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Sordelka
A very simplistic question:

If I practice one hour per day drawing the lessons from this site, is it enough?

A second simple question:

What objects should I draw for practice of beginner's skills? (looking at the beginner section of the site).

Thank you
bobbyburcham
I suggest that you set a time that you feel you can stick with consistantly. biggrin.gif An hour a day should bring very good results.

BRB

QUOTE(Sordelka @ Mar 11 2008, 05:12 PM) [snapback]33336[/snapback]

A very simplistic question:

If I practice one hour per day drawing the lessons from this site, is it enough?

A second simple question:

What objects should I draw for practice of beginner's skills? (looking at the beginner section of the site).

Thank you

Feint
Is it enough for what? I mean is there a specific goal you want to reac in a specific amount of time? If not then any time you feel you want to spend dedicated to drawing is fine, you don't want to get bored, PO'd or just fed up with drawing by setting too much time or a time you can't dedicate to. However, having lots of practise is good so draw whenever you can whether it is free drawing or following the lessons.

Pretty much the more you draw the more you will improve over time, how much you improve really depends on you as a person

as for objects to draw? I would sugguest anything that is not extremely detailed and sticks to reasonable shapes. No hypercubes for you! I would say objects over landscapes because they are very basic, the light source is usually singular and overall it is good for practise. Maybe a group of cups, vases, bottles, some small boxes or any grouping of interesting objects are all fun and good for practise. I also like to draw pens ... whenever we had to do sketches of objects in our books I would include pens because doing the cylinder thing is fun.
Spuddy
Question 1: It depends on your free time, really. I seem to be able to get in around an hour on average a day, but that seems to be getting harder to do. If you have a free hour a day, go ahead! An hour a day is great! smile.gif

Question 2: I think still life [maybe] but I really have no idea. Most things should help, but if you are a complete beginner, try to not do something too hard.

These are just my opinions, seeing as how I'm not even close in skill to many other people here, let alone an art teacher, they're probably not dead accurate. blush.gif
Sordelka
Alright. I stay pretty much consistent with my time planning. But what I want is to be able to, at the end, draw a object as close to life as possible (including color).
Rainy
Hello,

I'm new also. . . I'd been going through the lessons and trying to do one of them a day and in addition drawing something else that inspired me. That was working well but then I went out of town for four days and that set my schedule off and now I have to get back into my pattern as I've been just doodling the past nights and not done a lesson in almost a week. Yikes.

But I'm excited by how much I've grown at drawing already!
Best to you in your endeavors.
Feint
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Alright. I stay pretty much consistent with my time planning. But what I want is to be able to, at the end, draw a object as close to life as possible (including color).


Then I sugguest just keeping up with your schedual, and doing the lessons. If you feel like drawing off schedual time just try drawing from life and practise as much as possible. Eventually you will reach your goal, just keep up the practise whenever you have the chance.

I would sugguest starting with B&W, then when you feel comfortable work in the color, even if it is just little bits of pencil crayon here and there :3

@Rainy: :3 well I am sure that you probaby did some amazing stuff after you got back, with your fingers being so eager to draw again
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