...hated drawing XD. I`m more into photography, well I plan to enroll in college for photography, but I need to learn to draw, and I can`t draw even if my life were on the line. I will post some of my work latter these days to get some comments and critiques. but for now..

How did your drawing life start ?

btw, now I don`t hate drawing XD, I love photography more, and hope to be great photograph some day ( Something like Ansel Adamas :PpP ). but drawing is nice too ))

Mike- I've always been a huge doodler myself. My notebooks from grade school through college, and then meeting agendas and pads from work, are all full of random doodling. While it actually helps me listen to a lecture or meeting, it's just second nature and relaxing to me. But it also just gets the pen on paper and whatever comes out goes down to doodles.

I really "learned" to draw "properly" in a high school elective, and then a college drawing course. Try drawing by what you're seeing, without even looking at the page. Your results for awhile will look really foreign, but it helps you to develop the natural lines of things. "Keys to Drawing" by Dodson is the book we used in college. It's pretty well-known and a good start. In high school, we had daily drawings (homework) of random objects to do 10-20 min sketches on - a banana, set of keys, sneakers, your own hand in a fist, a cool car.

Just some ideas, hope that helps! Remember, don't be too hard on yourself; not everything needs to be exact. My college professor's famous line was "lie and don't commit." Good luck!

I had the same art teacher from K-12, I stopped while was in college and started doing photography. I do photography,drawing and paintings. I have always wanted to draw or paint but my parents couldn't afford art school. So now I am retired and going back to my first love. If you do the lessons here I think you might enjoy them and learn from them.

Cheri
Le Art Studio

I started drawing when I was in primary school....
I didn't know how it went until I reached this this level; it just happened..

sorry, I saw replies just now :/ ..
tnx for advices, this forum sure is helpfull. People and tutorial section

Hi:

I never drew in my whole life until I went to college.
Then I got an amiga computer and started learning computer
animation for hobby. I then realized I needed to draw to excel
in computer animation. So now is been 10 years of animation
and drawing, even some painting.
I got medical retirement from the military...so now I work
with computer animation-drawing-and painting for hobby.
I wish you the best in your work.
I have a tip...if you are the worst artist in the world, but you
work hard and keep trying, eventually you will become a skilled
artist.
You can become like Ansel Adams !!! You can become a great photographer !!!
Dedicate yourself, and you will see !!!
Love !!!

Rednova