So you wanna draw: 1-Draw your tools
You watch others draw and they inspire you to draw but you have no clue how to start.
So I am going to tell you how to start. My way.
You need:
- Sketchbook. Buy cheap one for a start.
- Mechanical pencil with eraser tip (preferably refillable). The lead width is up to you. It can be 0.5mm or 0.7mm 2b leaded. Buy 2 for your stock.
- Pen with 0.3mm (or 0.4mm) line width. You can also buy 0.1mm if you have smaller sketchbook.
- Calligraphy pen with at least 1.0mm line width. This is for title or bold caption writing.
So what do you draw on your very first page? Your title page, of course! Be creative in creating your own title. If you have no idea, just copy mine below. I use 0.3mm pen for the first one and calligraphy 1.0mm for the second one. But please don’t draw the watermark, haha. I have to put it there because I had previous issues with image thieves.
For the first title option, draw with pencil first. I am not the confident type to just draw with pen so I draw with pencil first, so it is okay for you to do the same. After you think it’s good enough, draw with pen. Then erase the pencil line. You can color the title with color pencil. Don’t use watercolor as cheap sketchbook usually comes in 70gsm paper. Quite thin. But let it just be pen for the time being.
For the second title option, I just write it not using pencil. Do not feel afraid that you will make a mistake, nobody is going to judge you. Anything you draw or write is good enough. Cacing kerawit or cakar ayam ke, its okay.
Then on the next page, your first exercise is to draw your tools. How to draw the pencil when you are going to draw with the pencil? You, silly. Didn’t I say, buy 2? So how to draw the sketchbook when you are going to draw in it. Ok, since you have only one sketch book, take any book from your bookshelf. Compose all in front of you and start drawing. If not, just copy what I draw below.
Yeah, do it many times over until you like what draw. Learning to draw is like that. You draw and you erase. You draw and you erase. We are not professionals here, we just want to learn how to draw. Practise makes perfect. So get going, no excuse.
Good luck and have fun! Til exercise 2!
P/s Do leave me a comment or two. I am beginning to think I am talking to myself.
25 Comments
bem69
good tip, that’s what I’m trying to do, learning to draw with pencils 😀
Unsunghero
Terima kasih Emila untuk ilmu yang dikonsgikan 🙂
alinx
saya mesti cuba… tQ for the tutor sis ^_^
Rose
Thanks for the great tips!
Nurul
Yay, tutorial! I’m quite uninspired to draw (and do anything else) lately, but this gave me hope! Thanks kak Emila! 🙂
*be right back buying new sketchpad*
aziq
Yeah, it had been a long time since I doodling around. Classroom is the best place to draw.
emila
Yes, anywhere comfortable.
emila
OK, there will exercise 2 soon!
emila
Glad I can share with everybody, Rose!
emila
Thanks to Alin juga kerana berminat.
emila
Sama-sama.
emila
Yes, I always love to draw with pencil.
tips
u are professional la sis! 🙂
Fazreen
Dari kecil memang ada bakat melukis tapi tidak lah begitu mahir. then masuk belajar mekanikal eng wajib tahu melukis. Tapi sekarang dah lama tak melukis.
emila
Tak nak lukis semula ke, Fazreen? It’ll be good to accompany your post with your own drawings.
emila
Tips, sikit-sikit je. Tak profesional sangat.
Cik Lily Putih
i love to draw also tapi selalunya pakai mech pensil dengan rough paper kat opis ni je. jimat sket kan..
anyway love your work and good luck for social media awards ye
emila
Kertas simili yang A4 tu ya? OK juga tu. Lepas you lukis, you kumpul dan bind jadi buku. Then you can look at what you have drawn.
Juan
serius dah lama saya x melukis, bila tgk kak emila melukis membuat saya ingin pelbagaikan blog saya dengan salah satunya lukisan, sangat lama x meluks. betul juga kata kak emila, beli sketchbook pastu beli pencil. Ermm, rasanya nak beli la jap lagi, nak try sama ada tangan sudah keras atau masih boleh, hehehe
Juan
saya melukis yg biasa biasa boleh lah, saya paling tension dan paling tertekan dan berkehendak sangat untuk melukis gambar 3D seperti potret, lukisan spt gambar org betul, adakah kak emila boleh berikan tutorial mcm mana nak lukis gambar mcm tu
Shida
Hai, saya memang tertarik dengan tutorial ini. Saya memang tak pandai melukis. Pernah ponteng sekolah sebab tak siap homework lukisan, haha. Tapi bila dah ada anak rasa lukisan tu boleh inspire diorang. Sebelum ni saya pernah bersembang dengan seorang pengajar lukisan. Dia cadangkan supaya tiru dari lukisan asal. Masa kecik kata ‘tekap’ kat lukisan lain. Pastu ikut lukisan tu. Pernah juga cuba. Hasilnya boleh membuat kita tersenyum. Nanti saya akan cuba ikut tutorial u pulak. Tq ye…
emila
Sama-sama. Kadang-kadang kita tidak tahu nak lukis apa dan dalam tutorial ini saya galakkan untuk meniru apa yang saya lukis. Atau jika suka, boleh cuba lukis benda yang sama tetapi dengan objek milik sendiri. Meniru dari apa yang kita lihat secara terus adalah lebih berkesan.
emila
Juan, sebenarnya observation yang penting. And you need to study the perspective view.
emila
OK Juan, good! Tak apa, tangan keras boleh dilembutkan semula.
mazni
Kak Emi,
Masih belum terlambat ke Maz nak masuk kelas ni? 🙂
P.s: dari dulu berangan nak jadi student Kak Emi!