Drawing Guides

Have you ever wondered why is it…when you draw animals or people that they always look like they are kind of out of shape? It’s maybe because you haven’t drawn guides. By using guides, you can make your drawing more precice and accurate. Let’s take a look at an example:

When drawing guides, you want to take some of your knowledge about shapes and add it to the picture. What shapes do you see in that seal? Probably an oval for its head, a big circle for its body, and other things. As you are drawing the guide, make sure that you don’t press your pencil onto the paper too hard.

From then on, you could start slightly erasing the guide. Don’t erase it too much or else you won’t be able to see the guide clearly. Then… you add the details!!!

Remember to always use a reference photo!! A reference photo is the photo of what you want to draw, like the seal. Without it, this drawing will look drastically different. Even if you have great memory(unlike me) you always have to use a reference photo. It is easier to see what you are drawing rather than remembering what you want to draw.

Thank you for reading this page😊😊!!! Stay tuned for my next post and I hope that with this method, you are able to create beautiful art!!🎨