is drawing or painting easier to learn?

Question

I'm 31 and haven't drawn in years but I'm ready to start picking up art again. Can anyone advise me on how to ease my way back into art?

Answer 1

I enjoy both forms of art immensely and am fond of spending time drawing or painting to unleash my imagination a bit. In my opinion, drawing and painting are equal in difficulty. It depends on the kind of person you are. Do you find yourself slightly more interesting in drawing than painting? In other words, does drawing cross your mind more than painting does? Do you have more fun drawing? Is it easier for you to come up with images to draw rather than paint? Do you prefer the feel and grip of pencils rather than paintbrushes? If you said yes to most of those questions, then try drawing. If you said to those questions about painting, then try painting. In some ways, drawing may be helpful to start with rather than painting, because you often draw images or sketch images out before you paint (if you use oil paints, etc). Drawing also gets your hands used to a feel of art implements and gets your creative mind opened. However, painting is lovely. Learning to create lush strokes with a paintbrush is gratifying to be able to do and pleasing to look at when a painting is finished. Both forms of art are wonderful, and I hope you enjoy making great masterpieces!

Answer 2

Welcome back to it. As far as which is easier they both have their share of things you need to learn.

I'd start with drawing, that way you get back into the swing of things a bit easier and without a lot of set up time. You can usually get to it in a minute. Drawing will also help you see strong and weak points you need to work on as well as get you comforable with the creative process again.Work on shading and composition. There are many aspects of both that cross over. Although the technics are different physically, meaning the mediums used. In theory they're a lot the same.

As for what to do just start small. silly little sketches can work out to be bigger things later. Just start small and get the feel back for it.

The thing is if you were pretty good before and had skills they really never left you. There will be rust on them but it will come back. You never forget how. You may not remember how you know but all in all that's not important.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Wow, if you could learn to paint and draw from a website I would be out of a job. You may want to take a class at a community college or university. Read some books, look at art and try some basic techniques. As for getting any good talent is key. Any grandmother can paint flowers.

Answer 4

Buy you a sketchbook and more and more and start drawing anything you can. Look at the shape and sketch it and then sketch it again and again. Improve on each drawing until you have perfected that drawing and it looks like what you see with of course your adaptation to it in your style. Use different mediums. Pencil, charcoal, graphite, chalk, paint, markers, crayolas, inks, ballpoint pen, Ect. Fine art is not a science but an applied art. Practice makes perfect.
Painting is merely a type of shading a 2D object you creat and you draw with your brush as well. Later you apply texture and then style as you develop your skills as a painter. Remember your color theory and learn the type of brushes you use and what they can do as you paint each painting. Take self-note on your progress and improvements and lacings.

Answer 5

Hello there! drawing and painting rock. A good slow easy way to get yourself back into a drawing and painting *flow* is just to practice painting and drawing. Draw what you want, dont make it all technicall, wait till your super pro and you can sell a painting for thousands :) lol but draw cool things like horses or cats or something like that. :)

have funnn :):)

Answer 6

Yes, drawing and painting is very easier to learn . just start practice.

Answer 7

Do what I did.Go out and buy yourself a drawing tablet. At first I just doodled,than I started doing more serious drawings.As for paint, I got a set of water colors. I also had a long cubbard in the garage and the doors needed something,especially since you could see them from the front of the house. They now have a mural of the redwood forest. The neighbors where really impressed. At what I can't imagine.

Answer 8

I think drawing is easier. And I personally think you should master drawing before you even touch painting.

Answer 9

whatever your preference was before is what I would think you would be best at now.

In easing back into artistry, I would suggest a few inexpensive drawing/painting books from places like Binders. And just practice a bit. Ultimately, you can't lose your talent, it just needs the dust knocked off of it. It will all come back to you I am sure when you put pencil to paper and brush to canvas.

Answer 10

Not that it necessarily matters, but drawing is certainly cheaper than painting.
Also many painters swear that the ability to draw well improves the ability to paint. Think about it this way maybe, step before walking, walk before running, draw before painting. That is not to say there are never children who learn to run before learning to walk, they are simply less frequent.
Congrats on your restart!