100907 Artist Kenneth John KEN
are you just starting out in art and are a little nervous about how to get started? you have been told that you are very creative, but you look at the people and artist's that have crossed your path and you just can't see yourself drawing as well as they can? They are just naturals you say. Some of course take to it faster then others, but if you have a will there is a way. Drawing well can be 90% learning the mechanics of drawing. I have taught many folks over the years how to draw, i get the biggest kick out of the folks who tell me they can't draw very well at first.
start with the mechanics. most people jump right into drawing faces and figures and/or a busy, complicated landscape and give up very shortly. with drawing you have to walk before you can run. you have to learn two things to start. perspective drawing and putting values on your objects. perspective drawing is how draftsman and architects draw. it's very mechanical, the objects close to you are bigger and they all resede into the horizon. value is the object's light and shade it receives. both of these are what makes something you are drawing on a 2D plane, look like it is in a 3D world or the real world.
you will be amazed at how you can make things look so real with just a few simple tricks. and learning perspective and value drawing will be the basics for the rest of your art career. i made a dvd of the lecture and demonstration that i have given to all my students through the years, in my graphic design, illustration and computer animation classes. it will get you going and give you the confidence to move on to faces, figures, complicated landscapes and still lifes.
the rest is simple. practice, practice, practice employing the mechanics and soon, people will be saying you are a natural too!!!
