Hello! New to art

Windoor wrote

on 13 Oct 2012 3:57 AM

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Hello everyone..I am very,very new to art..just starting with drawing side poses..

I made this portrait of a man..and I really feel that there is something very wrong about this sketch..

I am attaching my art..please,please let me know my mistakes and how to correct them..sorry if the portrait is pathetic :P 

Thanks a lot! :)

Charlie Gunn wrote

on 13 Oct 2012 10:28 AM

A good start.  Why don't you down load some of the free drawing books on this site.  They have a lot of tips and instructions that will help you.  Keep it up.

shasta737 wrote

on 18 Oct 2012 7:39 AM

hello  and welcome! Its always so great to see new artist and their perception on things! I am still kind of new too! i sketched a little for years, but just last august started oil painting and Love it! I think you have a great start here. sketching for me is one of the hardest things because if there is a shadow you have to color it in with a fine piece of lead. but i have seen some awesowe works that people can do with them so be encouraged and keep at it.

a few things i might suggest is:

1.  that when you are drawing a nose for instants don't just draw a nose. really look at the nose and disect all of the shapes that are in that nose. because what a lot of new sketchers (and I was one of them) do is they skets the basic outline of a nose. but they don't see the details or know how to convey what they see.

2. is shadow and light. having a better understanding of shadowing will help you get the results you are wanting with your art. like i said its not the most easiest at first but with practise you will get it!

 Im going to try to upload my one of my first portrait sketches i ever did. I will warn you its not pretty, the eyes are a little slanty and lopsided i think but as a whole you will see what i mean about the shapes and using shadows to create the appearance of a real nose actually being there.

shasta737 wrote

on 18 Oct 2012 7:41 AM

p.s. as you can see i didn't finish the back ground around him.... it got tired of coloring it in lol!!!

Windoor wrote

on 21 Oct 2012 2:00 PM

Thankyou soo much for your comments!

Your art is soo amazinggg..thank you for this encouragement! 

I'll be back with a new portrait soon! will try my best to follow your advice :)

yumy287 wrote

on 23 Oct 2012 5:11 PM

hi i am a new person on this site.I dont have drawing skills.and I also dont know how to draw basic things but i want  to learn drawing please help and guide me thanks .

naefrond1982 wrote

on 26 Jan 2013 10:05 AM

yumy287:

hi i am a new person on this site.I dont have drawing skills.and I also dont know how to draw basic things but i want  to learn drawing please help and guide me thanks .

 

ivo55 wrote

on 28 Jan 2013 12:00 PM

Well,

The most important at the beginning is to master the proportions.