#learning art
As requested by @blondcurly
This is focused on the basics for people learning to draw, if you’d like something for the more experienced feel free to send an ask or hop into my dms
—LINE CONFIDENCE—
Line confidence is really important for honing ones art skills. It means the artist doesn’t need many lines for whatever it is they are drawing and usually improves the quality of said drawing.
That being said, the scratchy look can be good for specific things like making something appear creepy, show action, or look intense. But I recommend avoiding that unless you want everything to look creepy or intense.
Ways you can gain more line confidence is to make it impossible to take the lines you’ve drawn back.
If you’re drawing on paper you can use a pen instead of a pencil. That way you get used to committing to the lines you’ve draw and begin to draw better lines. I recommend either a ball point pen or a sharpie.
For digital art practice drawing without using the back button or eraser.
—SHAPES—
Anatomy is hard so it’s a good idea to practice breaking the body into shapes. Any shapes you want. If you like a softer art style keep the shapes round and if you like sharp then do angular shapes. It is art after all, not science. So have fun.
There are no rules when it comes to the shapes in art, it’s all a matter of style. If you want a more realistic style keep the shapes close in size to how they are in reality. If you want something more cartoony exaggerate those shapes and feel free to push the boundaries.
That’s all for now. I’ll gladly answer questions in the comments below and to any questions in reblogs
