Hey I hope your having a great day!
Evan here,
I want to share with you 3 things that I do every time I begin or teach how to sketch, that have made my work get better without even learning a new and challenging sketching technique. Its’ taken me a small fortune and a good portion of my life to seek out, collect, process, and sort these gold nuggets into a step by step drawing methodology. I pushed out the fluff, and let the proven principles muscle for rank.
Here are some steps that I take before and during every drawing I do:
- 1 take a deep breath
- 2 relax your shoulders and face
- 3 Sit up with excellent posture.
Use these 3 steps: How to sketch and you can improve your quality of work dramatically,
You might ask, “so how to did I learn how to sketch like a pro, and why did it take so long?”. And my answer is first, practice. Nothing can take the place of actually sketching and drawing on a regular basis. That’s not all, if we scribble all day and night we won’t reach our true potential as a draftsman. The second key is to have a strategy to learn how to sketch. So find principles and sound ideas that you can implement while you sketch. This will accelerate your improvement each time.
How to sketch: During drawing I like to focus on these 3 factors to start out.
- The major height versus width of my drawn object.
- The major quality of each shape: ie; round, long, narrow, straight, even if I intend to do a complex drawing I keep the beginning simple so I can build on it later.
- Then perspective and how it effects what I am working on, the axis of each part in relation to the viewers eye.
- Bonus: The pattern of light and dark, especially when working from life, I will seek out and indentify the light and dark pattern, how it fits together with the cut and direction of light.
Opening up channels of creativity and letting your inner old master flow out of you. Literally imagine what it would be like to be John Singer Sargent, or Leonardo. Good luck learning how to sketch!
Enjoy, Evan
