drawing.

[klavierkonzerte]

is it too late to start drawing? is it somthing that you have to start young??
i'll be 20 in 2 months, how good can i be??
how do you start?
does anyone know any helpfull sites?

i don't know what's with me, for a week now the only thing i want to do is draw faces and it's not going good 

[Spatula]

Buy some good drawing book techniques. 
There's a whole range of stuff to draw out there, similar to a whole range of piano pieces to learn.

Now you can do portraits, or mechanical designs, or nature. etc.  It's all up to you.
I'll show you a link about some person (don't know age) who by my experience, I know he's just starting out to draw.  Hold on...

https://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53506

Um, read my reply.  My username is the same (Spatula).

Personally, I thank my mommy for making me draw triangles, squares and circles ever since I learned how to hold a pencil, and for that I am eternally grateful. 

Drawing is a weird activity really, I'll get into more detail some time but keep me posted (mind the pun). 
Try some of these sites if you're interest in Japanese Anime (I'm totally guessing here)

https://www.polykarbon.com/

https://jdillon.net/

https://www.howtodrawmanga.com/

[Spatula]

I'll scan my drawings some time to get you going or get you an idea of what to do.

[bernhard]

is it too late to start drawing? is it somthing that you have to start young??
i'll be 20 in 2 months, how good can i be??
how do you start?
does anyone know any helpfull sites?

i don't know what's with me, for a week now the only thing i want to do is draw faces and it's not going good 

Are you dead?

Then it is not too late.

Just get yourself a copy of

Betty Edwards: Drawing on the Right side of the Brain (Harper & Colins)

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[Tash]

nah you can start drawing any time you want! and it's a great thing to do as well, incredibly time consuming but once you start you're hooked:) or maybe that's just me cos that's all i ever do...
anyway personally books annoy the hell out of me in terms of learning to draw cos it's much more helpful having an actual person telling you exactly what's going wrong with your drawing. so i'd suggest finding a local art centre and take up drawing classes. they usually have classes for specific aspects such as portraiture. it'll cost you a bit, depending on where you go, but they're worth it, cos the teacher'll give you some good information on drawing and stuff, and personally i find it much more helpful hearing it from a person rather than a book cos it's more personal.

i started seriously looking at doing realistic drawing back when i was about 14 and was playing with tone and stuff. what i found that was good just to analyse the shapes of the various parts of the face was just tracing the outlines of the eyes and mouth etc just so i could see the general shape without all the crap in between- by doing that i discovered that eyes are not as big as i thought they were! it may seem like cheating but i found it a good way to start, and then i'd add in the tone and little details to that.

i could give quite a long rant about this, so if you want any help from me (my qualifications are just finished first year b.fine arts at uni!) you can specify aspects and i can give some tips and i can draw some examples if you want. i'm not the absolute greatest with pencils, i prefer paints, but i can give a few pointers:)

[jeff]

work on your sense of visual perception and imagination.
seek to improve your sensitivity to, understanding of, empathy with, sense of importance for, and enjoyment of what you see, both in front of you when you open your eyes, and also in your mind.
And, like in any other activity in which you want to be successful, make sure you know clearly what you want to do.


Another good book is "The Awakened Eye" by Frederick Franck

[elephant]

Yet another book really worth checking out, is The natural way to draw by Kimon Nicolaides.

[Stolzing]

From what I understand, the best way to learn to draw is to draw A LOT every day, and just keep filling up sketch books.

Drawing is one of the few things I'd really like to be a lot better at, but am not really able to do well even though I've tried 

[Tash]

yep practice makes perfect persist and you will get better!

[klavierkonzerte]

thanks guys for your great posts.