Learn How To Draw By Sharpening Your Observation Skills
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Can it be true when someone says that they can’t draw?
The fact is that people draw every day… they just don’t know they are drawing.
Drawing is like writing. The function of each is to communicate ideas and information. Both drawing and writing is nothing more than the process of making marks onto a surface like paper.
“If you are capable of writing… you are equally capable of drawing”
Writing a message uses the same skills as drawing.
When you are writing you don’t have to think about what you are doing…
* You are forming lines
* You are drawing circles
* You are creating curves
Writing comes naturally to you. Because you were taught to write at school the skills of writing become instinctive.
The same skills are used for drawing that you use when you write…
* You can use a series of lines to draw a house
* You use a combination of curves to draw a face
There is nothing to stop you learning to draw. You can learn to draw if you take time and effort to improve your drawing skills.
Take a challenge… Pick up a pen or pencil and draw a cat or a dog. Don’t worry if the result is disappointing. The resulting drawing could look like quite different from a cat or dog.
This isn’t going to shock you because you already know that you can’t draw.
The surprise might be to learn that many artists would also fail to get an exact likeness.
When you learn to draw, the real challenge is to improve your observation skills.
As you look more closely at the cat and dog you will see more. Take a close look at the head…
* See the shape of the head
* See how the ears are placed on top
* See the eyes
* Look at the nose
Soon you will have a strong and clear picture in your mind…
“Now, you will see a sudden improvement when you draw the next dog or cat picture”
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