Last week I had my 2nd drawing lesson. I have read/looked at many books and articles on perspective, but never really understood it. But on my way home from the lesson I was seeing the countryside with new eyes. I could now see how everything could be drawn. To me, that is amazing!
But I’m finding out that just because I now know how to draw things, I have only started to learn to draw. I need so much of the old ‘practice makes perfect’. But I am trying not to get discouraged. Even if I can’t make things look exactly like I want, they are certainly better than I have ever drawn before and I UNDERSTAND what I’m doing now.
I am also learning how to shade objects to give them a 3D look. We touched on the direction of light. I realized I that I am better at the 3d than the light aspect.
I have been interested in art-drawing, painting, etc- for a long time. At one time I took a Bob Ross wet on wet oil painting class at Hobby Lobby. I enjoyed it and did a few other paintings at the time, before becoming discouraged because I couldn’t make things look ‘right’. More recently I attended two pastel painting classes. I really enjoyed that. However I realized that if I ever wanted to be any good I needed to learn to draw. That is what painting is based on, at least it seems so to me.
However I am finding that I love drawing for itself, not just as a step to painting. There are three things that I’m yearning to draw well–rocks, shadows, and water. I hope to consentrate on them later. For now I am practising with still life, shapes and perspective.
Hey, all you beginning artists (and also the experts) let me know what you are doing, ok?
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