Hi everyone! Artful Gathering starts June 6th! In my Watercolor Toolbox 2 workshop you will learn how to do a contour drawing, make a color-mixing chart, and how to get volume and depth in your paintings.
I go into detail on how to use your pencil as a drawing tool to get the proportions correct.
Here is my list of DRAWING TIPS:
1. Start drawing and keep drawing - you will get better!
2. Observe instead of imagine, at least in the beginning. Buy a sketchbook that you can devote to drawing. No one has to ever see it but you.
3. Use your pencil as a measuring tool. You can use it to compare, multiply, divide and create angles.
4. The closer objects are to you, the lower they will be on your paper.
5. For a watercolor painting, draw just the contour or outline of the objects. Don't put in a lot of detail. It just gets more lead on your paper that can muddy your painting.
6. Try to break up complicated objects into simple shapes: squares, circles, rectangles... A pear can be made by drawing a triangle for the top and a circle on the bottom.
7. Overlap shapes to create the illusion of distance.
Here is my list of DRAWING TIPS:
1. Start drawing and keep drawing - you will get better!
2. Observe instead of imagine, at least in the beginning. Buy a sketchbook that you can devote to drawing. No one has to ever see it but you.
3. Use your pencil as a measuring tool. You can use it to compare, multiply, divide and create angles.
4. The closer objects are to you, the lower they will be on your paper.
5. For a watercolor painting, draw just the contour or outline of the objects. Don't put in a lot of detail. It just gets more lead on your paper that can muddy your painting.
6. Try to break up complicated objects into simple shapes: squares, circles, rectangles... A pear can be made by drawing a triangle for the top and a circle on the bottom.
7. Overlap shapes to create the illusion of distance.
