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"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see" - Edger Degas

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What are the Skills you will get in drawing course:

Drawing has been proven to improve autodidactic memory, driving skills, creativity, problem-solving skills, adapting to life changes, and much more. You could also learn a lot about yourself — how you see yourself and the world around you — by just practicing drawing frequently.

The 4 Key Basic Drawing Techniques Are As Follows:

Contours.

Shapes.

Proportion and Perspective.

Tones and Shade.

CONTOURS:

When you come to the actual drawing of a contour line, although it is your fingers holding the pencil that you use, it is your eyes that will be doing most of the work. 

How your eyes, hands and brain communicate become refined over a period of time as you become more competent. 

SHAPES:

There are two ways to sketch a drawing. Using the positive viewpoint or in the negative. The fascinating challenge our brains go through is using our trained visual understanding of what objects are supposed to look like rather than what we see in front of us in the moment. 

PROPORTION AND PERSPECTIVE:

There are three different types of perspectives to understand on a very basic level so that you know which one you need to employ to support your draw. You can find these detailed in my blog post exploring 1,2,3 1-point perspectives with the relevant illustrations. 

TONES AND SHADES:

The brightest area of the object. The point at which the light falls most directly on the object.

The darkest area. Where the light is blocked.

Reflected areas. Where the light falls on areas away from the object but is reflected back onto the object itself.

Condensed shadow, commonly used to emphasise rounded forms. 

This is a great first exercise to try as all you need is a pencil and a piece of paper. Draw your object, shine a light on it and have a go translating how you see the shade and tones using different pressure points of your pencil. (This is where your mark-making, practice comes in!) Follow the four steps above.

Here are the 7 great habits and skills acquired through art education:

Problem Solving. When you are staring at a blank canvas, you have no choice but to create something that was not there originally.

Observation Skills.

Discipline.

Organizational Skills.

Self-Expression.

Self-Appreciation.

Courage.

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How can Drawing Help You In the Future?

Through drawing, individuals can explore new ideas, experiment with different styles, and visualise their thoughts and concepts. It may encourage individuals to think outside the box, break free from conventional thinking, and create their unique artistic style.

Importance of Drawing:

Drawing is a very important ingredient is visual art, design (such as textile design, graphic design, interior design, exhibition design, product design, theatre design, costume design, furniture design), engineering, architecture and even science. I believe that it should be mandatory in all schools, as part of the curriculum. It helps children to develop their visual awareness and to put their abstract ideas onto paper, to help to comprehend them. It also helps to communicate with other people, often saying more than words.

In art and design, it helps to develop and work out composition, scale, proportion, line weight, mark making and details, whether the work be traditional interpretation with line and marks, as well as in abstract art.

Drawing and sketching is usually very much part of the design process, as well as helping to put the individual’s abstract ideas onto paper, to help to comprehend and develop them before putting them onto CAD or for creative and practical use.

More recently, it has been recognized as being good for health, in helping people with mental health issues, in focussing their minds, and having a therapeutic impact on them, although it often involves intense concentration.

Increase Your Brain’s Activity:

Yes, this is a real thing that drawing can do for you! Though there are many different ways to stimulate your brain, drawing is a very effective method for activating multiple parts of your brain at once.

Studies have shown an overall increase in gray matter in the brains of people who regularly engage in artistic hobbies or career. This means that drawing regularly will help you keep your brain healthy and growing gray matter!

Improve Your Creativity:

Creating art requires you to use your imagination efficiently. By using your imagination to come up with ideas, you improve your ability to visualize and process your own inner thoughts. Drawing enables you to express these inner concepts visually and continue developing your creativity.

Improve Your Memory :

Engaging in drawing or other artistic activities can help to improve your recollection skills. Research suggests drawing has even been found to be helpful for patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

This is because drawing forces us to utilize our ‘mental storage’ skills to recall a range of techniques and artistic knowledge. Subconsciously, this process of revisiting our visual library and artistic imagination helps our brain strengthen its ability to remember things.

Improve Your Communication Skills:

Art is a great tool for people to explore and express their emotions. Drawing can help you communicate your inner thoughts to others, not just visually, but also by giving you time to better process them. This introspection can be very healthy for growing your emotional intelligence overall. The use of visual language for communication is also a powerful way to communicate without cultural and verbal boundaries.

Stress Relief:

Drawing can provide you with the escapism needed to mentally remove yourself from the stress of everyday life. Releasing your daily stress through creativity is a great way to boost your mental health, as well as to help manage mental illnesses.

Creativity is very effective for this purpose as it requires you to focus fully on your project, rather than letting your brain run wild with anxious thoughts.

A great way to keep yourself motivated and calm when practicing drawing each day is to follow along with guided video lessons.

Improve Your Problem-Solving Skills :

The creative process often requires a lot of trial and error to achieve the desired visual results, especially as there is often more than one solution to every problem.

This motivation to achieve a certain aesthetic drives us to think outside the box and solve a range of different technical problems.

Because of this, growing your critical thinking skills through art is an effective way to widen your perspectives and improve your adaptability overall in life.

Increase Your Positive Emotions :

Drawing has been known to increase your positive emotions and decrease your negative emotions by creating a feeling of accomplishment.

Each time you create something new or progress in your drawing skills, your brain produces feel-good hormones. Because of this, individuals who draw regularly are more likely to be relaxed and optimistic.

Boost Your Self-Esteem:

Achieving your drawing goals and creating gorgeous artwork can create a sense of pride, triggering your brain to release dopamine. Practicing art can be a huge self-esteem booster as it provides you with a recurring sense of achievement.