Basics

[devilstrinity]

Hi everyone
I'm new to this site
I was just wonderin i just started my freshmen year of college
but my college does not offer art classes
So i wanted to start all over and begin from the basics
and was wonderin how i should start this.
I use to draw anime pictures but that just was not very artistic from
my point of view. So i decided to start drawin realistic
but now i am confused to where i should begin.
If any one can help i would really apreciate it.

[Mirana]

Still Lifes. Nude Figure Drawing. Architecture and Cars.

The first and last should be easy to do on your own, but you'll have to see if a local school or art center offers figure drawing. Anything you don't know how to draw correctly you should practice, using the realistic version.

[Usherwood]

Get REAL familiar with the human body....[no, not what you may be thinking]....where I first learned to appreciate the subtlties of the human form was in Life Drawing 101. Through hundreds of drawings using 30-second jesture drawings, and blind contour drawings. What a marvel! I'm a graphic designer, and not a figure artist, so I am sure someone can elaborate on these techniques far more than I, but I remember the lessons to this day. They'll teach you to look at the subject and trust your hand to do the work. Your eyes can be very deceiving.