Learn How To Draw By Sharpening Your Observation Skills

When somebody says they can’t draw… Is it true?

The fact is that people draw every day… they just don’t know they are drawing.

The basic function of drawing is to make marks onto a surface to communicate ideas and information. Making marks is usually done with pictures and writing.

“You can draw if you can write”

Drawing pictures uses the same skills as writing a message.

When you write you don’t think about what it is you are doing…

* You are forming lines

* You are drawing circles

* You are creating curves

Writing becomes an instinctive act because you were taught from an early age. Because you have been writing for so long it becomes natural.

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

This means that you can learn to draw. The only thing stopping you is that it will take your time and effort to develop 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.

Because you already think that you can’t draw there is no surprise.

But, you may be surprised to learn that a large number of artists would find it difficult to get a true likeness.

The biggest challenge when you learn to draw is to sharpen your powers of observation.

By looking more carefully at the dog and cat you see more. Look closely at the head…

* See the shape of the head

* See how the ears are placed on top

* See the eyes

* Look at the nose

Very soon you will see a clearer picture in your mind…

“Now, you will see a sudden improvement when you draw the next dog or cat picture”