What are some things to draw?

WistyWrites 2021-07-01 04:53:47 UTC #1

I’m at the stage of life where I can only draw some things. Or, I can draw other things, but I only do draw a select few things, such as faces, people, mainly girls, occasionally a cat or two, etc.

But I want to explore new things to draw. There are a few ways, like incorporating backgrounds in your drawings of people, but I’d want more specific backgrounds to draw. I could also try a comic—that I know. But just some things that would be out of my comfort zone, some inspiration. So if you can help, that would be great!

Adieu~

aqua03 2021-07-01 04:56:50 UTC #2

Puppies.

DasIstWunderblyat 2021-07-01 04:57:48 UTC #3

Back then, I draw my art supplies when I'm bored.

thomassayle 2021-07-01 04:59:38 UTC #4

draw dis

YS_og 2021-07-01 05:00:15 UTC #5

Draw what you are comfortable with in a setting you arent comfortable with. Girl sitting in the drivers seat of their car. A lady holding her infant child. A cat sitting curled up next to a sleeping dog.

SurvivALIST 2021-07-01 05:03:29 UTC #6

Old people deserve to be drawn as well. I have this MC who is an old person and I tried finding beautiful and tragic representations for that. Kind of rare seeing that in artists' portfolios where they focus more on the youth rather than the aged.

Kaydreamer 2021-07-01 05:10:49 UTC #7

When I was first considering leaving full-time music teaching to go into illustration, I set myself a challenge of painting 10 digital landscapes over two weeks. I was dreadful at backgrounds, so I figured that if I could a) have the work ethic to get through it, and b) see some improvement over those two weeks, I'd feel a lot better about my chances of getting my art to a level where I could make a living with it.

I used photo reference for each one - just things I found on Google or Pinterest. I started out with simple things, like cloudy landscapes, or undulating grassy fields, before moving on to more complex settings such as gardens and forests.

After about four pieces, my ability at drawing scenery had just transformed. It was such a nice feeling, unlocking a new skill like that! I'd definitely recommend it.

LunarScyphozoa 2021-07-01 05:20:40 UTC #8

Desert themed Jellyfish

Bokyongyo 2021-07-01 06:43:51 UTC #9

I really do think a comic can help with expanding things you may need to draw because in a way it sort of forces you to have to draw it due to the narrative

There are certain things I wouldn't usually draw but had to for my comic so again really reccommend starting a comic

Puck 2021-07-01 13:22:51 UTC #10

Have you ever tried to draw with simple shapes?
The good thing about it that it opens up all oportunities and it makes drawing in general way easier

SurvivALIST 2021-07-01 13:55:55 UTC #11

You mean the fundamental and organic shapes? I'm going to start from there as a beginner artist. Any advice to give me since people tend to skip such fundamentals? You get what I mean.

Puck 2021-07-01 14:03:43 UTC #12

That´s the best place to start. I skipped perspective and shapes in perspective for some years because it was too hard to get for
me and that was the biggest mistake I made when learning how to draw. The best thing to do is to learn how to draw boxes, cylinders etc and build everything
with it. The best course for that is www.drawabox.com The guy who puts out the videos makes me fall asleep with his
voice but the content is really good. And then you can basically draw everything you want.

One tip when you learn anatomy / the body:
Just draw one small part every day. For example tomorrow you just draw the pelvis front view. Nothing else. Only take very small
parts of the human body. Next day you look how a clavicle looks like or the upper arm bone and so on. It makes it way easier.
And trace the parts in the beginning. I still trace every day. For example I trace the ribcage, then I draw the ribcage, then I trace it
again and draw it again and so on. It´s good for the muscle memory

Caro 2021-07-01 14:03:45 UTC #13

I used to do an exercise where everyday for at least a week (tho i’ve stretched these periods out for longer) I would specifically try to draw at LEAST one drawing a day of something really useful for comics that I wasn’t particularly good at.

Some of my faves was my week of cars, my week of street scenes, and my week of storefronts (I was just really into storefronts). Obviously it should take more than a week to master anything but approaching it this way really helps you to get over the fear of drawing something new for the first time.

I like taking long walks and snapping pictures of streets or cars I like and I keep em in a folder for reference.

SurvivALIST 2021-07-01 14:06:58 UTC #14

I'm actually going through this. Anything I should know to get the most out of this course?

So true.

Puck 2021-07-01 14:21:19 UTC #15

Make the first excercises part of your daily warm routine.
I do this daily since a long time:
Draw lines, go over the line 8 times with the pen.
Then the ghost line practice with the oval
I draw 6 boxes daily from the 250 box challenge
and the one point perspective practice with 4 boxes

The 250 box challenge is really exhausting but it will level up your skills a lot.
I did mine in 2 days which was way too fast, it´s better to do it in 10 days. 25 boxes
a day.

The lessons are hard combined with his bored voice, don´t let that discourage you. It doesn´t
have to be good, perfect or anything, you just have to understand it and do it one time.
My results all looked ugly but my skills got better through repetition

SurvivALIST 2021-07-01 14:38:06 UTC #16

Thanks for sharing your experiences and tips! Hope I can keep this up since I'm also writing the novella manuscript and comic script of my second project...