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Hello watchers Some people ask me how I learned to draw and what tips I can give them! So I wrote a tutorial and hope it will help! Here are my tips for you to become a better drawer! First of all a good drawing stands with good materials. Good paper (no copy paper) and good pencils. If you're not sure, the expensive ones are mostly pretty good! For graphite I use Staedtler Mars Lumograph and for colour Faber-Castell "Polycromos".You need to use different numbers of pencils: 4H for very light areas and 6B for the dark areas. A big contrast in a drawing makes a better drawing! You can't make a good drawing with one HB pencil. You need a 6B

 These are meant to be tips to help you to improve with your art. I've found these useful and I hope you find them as well. Draw a lot Obviously one key to improve is to draw. You cannot expect to become a master at drawing if you don't even draw. Draw everyday, in every place, at any time. Draw a lot different things, animals, humans, objects, plants etc. Sketch picture It's sad how many people actually start to draw straight on without thinking about it too much. Sketching is necessary to make things go right. Especially if you strive to improve. So please do a sketch. Learn to see your own weak points Another way to improve is to ack

Whether you are just starting out as an artist or you feel like your progress has stalled, these tips and suggestions from various DA members may help you to continue moving forward. I've paraphrased and edited in some cases to showcase the tips that I found particularly insightful. For inspiration, check out Mindcandyman on conceptart. Look at the first couple of pages of his sketchbook (2002) and then jump to about page 40 (2004) to see how far someone can progress in about 2 years (and beyond): http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=870&page=41 Studying realism would be a good first step. Even if you want to work in, say,

Here are the methods I use to draw my portraits. There are many other ways to draw, but I find that these work best when trying to achieve a realistic looking image. These tips can also be applied to any other kind of drawing. Enjoy! Hope this helps :) 1. Outline an area before you start shading it. It will make it much easier when you shade it. 2. Start shading dark areas first, then work your way into the lighter areas. 3. To shade light areas, rotate your pencil in tiny, gentle, circular motions. 4. BLEND BLEND BLEND!! It will make your picture look a lot more cleaner & smoother. Use a tissue or a blending stick. 5. Use a mechanical p