<p>If you want to learn to draw well, and be able to draw - anything, then I recommend you learn to draw some basic shapes like, cone, cylinder, sphere, pyramid, cube.  This is normally achieved by practising still life drawing with a collection of objects that have these shapes (ie an orange is a sphere, a box is a cube, the vase is a cylinder, etc.)</p>

<p>Once you can draw these, both in line and with shading and from various perspectives eg in line, from above from below etc - you’ll be able to draw pretty much everything - because - an eye is a sphere, a nose is a pyramid, an arm is a cylinder, etc.</p>

<p>Drawing these shapes gives you the building blocks for drawing other things or well - anything!</p>

<p>Then I suggest doing life-drawing classes, which is the best way to learn to draw, in my view, and will let you ‘put everything together’.</p>

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2019-09-11T21:44:35.963Z
2019-09-11T21:44:35.963Z
user3025
<p>I think that this is some kind of subjective issue.</p>

<p>Let's say that I want to learn to draw and I start with drawing "manga-style". At first probably I will be not good, but exercising more I will be able to draw manga really well.
At this point if I want to draw something in a realistic style I will not succed for sure and I will have to learn the basics of this different style. If I just want to draw manga I will not ever notice this issue.</p>

<p>Of course you are going to learn some basics valid for all kinds of art, such as composition, colour theory, shading and light, etc.</p>

<p>So I would say: start learning all those basic skills. The style is something that you can change, but the basics are all the same.</p>

<p>Also, I will advise you to start drawing from real life because it challenges your eye/brain activity and really improves how you look at shapes and figures around you, which is probably the most important skill of all for an artist.</p>

<p>Remember also that all the big artist are those who never stop to learn!</p>

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2019-06-23T18:40:37.400Z
2019-06-23T18:40:37.400Z
Tiziana
<p>Recently I have started learning to draw. I watched some proko tutorials to learn the basic idea (that I'm generally supposed to think in 3D, what are bodies made of etc), consulted some books, watched some paintings from the past to see what they did etc. At the moment I still need a lot of practice (of everything, basically) so I still draw like an elementary schooler, but in general I've been having fun and I liked where I was going.</p>

<p>Recently, however, I recall that way in the past I heard some statements by people who uploaded images on the Internet who were greatly dissatisfied in their ability to draw, and where they are as an artist, and blamed that on learning to draw some way which permanently (?) gimped their ability create the art they want. Usually they referred to manga-style, but I've also heard of someone who tried to copy pictures by hand (in an effort to be a hyperrealist artist), realised that despite being able to copy extremely well he does it a "wrong" way he's dissatisfied with (I think he couldn't do anything beyond copying), and had to relearn everything from the start.</p>

<p>Are those real dangers I'm about to get myself into? I don't really recall any skilled and accomplished artist to talk about it, is it because they never encountered any such problem, or is it a made up issue? Is there a way to avoid such a great flaw?</p>

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Is it possible to get a "crutch" when learning to draw that will stop you from drawing well?
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# Is it possible to get a "crutch" when learning to draw that will stop you from drawing well?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-23)

Recently I have started learning to draw. I watched some proko tutorials to learn the basic idea (that I'm generally supposed to think in 3D, what are bodies made of etc), consulted some books, watched some paintings from the past to see what they did etc. At the moment I still need a lot of practice (of everything, basically) so I still draw like an elementary schooler, but in general I've been having fun and I liked where I was going.

Recently, however, I recall that way in the past I heard some statements by people who uploaded images on the Internet who were greatly dissatisfied in their ability to draw, and where they are as an artist, and blamed that on learning to draw some way which permanently (?) gimped their ability create the art they want. Usually they referred to manga-style, but I've also heard of someone who tried to copy pictures by hand (in an effort to be a hyperrealist artist), realised that despite being able to copy extremely well he does it a "wrong" way he's dissatisfied with (I think he couldn't do anything beyond copying), and had to relearn everything from the start.

Are those real dangers I'm about to get myself into? I don't really recall any skilled and accomplished artist to talk about it, is it because they never encountered any such problem, or is it a made up issue? Is there a way to avoid such a great flaw?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-11. Score: 1

If you want to learn to draw well, and be able to draw - anything, then I recommend you learn to draw some basic shapes like, cone, cylinder, sphere, pyramid, cube. This is normally achieved by practising still life drawing with a collection of objects that have these shapes (ie an orange is a sphere, a box is a cube, the vase is a cylinder, etc.)

Once you can draw these, both in line and with shading and from various perspectives eg in line, from above from below etc - you’ll be able to draw pretty much everything - because - an eye is a sphere, a nose is a pyramid, an arm is a cylinder, etc.

Drawing these shapes gives you the building blocks for drawing other things or well - anything!

Then I suggest doing life-drawing classes, which is the best way to learn to draw, in my view, and will let you ‘put everything together’.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-06-23. Score: 0

I think that this is some kind of subjective issue.

Let's say that I want to learn to draw and I start with drawing "manga-style". At first probably I will be not good, but exercising more I will be able to draw manga really well.
At this point if I want to draw something in a realistic style I will not succed for sure and I will have to learn the basics of this different style. If I just want to draw manga I will not ever notice this issue.

Of course you are going to learn some basics valid for all kinds of art, such as composition, colour theory, shading and light, etc.

So I would say: start learning all those basic skills. The style is something that you can change, but the basics are all the same.

Also, I will advise you to start drawing from real life because it challenges your eye/brain activity and really improves how you look at shapes and figures around you, which is probably the most important skill of all for an artist.

Remember also that all the big artist are those who never stop to learn!


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