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Painters Tip
Drawing Makes Good Painting
How many of you painters make it a habit of drawing each day? If you are not, you should be. Drawing is fundamental to all good art in my opinion. Drawing teaches you about edge work, form, value, light, proportion and composition just to name a few of it's benefits.
Get into the habit of drawing for even five minutes a day and your painting will improve. Whenever you come up with an idea for a painting, do the composition and value study in pencil first. Make a series of thumbnail drawings for your composition and pick the best two out of the bunch. Use those sketches to make your painting composition and it will be better than anything you would have thrown on the canvas.
Drawing can also help you overcome fears about painting subjects. Because it is just a cheap piece of paper and a pencil, you won't mind messing it up and making mistakes. Some people have real hang ups about wasting paint and canvas. The drawings will help you to overcome that intimidation. You will have more self confidence as a painter if you learn to draw competently. No one has to see your sketches. I will tell you right here that many of mine are terrible, but I am always learning from the process.
Get several small sketchbooks or pads of blank paper, or use a three ring binder like I do. I like to draw on index paper and punch the paper, inserting it into my binders. Since these drawings are study, I don't need to worry about archival issues.
I suggest that you keep a sketch pad/pencil in your car, in the kitchen, the table by your easy chair, and your night stand. Pick them up and do quick drawings a few times a day or even once a day. Draw whatever you see, including figures, furniture, objects, and the landscape from you car window. Date the drawings and you will be surprised to see good progress in your work both in the book and on canvas after a few months.
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