Can drawing be learned? If so, how?

Question

I can barely draw stick-figures. Is it possible to learn to draw or is it just something "you're either born with or you're not"?

Answer 1

Anyone can learn to draw. Get the book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards. Do the exercises in the book and you will amaze yourself

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Some people learn how to draw quickly and others take time. Here are some tips to learn how to improve your drawing.
A common beginners mistake is giving too much information, drawing every line or every eyelash.

Remember sometimes less is more. If you draw a well structured drawing and sacrifice the detail it will be more pleasing to the eye than if you try and put in too much.

Take one step at a time and draw general objects or common things. Then work on perfecting them to improve your drawing. Don't try to draw your piece in one shot, drawing is a process.

-Don't give up to early. A drawing takes time to develop. You need to have something there on the paper before you try and improve it.

-Some amateurs think that making something look good is trying to make it look professional . But since they lack the skills and experience to do this it usually turns out looking amateur. It's better to do a simple well constructed drawing or painting and save the other stuff for later. It will produce a nice solid drawing and improve your skills. I am always much more pleased to see a student do a simple yet strong drawing rather than trying too hard and making a drawing with forced professional look.

-Draw what you see not what you know. Just about all of us have drawn as children. And through the years we develop our own symbols for things.

Our mind thinks things like" This is how you draw a flower." When drawing. How you really draw a flower is by looking at it not as a flower but as a subject. Forget it's a flower. Draw the shape of the petal, the shape around the petal, even if the shape seems wrong and weird, and very "unflower like", it doesn't matter. If you see it draw it. In this way you are drawing the true shapes and curves around the flower.
You'll find you mind saying things more like " this shapes goes like this, and it curves here.

Answer 4

How Can I Learn Drawing

Answer 5

Drawing is a learned skill just like any other. Anyone who says you need to be born with some gift or such is just kidding themselves.

The key for a beginning is to find some form of instruction. You can take instruction from a book, a teacher, your own eyes, a video, a friend, online forum, etc. Figure out how you personally enjoy to learn any skill (computers, cooking, driving, sports, music, doesn't matter) then apply that technique to learn drawing your way.

If you already know how to write using a pen or pencil then you already know how to draw symbols;) Letters are nothing more than drawn shapes and symbols that people put meaning into. I have never met anyone that was born with the ability to write from day one; they had to learn it;)

Practice makes better, decide what shapes you want to draw and practice. If you're having some difficulty look for some instruction or feedback. Not all drawings are good, but you need to get through the bad ones before you can get to the good ones.

Good Luck ;)

Answer 6

It is definitely something you can learn!! But you have to have the passion, drive and dedication.

Try taking an art class, if you're in high school then you should definitely have an art class there, try it out and don't get discouraged if you're not that good or as good as you thought you'd be, you have to start somewhere and when every artist started it looked like crap. If you're in college then there should also be a visual arts department, take and intro drawing class, don't be intimidated because you think everyone will be really good, they won't, you'll do fine and hopefully learn alot.

And if by an off chance you're in school whether high school or college and there is no art class for you to take or you're not in school at all, see if there is anyone in your town/city who teaches private lessons and again take it easy, practice alot and you'll see improvement.

Oh and if you don't have the money to take a class or something go to amazon.com and try getting the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Dr. Betty Edwards. You can probably get it pretty cheap used in good condition. Also just look up beginner art books and just use your judgement on which ones look like you'd get the best use!

Well Good luck!! I'm sure you'll turn into a fine artist!!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

My mother was a painter, she tried to teach me to draw, I was a disaster, although I have no problem with other art areas.
For some time I tried to draw, but even she gave up. She told me that I was not observing with attention, and that without "observation" I could not draw. So I gave up upon visual arts.

The funny thing is that I create choreographies as a profession and I have realized that I paint and draw on space, so I have a special observation with moving designs ;-)

I think I will buy the book that so many are recommending here, and give it a second try! :-)

Answer 9

I have loved to draw since I was very young, as I was growing up I would just draw what I thought was challenging to do, this way bettering my technique.
Drawing is something you have to have in your blood sort of speak and if you do, then definitely learn to do it more in depth thru lessons etc, to perfection the art. From my personal experience is that drawing is a combination of having the natural knack for it, and learning how to do it better. :)

Answer 10

Drawing as painting is a god given gift. I think if you have passion and confidence as well as the gift you can draw. Some folks even with classes still can't draw, or the drawings aren't that great. I looked at the pictures of "drawing on the right side of the Brain', and they were o.k. for beginners.