You are horrible at biking. But, everyone else is out on their bikes and you are all alone inside. It is a nice sunny day, and it does not take long before you decide to go out and give it a try. There you are, half riding, half pushing yourself along when suddenly your training wheels get stuck in a rut. As you are pulling yourself out, there I come, sailing along on my nice shiny bike WITHOUT training wheels. I roar past you shouting, "LOOK, NO HANDS"!
Well, you are not too pleased. It should be easy to ride a bike, but you can not even do it. You pull yourself out of the rut and walk your bike back to the house. You decide never to touch the thing again.
Drawing is similar to biking. Everyone can draw, but some people lack the coordination to actually draw the way they want to. Some people try using the "training wheels" and still can't seem to draw no matter how hard they try.
Drawing should be easy. We see people, animals, and other objects all around us every day, so why can't we just draw them. Or if we can, why can we not do as good of a job as someone else who has been drawing for years. They can even draw using "no hands"! Well maybe not quite.
Drawing is not easy, as riding a bike is not easy. You know that in order to ride a bike you need a certain amount of coordination and balance. And the only way you will actually become better, is by practicing.
The same goes for learning how to draw. There are the training wheels, the techniques and and helpful advice that really can make you improve at a much faster rate. But, the only way you will become better is through practice.
If I told you to draw a maple leaf, would you know how may points it has on it? Probably most people would have to say no. Although you probably know what it looks like in your mind, they can not say exactly how many points there are. Why is that?
Our brains look at images all the time. However, if your brain is like mine, it does not remember all the details. That is why when drawing a photo I have to look at it about 100 times.
Learning how to draw requires you to have a good memory. With time you learn to know what something looks like exactly in your head. You remember more and more details.
Let's go back to the leaf example. If you had to draw a maple leaf 100 times in full detail, I am sure you would know how to draw it very well from your head by the time you reached 100. You would know how many points there are and how the veins branch out. You would know the different ways light hits the leaf and how to draw the shadows.
Once you have drawn something many times you will be able to draw it faster and more accurately every time. For example, I love to draw faces. I have drawn eyes so many times that I could draw an eye quite accurately from memory. The more I draw, the easier it becomes, and the more I train my brain what to look for, the more a drawing comes alive.
So, in conclusion, drawing is like riding a bike. With practice it becomes a lot easier, and even without noticing, you pay more attention to detail. That way, if you would ever have to draw something from memory, you would have a good idea of how it looks like already in your head.
Work your way up. Once you can draw faces, you can draw almost anything. Train your brain to examine the way the light hits an object. Examine how various view points change the way an object looks. Look for ways in which you can improve your work.
After all, you wouldn't start learning how to ride your bike without your hands, would you?
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