I want to learn how to draw and shade portraits but I have no idea how to start :S
I have always wanted to be able to draw and I thought I would make it my New Years Resolution 
So websites would help, for a beginner!
And how long do you think this would take me if I spent 3 hours a week on it?
I’m not too bad at shading, it’s just the actual drawing of the person :/
Please Help!!!!!
10 Point, I promise!
Well… it’s not always the time you spend on it, it’s the quality of the practice, but yeah, I’d assume if you spent 3 hours drawing a day you’d see some pretty good results. That’s the problem with a lot of people. They expect to be good the first time they draw. The second they do and they turn out drawing a house similar to a second grade picture they quit. It’s like learning to speak French, you’re probably not going to be good the first few times you start, but if you keep at it you’ll definetly see (or in this case hear) results.
Drawing portraits is easy… kind of. At least you narrowed your subject down. Just focus on the features, don’t imagine what they look like, SEE what they look like. Most of how good you draw is how good you percieve and see, the other part is getting it onto paper. Just, draw draw draw, it’s one of those things thats you can only improve by doing, and it doesn’t really matter what you do, so long as you do it. In fact, as long as you drew ANYTHING (from a cat to an orange, to a house or a tv) you’ll progress. GOOD LUCK
February 12th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Well… it’s not always the time you spend on it, it’s the quality of the practice, but yeah, I’d assume if you spent 3 hours drawing a day you’d see some pretty good results. That’s the problem with a lot of people. They expect to be good the first time they draw. The second they do and they turn out drawing a house similar to a second grade picture they quit. It’s like learning to speak French, you’re probably not going to be good the first few times you start, but if you keep at it you’ll definetly see (or in this case hear) results.
Drawing portraits is easy… kind of. At least you narrowed your subject down. Just focus on the features, don’t imagine what they look like, SEE what they look like. Most of how good you draw is how good you percieve and see, the other part is getting it onto paper. Just, draw draw draw, it’s one of those things thats you can only improve by doing, and it doesn’t really matter what you do, so long as you do it. In fact, as long as you drew ANYTHING (from a cat to an orange, to a house or a tv) you’ll progress. GOOD LUCK
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February 12th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
This is a commercial site but offers free starters
http://www.howtodrawit.com/
or
http://tearain.tripod.com/hp/draw/draw.html
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February 12th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Start by tracing little A4 picures, and shade them in using the picture for refrence in tone ect.
Then grid the A4 sheet with 1cm x 1cm squares and copy each square at a time. 3 hours a week seems okayy.
Plz help me
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiJftC4gqkcqKGw9OrCkX_7sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100104103932AAhKL9f
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