How to learn to draw

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Learning Drawing
Some have the innate skill of drawing, but they need to know the methods used and look at paintings to enrich this talent. But if a person cannot draw and wants to possess this skill, he must be patient and not give up after experiences that may be frustrating. Drawing is like learning a new language that needs follow-up and development, and it also takes some time.

Drawing history
The oldest discovered drawings date back to the period extending back to 40,000 years BC, carved on the walls of a cave on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia using primitive tools.

The tombs are flat drawings. Then the drawings developed through the time periods from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance until the nineteenth century, in which art began to be liberated from the restrictions of the Church, until art entered a new phase in the twentieth century, in which its concept expanded greatly to include a group of artistic movements; Such as expressionism, abstraction, cubism, postmodernism, and others.

drawing tools
The tools used differ according to the type of painting to be drawn, and the following is a mention of some of the tools needed in the drawing process:
Pencils: They are graded from lightest to darkest on a graduated scale from 7H to 6B, with H denoting the hardest with light lines, and B the softest with dark lines. Hardness and softness are equal in it.

Charcoal: It is in the form of sticks, which results in a velvet panel. And used stabilizers sprayed on the painting after completion to maintain the drawings.

Brushes: Brushes differ according to the type of paint used. The brush for watercolors will have soft bristles, while for oil colors the brush will be rougher and stiffer. There are different sizes of brushes; The larger brush is given a degree of zero and one, and the zeros increase as the size of the brush becomes smaller, and it is mentioned that the smallest size of the brush recognized is 3 zeros.

Papers: When buying paper, a person must feel its texture, so if he wants to paint a painting with fine details, he must choose the softer paper, but if he wants to draw main lines, he chooses coarser paper. In watercolors, the thickness of the paper used varies, and it is made of cotton or Flax fibers, and an additional volume is added to make it less absorbent.

How to draw
There are some main points that are important to know before starting to draw, which help guide the person who intends to learn to draw, and expand his understanding of the different aspects of the artistic painting.

drawing methods
The sources that the painter can draw on vary in drawing his paintings. He can draw a scene or a stereotype in front of him, which is called drawing by observation, or he can draw a scene he has previously seen, which is called drawing from memory. It is one of the main skills in drawing because drawing depends on remembering the scenes and their details, and it is preferable at first to look at the whole scene without focusing on one part until he remembers it, and then begins to scrutinize the details.

Also, whoever wants to draw can use his creativity in drawing scenes and things from His imagination, which is called drawing using imagination. The painter can use more than one method in his painting, such as using scenes from his imagination, and adding elements to the painting from his memory.

And attention to detail is very important, which means accurate vision of the details of things; such as its shapes, textures, and harmony with what is around it, so that the painter realizes the things he wants to draw, which is an aspect that requires some exercise on careful observation of what is around him.

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