MossyMorel
Merchant
I've always wanted to be able to draw/paint at least to a commendable degree; I feel like it's one of the only mainstream creative outlets I haven't explored yet (I do a lot of drama, writing and musical stuff, and find them all incredibly useful and therapeutic for specific things), and I've heard people say that art helps them a great deal with depression and anxiety.
I know one of my friends in real life suffers from very severe panic attacks and social anxiety and she finds that her art calms her down and helps her to think more clearly (she's phenomenal at it too... I'll pop some of her artwork down below as an example). The thing is, she doesn't have exercises/theoretical methods that she uses to do her art; she just starts drawing; doesn't do a first layer sketch or even map out basic shapes, so when she tried to give me lessons, we both quickly agreed that she had nothing to teach. I assume she is a natural and the way she's developed her art is purely instinctual.
Soooooo I was hoping that maybe some of the artists of this community could pop some advice for beginners below in this thread? I'd appreciate any shape or form; videos that you find useful, handy tricks that you wish you knew about when you started, or simple exercises that you find helps keep your sketching as gorgeous as it is.
This thread is inspired by my increasing desire to begin drawing and by drooling over everyones' creations in the art section here >..> Also it might help anyone else who wants to get into the hobby
I know one of my friends in real life suffers from very severe panic attacks and social anxiety and she finds that her art calms her down and helps her to think more clearly (she's phenomenal at it too... I'll pop some of her artwork down below as an example). The thing is, she doesn't have exercises/theoretical methods that she uses to do her art; she just starts drawing; doesn't do a first layer sketch or even map out basic shapes, so when she tried to give me lessons, we both quickly agreed that she had nothing to teach. I assume she is a natural and the way she's developed her art is purely instinctual.
Soooooo I was hoping that maybe some of the artists of this community could pop some advice for beginners below in this thread? I'd appreciate any shape or form; videos that you find useful, handy tricks that you wish you knew about when you started, or simple exercises that you find helps keep your sketching as gorgeous as it is.
This thread is inspired by my increasing desire to begin drawing and by drooling over everyones' creations in the art section here >..> Also it might help anyone else who wants to get into the hobby