Art tips,  So u wanna draw

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:

  1. Sketchbook. Buy cheap one for a start.
  2. 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.
  3. Pen with 0.3mm (or 0.4mm) line width. You can also buy 0.1mm if you have smaller sketchbook.
  4. 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.

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