Lately I was asked a query that seems frequent among beginning artists who just begin to learn drawing: "how and where to start a drawing??" Don't be misguided into believing this is a too simple and silly question. Although the answer may seem obvious, I've observed too many artists that do not succeed because they don't follow these guidelines.
Once artists approach a new drawing unorganized and unstructured they risk failure. Not that I consider in much of structures and stern rules. Sticking to some really plain and obvious rules when preparing a new drawing will make your work much easier.
Why are you drawing?
First ask yourself not only what you want to draw but also why do you want to draw it? What is the message you're trying to give the viewer? Knowing the message you're trying to convey to your audience is a crucial first step. For example, visualize that you wish to draw a picture of a dog then inquire yourself why? Is it to demonstrate how attractive he is? Is it to show how good hunter he is? To demonstrate how unsafe he is? Is it in memory of him?
Having understood what to communicate the next step is to consider how you can use the elements and techniques you have to tell it. You can employ perspective, dark and shadows, colors, composition, add various details, use diverse drawing techniques etc.
After this you should attempt to figure out where your picture is going by illustrating lots of small thumbnail sketches. Try different ways to create the drawing, see what actually works and what doesn't. Draw these sketches very fast. The initiative is to put the entire composition into place, so you don't need to spend time adding a lot of details on them.
It's often very tough, even for professional artists, not to jump in advance and start on the last picture before things are really reflected through. But this situation often ends with that effort going into the drain once you've realized that your first idea didn't work the way you'd first thought. So it's a very good idea to use the preliminary steps when starting a drawing as it will save you a lot of work in the long run.
Getting started drawing
You have finished sketching your artwork you like to translate in a full-blown drawing? Then it's time to move forward. This point in time it is not about speed but beauty you want to strive for. And there are some guidelines that will help you to craft the beautiful drawing you want to create-without too many attempts going to waste.
It's all in relation to the order in which to come up to the different parts of your drawing ideally. All in all there are just two simple rules:
Start with light tones, proceed to darker tones
This allows you to fix small mistakes you've made at the beginning as the darker tones can cover up any of your faults.
Start with less details and focus on details later
In a large number of cases the drawings fail to make impression by wrong proportions, perspective and composition. So begin by positioning the entire drawing with no details, just in faint lines. This makes certain you'll bring in all errors in perspective and proportions early in the procedure. If something goes really wrong then, you can start over again without losing too much work. And all lesser mistakes still can be remedied effortlessly as there are only faint lines and no details in drawing.
Even if you are experienced and drawing for years, it will be perfect for you to refresh your mind about these tips once all over again. In fact I'm forgetting these guiding principles very often - and make errors into my drawings that may possibly have been thwarted. And you'll see these guidelines are even more practical, if you've just initiated to become skilled at drawing.
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