Method 1: Basic knowledge of painting
1, draw what you see. Start with simple or common objects (such as the classic still life fruit bowl), and then gradually transition to more complex objects-such as a beautifully designed table or a person's face. As you draw objects in real life better and better, you will become better and better at presenting your ideas on paper. For example, if you conceive an anime image, you can imagine every detail-the expression on their faces, the feelings contained in their eyes, and the signature movements of each character-but if you haven't practiced the picture department, eyes and dynamic posture, you will find it difficult to record the character image produced in your mind on paper as it is.
When you start to learn painting, you should avoid starting with the big or delicate. Instead, you should focus on small and simple things. Choose a fruit bowl, a house or a mountain, and practice carving a still life with a pencil. You can draw different versions of the same still life. For example, if you are drawing mountains, you might as well make some comments on your first draft. Find out the highlights and shortcomings in the painting, or find a friend to identify it slightly and tell you which part of the mountain looks unnatural or needs improvement. Draw the mountain again after you list the places that need to be modified. This time, try to improve the unsatisfactory places in the first painting.
Think of yourself as a cook. When a chef learns a new recipe, it often takes days or even weeks to cook the dish repeatedly. Eating a dish repeatedly is boring, but by the end of this week, he will master the menu skillfully. Don't feel depressed if your food hasn't been cooked for a while. It always takes time to do a good job.
Try to find more time to practice painting. Practice makes perfect. You can even practice drawing in your spare time while doing other things (doodling on your mobile phone is an excellent opportunity), prepare a piece of paper and a pen, and you can start practicing basic graphics. Start by practicing drawing basic graphics. With the deepening of practice, you will find that it is these basic graphics that make up more complex graphics. Practicing this basic skill will make your painting trip more efficient, productive and interesting.
Practice drawing circles, cubes, triangles, rectangles, etc. Improve your skills step by step and draw perfect basic graphics. Then you can increase the difficulty and try to draw more kinds of shapes: different sizes of circles and cubes, different kinds of rectangles and triangles.
After enough repetition (and the draft in the trash can), you can draw most of the graphics at will. To further improve this basic skill, you can also try to draw curves and spiral objects. Try to draw springs, spirals, various rings and garlands, and pay attention to maintaining the continuity of curves.
Method 2: The concept you should master.
1. Draw a sketch first. For example, when drawing a tree, don't trace the leaves one by one, otherwise it will be easy to lose big because of small things, and finally the layout of the picture can't be arranged reasonably, which will make the whole picture present an ugly sense of imbalance. Use light, layered strokes. Write freely and don't worry about making mistakes. After all, what you do is to accurately express the general idea and idea, rather than accurately copy and reproduce it. Compare, adjust and modify your final draft.
If you are drawing with reference to a physical object, please remember to cross-reference the physical object and the results on paper. Ensure that the size and proportion of each part are as accurate as possible.
Imagine the last tree you want to draw, and draw a faint sketch with a pencil. You can draw the outline of an imaginary painting, or you can draw its "skeleton" (just like you usually draw a human body).
This is a good way to imagine the basic shape of an object in your mind. In other words, it is to break down objects in your mind. In most cases, the tree just adds an ellipse or triangle to the cylinder. Draw a three-dimensional effect on each shape, so that you can gradually supplement the details while maintaining the ideal proportion.
2. Improve and perfect your sketch. Highlight the needed parts with thick black lines and remove the unnecessary lines with erasers. Add details bit by bit, and remember to always look back at your painting as a whole, so as to ensure that it gradually presents what you want. Learning and trying various painting techniques will help you improve your ability to convey ideas through painting. Draw with the shadow method. Shadow means the difference between color and depth. Think about how light shines on an object, where it is bright and where it is dark. This can increase the brightness, color saturation and depth of painting.
You can draw a picture with a bowling ball in the foreground and an evening sunset in the background. Because the sun is very close to the horizon at this time, the light will shine on the bowling ball from a very low and flat angle, just in contrast to the vertical illumination angle of the sun at noon on a sunny day. This means that in order to accurately capture the light and shadow effect on the bowling ball, you need to draw the upper part of the bowling ball shallower than the bottom, because the sun cannot directly shine on the bottom.
Practice drawing shadows. If you want to draw a very real picture, you need to learn the basic principles of light projection on objects, including the shadow of objects. Shadow can almost be regarded as a mirror image of an object, which can be stretched, beveled and distorted. Pay attention to the shadow shape in the sun in real life and try to carve it into your own painting.
Add a real style to your painting. Even if your ultimate goal is to draw cartoons or satirical cartoons, you should master how to draw objects realistically. If you want to make your painting more lively, then mastering this is the key. Familiar with perspective. The basic principle of perspective method is that the near is big and the far is small. If you are drawing a large object (such as a building) or a complex scene (such as a block), it is particularly important to understand perspective-unless you want your painting to look like a deformed cartoon. When drawing a small and simple object (a small square or a pile of books), it is a good practice to pay attention to the perspective structure.
Find out the problem of proportion. Proportion refers to the size relationship when different components of an object are combined together, which affects the authenticity of the drawn object. You can use measurement techniques such as grid method or marking to help determine the accurate ratio. Adjusting proportions-exaggerating some aspects and narrowing others-can convey unique ideas or represent a specific painting style. For example, in satirical cartoons or Japanese cartoons, characters often have exaggerated big eyes or enlarged faces. You need to find out the proportion of objects and characters through constant experiments before starting a new round of creation.
