What are the steps of drawing a good picture?

Question

I want to learn how to draw human pictures, that actually look something similar to the real person. Are there any steps, techniques or anything you can teach me about ?

Answer 1

open your eyes!

Answer 2

These are the steps I take when drawing any picture,im better at drawing pictures of structures or natural formations,but I've drawn human pictures as well.

1. Don't rush through it.I would always do that because im impatient

2.Care about every detail if you want a good picture

3.Typically when im under pressure,or I lack paper,I will draw a perfect picture,but when there is a whole pile of paper in front of me,I don't care about messing up,so consider every paper as your last piece of paper

4.Always put some emotion into the picture,or I guess,something unique and appealing,its not required but even the most crappiest painting becomes world famous if it has some huge meaning behind it.

5.Draw whatever you want,be creative,get inspiration from wherever you find it,or just draw for the heck of it

Well as I told you,I typically draw structures and such,but lately I have been drawing human pictures a lot

Since you want lifelike pictures,put facial emotion,that really helps,since this is not abstract,you need careful detail,if one nostral is a bit too far off,it looks deformed.Make it 3D as a picture,not a flat picture.Meaning there has to be a view from a certain angle.Remember to take it easy on the pencil,draw very slow and carefully,like you are carving a sculpture.

So thats pretty much most of the things you need.Nothing exact as you might have wanted but this is a pretty broad overview.

Answer 3

Practice -

It is impossible to describe every detail to make a person draw a good drawing all of a sudden. It take practice, allot of it becuase when you practice something you are teaching yourself something, when you teach yourself something you are more likely to remember it, and since it's put in your own words(or thoughts) it obviously would be easier to understand. So when we try teaching you something it can help, (we can give you some short cuts and techniques if you manage to understand what we are trying to tell you) but the best way to be a good drawer is to practice=teach yourself kinda, through experimenting, which can take a long time= practice


Lightly map out proportions -

When beginning a draw always sketch lightly, and make a light map. This can be the most important part , getting the proportions right. It is always wise to try to get it as best as you can when you are starting your drawing (so that later on when you start adding details, you don't have to go back, and erase your drawing and start over becuase you did something wrong such as drawing eyes too close or the leg to long. Which also brings up why you should being drawing lightly.

For example when your drawing the face, for the map drawing light, and ovalish outline of the head, light sideways ovals for where the eyes will be (make sure you have the right space in between the eyes, and between the side of the eyes and side of the face) a line for where the bottom of the nose will be (make sure you pay attention to the distance from the bottom of the nose to the eye line, and make you you pay attention to how wide the nose is(use how wise the eyes are for comparison) ) draw a light line for where the middle of the mouth will be (make sure you pay attention to how wide the mouth is and the distance from the mouth and bottom of the nose, and also the distance from the mouth and the bottom of the chin). as for the neck make sure you don't make it too thin. another problem people have when drawing, is they get the neck and shoulders wrong.
THe outline may be the most important part, don't just jump in and draw details in the eyes, or nose.Make sure your propotions are right first!

Details -

draw in details next...

To lazy to write more -___-

Answer 4

I think talent is important but painting can be learned by practice and practice. Try to download the collection of ebook below...
can be found here http://cekurl.com/1tZ

Andrew_Loomis/Andrew_Loomis-Creative_Illustration.pdf
Andrew_Loomis/Andrew_Loomis-Drawing_Heads_And_Hands.pdf
Andrew_Loomis/Andrew_Loomis-Figure_Drawing_for_All_its_Worth.pdf
Andrew_Loomis/Andrew_Loomis-Fun_With_A_Pencil;How_Everybody_Can_Easily_Learn_To_Draw.pdf
Andrew_Loomis/Andrew_Loomis-Successful_drawing.pdf
Andrew_Loomis/Andrew_Loomis-The Eye Of_The_Painter.pdf
Annette Kowalski - The Joy of Painting Flowers.pdf
Adrian Waddington - The Creative Calligraphy Sourcebook.pdf
Alwyn Crawshaw, June Crawshaw - Alwyn and June Crawshaw's Outdoor Painting Course.pdf
Ancient Irealand-Ornaments.pdf

Burne Hogarth/Burne engraver - Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery.rar
Burne Hogarth/Burne engraver - Drawing Dynamic Hands.rar
Burne Hogarth/Burne engraver - Drawing the Human Head.rar
Burne Hogarth/Burne engraver - Dynamic Figure Drawing.rar
Basic Painting And Drawing Principles.pdf
Betty theologist - Color - A Course In Mastering The Art Of Mixing Colors.rar
BRIDGMANS - Complete Guide to Drawing from Life.pdf
Bruce guard - Techniques Of Fantasy Art.pdf

and more... http://cekurl.com/1tZ

Answer 5

Well, when drawing a human face, start with a circle, like in most pictures. I'd start by draing a straight at you look. Then draw on a chin. ((The secret to drawing is to remember "everything" is a line. The lip, eye lash, jaw line.. all lines)) Okay, now here is a tip, measure from the top of your drawing's head, the to chin, find the approximate halfway mark and draw a horizontal line. Really faint. There is where your she put the eyes. It may look strange, but believe me. It works. Also, to space the eyes out, you should have approximaly one eye length in between each eye. Measure from one side of an eye to another, then put one end of the measure ment at the inside corner of the eye, and drom the other end straight down, the nostril should be there.

Answer 6

The most important step in drawing a good picture is drawing about 1000 bad ones. There's no way around the necessity to spend hundreds of hours practicing if you want to learn to draw.

And get the books of Andrew Loomis. Long out of print but they're the best instructional books I've found and if you google his name you can find free etext versions of several of them.

Answer 7

Practice, practice, practice.

At first you may want to take a photograph and take exact measurements. Width of the eyes, nose, face, mouth, hairline. Height of all you can see. Then duplicate that in your larger scale on a paper before you start sketching. It should help you get the resemblance down so you can concentrate on drawing more.

It may sound and feel like a lot of work but it actually will let you draw the actuall face a lot sooner.

Answer 8

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The classes from Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery guide contain 208 pages and an overall total of 605 illustrations.  The essential strategy used is that you begin with a picture, pull a mild outline of the function, and then color it in.
Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery is the right allied to make the ideal draw.

Answer 9

analyze your reference first. find his/her face characteristic, example, huge eyes, large mouth, large nose, square jaw...
some easy steps are... the height of someone nose usually same with the width between eyes, the width of someone mouth usually the same width of from the center of one eyes to the others.
try to create different shade, tone and stroke.
you can try this website for reference:
http://www.family-portrait.net/portraitdrawing.php
http://www.rachelclark.com/paintings/drawings.html

Answer 10

it takes talent to draw.