10 Most Common Drawing Mistakes
Drawing is the art that everyone loves to do. Children have a keen interest in drawing and painting, and they are also good at that.
Do you know? Our mood decides which type of drawing or painting we are going to make. Like, one day, I was very angry with my younger cousins. So, I had drawn a sketch of a ghost.
Yesterday was a great day for all of us. It was an opportunity for us to show our gratitude towards the martyrs. If you had drawn something on this occasion,. Share it with us on realityvsbeliefs@gmail.com.
Here are the drawings were drawn by my sister and me.
Contents
- Mistakes
- Drawing with a Hard Pencil
- Portraits from Flash Photography
- Incorrect Head Proportions
- Twisted Features
- Pet Drawing from Human Eye Level
- Being Afraid of Black
- Outlining in Value Drawings
- Drawing on the Wrong Paper
- Scribbled Foliage
- Wiry, Pencil-Line Hair and Grass
Mistakes
As I told you that everyone loves to draw. But, we do not continue it as we grow up. Why is it so?
It's because we do not get better with time, and because of that, we quit.
Today, I am gonna tell you about some common mistakes we make while we draw. You can match them with yours and correct yourself.
Drawing with a Hard Pencil
If you have very dark shadows and the whole picture is rather faint, check your pencil. Are you using a Number 2(HB) pencil?
These are too difficult to draw with. Get B, 2B, and 4B for darker shades.
Portraits from Flash Photography
This is the prime cause of beginner problems. Using flash photography smooths the features, giving you nothing to work with.
When the person is facing you, it is difficult to see the modeling of the face.
As the perspective disappears from the back of their head, add a charming snapshot grin, and you make life a lot harder!
Incorrect Head Proportions
Because we focus on the person's features, we usually draw them too big and squash the rest of the head. Learn about the correct head proportions.
Twisted Features
As we are used to looking at a person straight-on, we naturally try to make their features look level when we draw them.
If their head is on an angle, this results in strange twists in the picture. Sketch lines first to ensure that the features are on the same angle as the rest of the face.
Pet Drawings from Human Eye Level
When you take a photograph standing up, you are looking down at your pet, they have to look up, and you end up with their head seeming much huge than their body and rather an odd expression on their face.
Have someone divert them and do not start down the lens and squat down, and the camera is at their head level, and you get a much better reference photo.
Being Afraid of Black
Usually, when shading, the shadows don't go past dark grey.
If your value range is restricted in some cases half what it ought to be, you are limiting the modeling and depth in your drawing.
Really dark improves your range of tones.
Outlining in Value Drawings
When you are drawing, you are creating an illusion with areas of tonal value. When you use a hand-drawn line to define an edge, you disrupt this illusion.
Let edges be defined by two various areas of tonal value meeting.
Drawing on the Wrong Paper
If your drawing is pale, it might be because of the paper. Some cheap papers have a polish on the surface that is too smooth to grab the particles of the pencil.
A notepad has too much 'give' under the pencil to enable you to apply enough pressure. Try simple photocopy/office paper, or check the stationary for cheap sketch paper.
Put a piece of the card below a couple of sheets to give a thicker surface.
If you attempt to shade evenly, some sketch paper may be too rough and give an uneven texture. Try a hot-pressed Bristol board or similar smooth drawing paper.
Scribbled Foliage
Don't use circular scribbles to draw foliage.
Use more convex-shaped scumbling-like moon shapes and scribbly calligraphic signs to draw the shadows in and around groups of leaves.
Wiry, Pencil-Line Hair and Grass
If you draw every hair or blade of grass as a pencil line, you will end up with a horrible, wiry, unnatural mess.
Use feathery pencil strokes to draw the shadows and dark leaves behind the areas of grass-just like drawing short hair.
Conclusion
Drawing is an art 🎨 not a necessity. If you will draw the things you don't want to draw, it will pressurise you and you will start hating it.
Draw what you like, not what you are asked to.
-Garvit Biloniya