Play a color game. Colors give a painting different levels. Contrast, blending, saturation and other color techniques make some paintings look more vivid, realistic or abstract, depending on how colors are used. If you are interested, you can start by mixing watercolor and acrylic pigments. Mix different colors and see what new colors will be made. You can make several copies of one of your sketches and try to color them in different colors to see what effect they can create.
Method 3: Time-limited equipment, recording and lottery.
1, start drawing what needs to be prepared. For beginners, sketch paper may be the best; Very smooth paper draws better details, but rough paper can bear the graphite drawn by pencil better. Pencil hardness is divided into many grades, from "hard lead" (such as H pencil) to "soft lead" (such as 9B pencil). Hard lead has a light hue and can be used to describe the transition from bright surface to dark surface. Relatively speaking, the tone of soft lead is dark, which means that the pressure you apply to the pen tip will affect the brightness of the lines. Try sketching with a relatively soft pencil, such as a 6B or 8B pencil, so that you can apply a darker tone by pressing the tip of the pen.
After being fully prepared, you can try to draw with charcoal pen. The shape of charcoal pen is flat charcoal strip, or made into pencil. Hard charcoal pen can draw dark gray, soft charcoal pen is easy to smudge. For the usage of charcoal pen, please refer to the usage of pencil. However, charcoal pens may be much more expensive than pencils. You can use it to capture the posture or dynamics of dragging, or use it to smear dark shadows. If you are going to draw an oil painting, it is also good to outline it with charcoal pen before coloring it.
2. Save your own work. Find a place where you can store all your paintings, or put them all in an art diary. Doing so can help you review your growth and progress. As you get more and more used to painting, you will find your own shortcomings more and more easily and make up your mind to correct them. Moreover, with this process, you will gradually form your own personal style. It is always interesting to look back on your growth and progress. Don't let yourself down! Remember that the process of your practice is the process of improving your painting skills day by day.
3. Try to sketch in a limited time. If you are suffering from the problem of proportion, your posture is always rigid, or in the worst case, you always make mistakes that you know you shouldn't make, then this is definitely a good way to help you break the strange circle. Find a kitchen timer, set it to five minutes, and choose stationary objects such as roses. This should be a little challenging for you, but it should make you interested enough-so that you can draw over and over again without getting bored. If you really like this object, its benefits are self-evident. Use soft lead (B, 2B or 4B, any B-series pencil) and try to draw a sketch in five to two minutes. You need to set a clear time, no more than five minutes; When the regular reminder rings, stop the brush in your hand, even if you haven't finished it yet. Then try again on a blank page. In every five minutes of quick painting, you will find something new and be able to concentrate on it. In this way, you can correct your mistakes without going back to erase or change the original painting.
This method is especially suitable for sketchers, because it is much easier to find a friend to pose for your sketch for two or three minutes than to let them sit still for an hour.
If you can draw a sketch of an object in five minutes, you can leave yourself longer time (for example, 15 minutes) to modify and perfect it, which will make you feel that you have enough time. Of course, you may have finished painting five minutes ago. This is a good practice for outdoor painting, because natural light may change in half an hour.
Try to draw a sketch while your pet is sleeping. For a sleeping animal, 2 minutes is almost the length of time it keeps its posture still and does not curl.
Try to draw simple things like pencils, common things that are easy to draw. Practice drawing the object of your choice again and again until it looks natural and real. After that, you can improve the difficulty and draw more complicated things, such as people's faces.
Tips Find inspiration from everything. Anecdotes, scenic spots, thoughts and feelings, anything can be expressed abstractly or realistically with a brush.
The fun of painting is that you can paint as you like, so don't be too hard on yourself when your progress doesn't meet expectations.
Don't use too much force when drawing with a pencil, or you will find that the previous marks are still visible when you want to erase the changes.
Keep the variety of exercises. For example, after drawing inanimate objects, take a rest and start drawing people the next day. This can keep your head clear and prevent you from feeling tired and depressed.
Remember, as the famous writer james owen once said, "Painting is nothing more than two things: drawing lines on paper and determining the direction in which the lines extend."
Painting what you think will be the best painting.
Pay attention to other people's criticism, learn from it and make continuous improvement. It is normal for amateurs to be very concerned about criticism, but generally speaking, criticism is harmless. You have to admit that your painting is still insufficient and try to overcome it.
Another secret of sketches is to make them look solid. To do this, we need not only the shadow method, but also the direction of the texture and lines. For example, when you draw a sphere, try to bend the line.
Date each sketch or painting. Finding your progress is very helpful to boost morale, and the progress accumulated in weeks or even months may surprise you.
Besides, doodling is undoubtedly one of the best things you can start doing now! After completing this step, you should look ahead and start to examine your painting carefully and add details to it. At this rate, you will soon be on the right track.
Many first-class paintings are first-class in the expression of shadows. So if you master the shadow method, it is undoubtedly a good start. Remember: Practice makes perfect.
Make sure your pencil has a good eraser to wipe drawing paper.
Take art class. You will learn many skills and methods from professionals. Don't worry about your lack of qualifications. Basic art courses have nothing to do with showing off skills. The course goal you want to achieve is just to learn and share new things with others.
Try to appreciate other people's artistic styles and look for inspiration.
Warning: If you are going to show your painting, you must accept criticism.
You need to take the risk of showing your paintings to others; This means that you should only show your paintings to those who are willing to encourage you. Ask them to give honest opinions and use these feedbacks to make progress.
Learn to distinguish useful criticism from attack. Criticism is usually targeted and can provide suggestions for improvement; This kind of blow is often personal and may even be insulting, such as saying to you, "Forget it, you are not the material at all." Ignore and avoid those batters. Showing your paintings to people who are more skilled than you can help you get useful criticism.