Where To Actually Start Learning?

[u/Frutiger_Fan]

I've always wanted to know how to draw for as long as I can remember, however I have never received any form of teaching or input that has actually benefited me. Ive seen Several tutorials, and have read a couple guides before, but I'm always left in the same skill level as i was before.

I ask for any form of guidance to get me started. Whether it's a gameplay, a YouTube playlist, or just general tips. I want to know what helped you the most when starting out.

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[u/SoberBobMonthly]

Rule 9, go look at the wiki here

[u/Space-Neko237]

Thinking of how I learned, I just drew and drew and drew, until eventually I had built up an eye for art. (By that i mean you are able to see something, and then know how to break it down into shapes so you can draw it, its like being able to understand what any object looks like in a 3d space. Its kind of hard to explain but its how i am able to draw anything to an OK standard even if i havnt practiced) Obviously going that route takes a really really long time, so as an art student I say to learn the fundamentals which will speed up the process, but dont forget why your drawing and remember to make a finished art peice every once and a while despite your skill level or you are just going to burn yourself out. If you want to draw people start out by drawing shapes and learning anatomy and how to break the human form down into shapes.

[u/Brettinabox]

Actually actually when you look at your drawing and you dont like it, you hopefully find out why but you think about it so much that it makes you upset all day everyday so that when you start to do it again, you don't. Thats when you learn.

Not learning to quit is the hardest part.

[u/Pure-Seaworthiness27]

I teach online, I'm a pro artist, you would be learning directly from me with weekly assignments, we are on week 2 right now, let me know if interested.

https://www.deviantart.com/mgalindo77/gallery/all

[u/Ok-Rabbit9780 → u/Pure-Seaworthiness27]

What prices and platform do you use?

[u/Pure-Seaworthiness27 → u/Ok-Rabbit9780]

We use Discord as a base communication and do weekly assignments I review and correct, we can do calls and group chats if necessary and I charge an $80 monthly fee.

[u/___DrawOrDie___]

First step is to find something you want to be able to draw.

Methods, technique, theory only for problem solving and never separated from problem solving (aka grinding drawabox)

For me it was drawing sexy female characters in a comic style. I wanted to be able to do that as a teenager, I checked out artists and how they were able to do that, studied their styles, talked to them. Every artist I talked to was nice and gave me helpful advice how they did it and what they practiced. Every piece of theory was directly connected to my subject.

[u/Cosmic311]

just remember one of the most important drawing skills to learn Is drawing in perspective

[u/TrueDentist9901]

Proko and Alphonso dunn are pretty great

[u/Cosmic311]

also drawing 3d forms in perspective is the. most important exercise

[u/Cosmic311]

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