Lesson One, Drawing, Getting Started, Drawing Paper.

Lesson One, Drawing, Getting Started, Drawing Paper. 05/30/2010

Lesson One ` Drawing ~ Getting Started, Drawing Paper.

There are many types of paper suitable for pencil drawing. You can use practically any smooth white, buff or grey paper for your practice drawing. The best paper for pencil drawing is smooth with a slight tooth or grain. A paper, which is too smooth, will not take the pencil well – it will skid over the surface. Too rough paper is equally bad, for it breaks up your pencil lines. Acid free, Bond paper and various grades of cold pressed drawing paper are, recommended, for finished drawings. Tracing paper and newspaper are fine for practice sketches and are less expensive.

Be prepared to use up a lot of paper in your practice sessions. I once asked an, experienced artists I was having private tuition with, to show me how to do something. When he showed me, I exclaimed in glee that ‘I now knew how to do that’. He quickly ‘put me in my place’ by telling me that ’40 years of doing that is how you learn to master it’. I went home and every night used up every sheet of the newspaper, practicing the technique over the top of the news advertisements, acnepril reviews and comics,until I had mastered it.

Practice, Practice, Practice!

Kathy Shell is available as your tutor, for on line, art tuition advice.