if you can not draw is it possible to teach yourself how to draw and be good?

Answer 1

Anyone can draw! It's just a matter of patience, practicing and growing your skills!

Answer 2

Yes you can certanly learn how to draw...I myself am trying to learn.I know a simple exercise I learned on the net and I copied it for you:

You'll need 3 things... a pencil or pen (doesn't matter which becuase you won't need to erase), a piece of plain white paper (you can use printer paper) and an object (I chose to use an ink bottle I had on my desk. You can use anything.. just keep in mind the simpler the object, the HARDER the excersise will be)

Here's what we're gonna do:



Set yourself up on a table where you have some room (it's always easier to work when you're not surrounded by clutter ^_-) with the paper right in front of you.

Set the object about 6 inches to a foot away from the paper

Keep your eyes on the object DON'T LOOK AT YOUR PAPER!

Slowly... follow the shape of the object with your eyes. Imagine you're a little bug crawling around on the surface

Next, you're gonna do the same thing... except this time you're gonna move your pencil with your eyes. In otherwords... you're gonna drawwhere you're eye is following. Don't pick your pencil up off the papar! This technique is called a continuous line.

And heeeeeeere's your drawing...!

Don't worry if you're drawing doesn't look like the object.... the more you practice this the better you'll get at it. This is good prectice for life drawing as well. Comic artists and animators MUST be able to draw from life, so make sure you practice that as much as possible.


And the most important thing is that you keep practising!



I also recommend different photos...that's how I'm trying to learn...

Answer 3

You can definitely teach yourself to draw. "Good" is subjective, an illusion, the reason for drawing should not be for outside approval, but for sheer enjoyment. Reason being: drawing, and any other creative endeavor is a type of work, it requires diligence, drive and passion.
So here's the thing, read up on drawing, Betty Edwards is a great place to start. Look at artists' works in the bookstores, notice what moves you, and emulate what inspires you. Go to museums, or comic book stores, or small galleries, or murals around town, fill your head with ideas and plans, begin to create, and don't be afraid to experiment.
You have to start somewhere, and Rome wasn't built in a day, so have patience and don't expect perfection, because even perfection is a type of flaw.
The only way to become "good" at drawing is to keep drawing. Good Luck!

Answer 4

As a famous artist once told me - if you can write your signature, you can draw. Get the book "Dawing with the right side of the brain" by Betty Edwards. Do all its exercises, rigorously and repeatedly. And most important, learn to SEE - not what you "know" is there, such as a tree or a chair, but what you can truly see, which you'll find is simply a pattern of masses, of various tonal values (light to dark). Not lines - they make diagrams which are legitimate too. Look at Rembrandt's etchings, and other works. Carry a small pocket drawing book everywhere, with fine drawing pen, pencil, and kneadable rubber, and sketch every opportunity, even if only for one minute or two. Catch the gesture of people in streets and public transport, in simple outline, etc. If nothing else it will reveal the world to you.

Answer 5

If you cannot draw you must have some kind of physical or mental disability. If you mean, people tell you that you cannot draw, they are misleading you. Don't believe me? Pick up a pad of paper and a pencil, look in the mirror, study the image hard...and draw without hardly looking at the paper. Forget about the outcome...just do it. For two minutes...quickly now...stop looking at the paper so much. Okay, now look at the result. That's called a drawing and you are the artist. Amazing huh?

Answer 6

Teaching yourself how to look and really see things puts you on your way to drawing. Edwards' Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain contains exercises that can help you. "Being good" is in the eye of the beholder. You can improve and learn to improve your art work. Like in lots of other things, practice helps.

Answer 7

Well of course you can teach yourself to draw. That is if you have the will power to do it. Where there is a will there is a way. If you need coaching, inroll in a art class... or whatever works for you. My grandmother tought me... well of course it did come naturally aswell. At age 7, I drew my first portrait. Now at age 22... I can draw a portrait in as little as 3 hours. Peice of cake!! Good luck!!

Answer 8

i would have to say its unlikely. unless you take some sketching classes or something. i think some people are born with the talent and some aren't. mabey check out some drawing and perspective books from the library

Answer 9

Yes you can. I taught myself how to draw, paint and use pastels. You can do it. It only takes determination and practice.

Answer 10

i taught myself how to draw. im not the best artist, obviously, but im decent. if you pay attention to details and observe things, with practice i think you could definitely improve.