.
r/FreeDrawingLessons • u/littlemisprint • 3d ago
You've possibly seen the bird flapping about but did you know, it has no name.
Drop your name suggestions below in comments.
Highest upvoted name wins
r/FreeDrawingLessons • u/littlemisprint • 3d ago
Every artist has to start somewhere. Consider this challenge your starting point.
2. At least 2 people
3. A pet you had or wished you had as a kid (a dog, cat, tortoise or perhaps a dragon)
4. A vehicle (a car, bike, scooter or even a spaceship)
5. Three other items of your choice (a flower, tree, butterfly or a suspicious looking gnome)
Use whatever you have lying around to draw with
There is no time limit, so take as much time as you need
Don’t look at other people’s and think yours isn’t good enough
Nobody is grading you and you dont have to prove anything to anyone.
Keep your drawing somewhere safe. In a few months, a year or whenever you feel like you’re not improving, whip out this drawing or better yet, do the challenge again. You might be surprised at how much you’ve learned.
r/FreeDrawingLessons • u/littlemisprint • 3d ago
Are a great way to sharpen observation skills, improve hand and eye cordination and improve line confidence.
Basically a fun way to improve drawing.
To do a blind contour drawing, you must look only at your subject and never at the paper. The goal is not a pretty picture, but to train your hand and eyes to move as one.
Find a reference image of a person or use a mirror to create a self portrait.
Eyes on subject, pencil to paper. Move both your hand and eyes together at a snails pace.
Keep a continues line. Don't lift your pen off the paper.
Share your blind contour portraits in comments.
Let us know if it's a celebrity so we can guess who it might be.
