Beginners Mistakes
When you are teaching yourself to draw using books and the internet, it can be difficult to know how to improve.
Without a teacher to help, we tend to keep making the same mistakes for
longer than a student in a classroom. The key to overcoming this
obstacle is to learn to look at your work with a fresh, critical eye. We
should feel rightly proud of the progress we make each time we create a
new drawing - don't let small flaws spoil your enjoyment! We need
mistakes because they help us to learn. Here is a list of the most
common mistakes that beginners make. Some of them are small, some are
big, and all can be fixed.
For best results in assessing your work, choose a few pieces that you completed some time ago - you can more easily be critical of a work that you haven't only just finished. Look for each of the mistakes listed, and choose one or two things to concentrate on next time you draw. Don't try to fix everything at once, and remember that it's more important to enjoy the drawing process!
1. Using A Hard Grade of Pencil
If you have no very dark shadows and the whole picture is rather pale, check your pencil. Are you using a Number2 (HB) pencil? These are too hard to draw with (though they are handy for light shading). Get a B, 2B and 4B for darker values.
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