Some time back I was asked a question that looks frequent among starter artists who just begin to learn drawing: " how and where to begin a drawing??" Don't be misled into thinking this is a too simple and silly question. Although the reply may seem clear, I've seen a lot of artists that are unsuccessful because they don't pursue these principles.
Once artists come up with a new drawing without an organized and structured format their drawing may fail to create impressions. Not that I believe much in structures and strict rules. Go after a number of really easy and clear rules when beginning a new drawing will make your life much easier.
Why are you drawing?
First inquire yourself not only what you desire to draw but also why do you want to draw it? What is the message you're trying to give the viewer? Knowing the communication you're trying to express to your audience is a crucial first step. For example, envisage that you want to draw an image of a dog and then ask yourself why? Is it to demonstrate how attractive he is? Is it to illustrate how skillful a 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 how you can use the elements and techniques you have to put across the message. You can utilize 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 various ways to create the drawing, see what actually looks good and what doesn't. Make these sketches quickly. The belief is to put the whole composition into place, so you don't need to spend time adding a lot of niceties on them.
It's sometimes very difficult, even for professional artists, not to jump ahead and start on the final picture before things are really contemplated upon. But this scenario often ends with that attempt going into the bin 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 you can avoid a lot of work in the long term.
Getting on track with drawing
You have finally sketched a composition you like to convert in a full-blown drawing? Then it's time to get going. This point in time it is not about speed but beauty you want to attempt for. And there are some guidelines that will help you to craft the beautiful drawing you want to create–without too many attempts going into the bin.
It's all related to the order in which to come up to the different parts of your drawing ideally. In a nutshell there are just two straightforward 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 the majority of cases the drawings get waste by indistinct size, perspective and composition. So begin by positioning the entire drawing without fine points just in faded lines. This makes certain you'll bring in all errors in perspective and proportion at the start of work. If something goes really bad then, you can make a fresh start without making too much work loss. And all smaller blemishes 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 won't hurt to think about these tips once 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 helpful, if you've just set out to learn drawing.
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