Common Drawing Mistakes: The use of Hard Grade Pencil

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When it comes to drawing, mistakes are important as it helps you to grow. But at the same time, you should know how to avoid repeating such mistakes.

One of the most common errors that everyone makes is the usage of Hard Grade of pencils. Pencils are important and it can have a huge impact on your drawing. So, if you end up using the wrong pencil, it might result in a disaster.

An easy way to avoid this is to have a variety of pencils at your disposal. Pencils such as a B, 2B, and 4B will give you the darker values you need. This will give you maximum control over the aspects of the drawing and also give you an idea on what each pencil can offer.

Drawing Portraits: 3 Tips you should know

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Drawing portraits is one of the toughest tasks out there. Unlike drawing objects, drawing portraits require a lot of effort. There are certain tips you can follow.

Look at the shapes: The best way to start is to simplify the portrait and figure out shapes. The face will be made up of lot of circles and triangles which can help you get a better image.

How the features align: Observation is the key. Draw vertical and diagonal lines on your reference photo to figure out the alignment of the features.

Draw lines to measure the distance between the features: You can draw lines to figure out the distance between the nose and the ear, the lips and the ears and so on. This helps you to get the face right without overdrawing the features.

3 Tips for improving your drawing skills

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If you are serious about improving your drawing skills, there are some tips that you could follow to make it happen.

1. Draw something and repeat: Just like all the other things out there, practice is what makes drawing perfect. Engaging in an attempt is important for you when it comes to drawing.

2. Look at drawings: Even if it is a simple drawing, looking at it and studying can vastly improve your outlook on the whole process.

3. Draw from drawings: This might sound like copying, but this is one of the easiest ways in which you can get a grip of your skills.

Drawing Tips: What is the 70-30 Rule

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If you are planning to draw something, it is important to know the 70-30 rule. It can be an effective way to make your drawing standout and it is simple at the same time.

The idea is that 30 per cent of your sketch is filled with the main focus and detail, and the remaining 70 per cent is filler. The idea is to direct the attention to the main subject by using the less interesting areas. The rule can be seen in action in many sketches.

At the same time, this is just a guideline and you need not follow the rule if you feel like not following it.

Drawing Tips: How to avoid smudges

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One of the major problems that we face when drawing is smudging. We, ourselves might end up ruining our drawing if we are not given proper attention to our actions.

Artist Brun Croes has an idea with which you can avoid this.

“When shading, use an extra piece of paper underneath your hand. This will minimise the amount your hand smudges your pencil lines. If you’re right-handed, start shading from left to right; if you’re left-handed, start at the right and move to the left. There’s nothing more frustrating than trying to make a clean-looking drawing that loses its brilliance and value thanks to smudging. Instead, use smudging to your advantage every now and then to smooth out shading. You can do this with several tools. I use a simple piece of tissue paper to get the job done.” He notes.

Drawing Tips: How to hold the pencil

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Holding the pencil is crucial when it comes to drawing. And there is a tip you need to follow when it comes to holding the pencil as well.

If you position your hand closer to the end of the pencil, you have more control and precision, but heavier strokes which means darker markings. On the other hand, gripping further up the pencil will give you less control and precision, but lighter strokes or in other words, lighter markings.

So it depends a lot on what you want for your output. But nevertheless, you now know how to get precision or light strokes based on how you hold the pencil.

How to draw curly hair

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Drawing curly hair is one of the toughest jobs out there. But at the same time, there is a trick with which you can do it.

First, you need to draw two parallel lines in a slightly slanted manner. Then, trace out a wave which touches both the parallel lines as shown below.

Once you are done with one wave, trace out one more wave and then join their ends. Start giving textures between the parallel lines to make it look like a hair. You can follow the steps shown  in the picture above.