Drawing For Beginners: The beginners guide to learning how to draw well, no matter your current skill level!

By Sean Selwood

DRAWING FOR BEGINNERS
 

Everyone loves to draw, but for several reasons some people are naturally gifted with drawing, while others struggle tremendously with this skill.
Regardless of your current skill level, this book will help to take your drawing and your art in general to the next level!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ingram Publishing
• Release date: Apr 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781761035418

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Table Of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Why Some People Draw Better

Chapter 2 – The Most Common Drawing Mistakes

Chapter 3 - The Basics of Drawing

Chapter 4 – The Basic Skills of Drawing - Perception of Edges

Chapter 5 - The Basic Skills of Drawing - Perception of Spaces

Chapter 6 - The Basic Skills of Drawing - Perception of Relationships

Chapter 7 - The Basic Skills of Drawing - Perception of Values

Chapter 8 - The Basic Skills of Drawing - Perception of the Unified Whole

Chapter 9 - Practice Drawing Phase One: Loosen-Up

Chapter 10 - Practice Drawing Phase Two: Study

Chapter 11 - Practice Drawing Phase Three: Application

Chapter 12 - Do You Want to See Like an Artist?

Conclusion

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Introduction

I want to thank you and congratulate you for downloading the book, Drawing For Beginners.

This book contains helpful information about how to draw a variety of things, and the skills required.

This book includes tips and techniques to help you improve your drawing skills fast!

Throughout this book, you will learn the different techniques that professional artists use to draw absolutely anything! Whether you’re a complete beginner, or someone with a good amount of experience – this book will be able to help!

Beginning with the basics, this guide will provide you with useful techniques for taking your drawing to the next level.

Drawing is a skill that is enjoyable, entertaining, and that can always be improved. Put the information provided in this book to practice, and you will soon be drawing at a higher level!

Thanks again for downloading this book, good luck, and I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1 – Why Some People Draw Better

Do you like to draw? Does it feel like drawing is not your forte? Are you convinced that you cannot draw anything other than stick figures?

There are some people who seem to draw perfectly and effortlessly whereas most people struggle. And so we come to believe that some are born with this talent and others simply aren't, including ourselves.

According to research, the ability of a person to draw realistically depends on three factors. One, people who draw well have a better perception of reality. Two, they have excellent memory for visual information. Three, they choose their subjects well. Let us look at these points one by one.

Do you see the world as it really is?

If you are not drawing well today, it could be that you have a poor perception of reality. The thing is certain characteristics like shape, size, and color are often misjudged by our visual systems. This is where most of the drawing errors come from.

We know that objects at a distance are bigger than they appear. This knowledge has a tendency to interfere with our visual system, sending false information to our brain which leads to a misinterpretation of what our eyes are seeing. This misperception tends to interfere with our drawings and it happens to most of us. The few who manage to overcome the visual misperception and read what their eyes are actually seeing tend to be excellent at drawing.

Do you have a good visual memory?

Researchers say visual memory also has a huge role