Reddit reviews Piccadilly 300 Drawing Prompts (9781620098516)

So first of all, you're going to have good days and bad days. Like wise, you're going to have good drawings and bad drawings. Doesn't matter how they turned out, the important part is that you drew something and learned from it, even if you're in the worst drawing mood ever.

Draw everyday, or at least the majority of the week. Each drawing doesn't need to be done in hours long sessions. When I draw, they're normally 30min to an hour. Sometimes 90min depending on how much time I have. Sometimes, I break up my drawing sessions throughout the day so I don't feel so stressed out. During a day a few months ago, I had one page I wanted to fill and I just spent 10 min here and there doodling on it. Do what you can despite your time constraints. Although I will admit that due to my overwhelming time constraints, there were a few weeks where I hardly drew anything at all. Sometimes you just have to let it run it's course in order to get back on track.

Resources:

http://drawabox.com/ I just started the lessons on there a week ago. Revisiting the basics is always important for intermediate artists and for beginners, is a much needed foundation. Use this website as your starting point. The site also has their own subreddit for critiques.

For images to draw, I use FB pretty heavily. No idea if you're on there, so you may have to do some of your own research if you're not.

Daily Drawing Challenge They post an image a day to draw. There are albums that has images of past days, so don't feel restricted that you have to draw that day's image. I normally draw past images.

Hi Resolution Paintings Re-drawing master paintings is a good learning tool.

Today's Inspiration Group I don't use this group to draw from things, but it's a nice group to join regardless. The stuff shared has strong compositions, emotions, and storytelling most of the time.

Draw This Just found this one recently. Has some good images to draw and a wider variety than the Daily Drawing Challenge group (at least to me).

Line of Action This website is used by EVERYONE who wants to draw figures and poses. Bookmark this or remember it forever.

Instagram is another good tool, same with tumblr for looking at photos to draw.

The best way to learn is not from photos, but from life instead. Draw the objects in front of you, the scene on the bus/park bench/cafe/etc., flowers, buildings, people, food, whatever. If you draw objects in front of you, you can draw it at multiple angles and really study it. With photos, it flattens the image out for you, so drawing from life gives a greater sense of challenges, understandings, and advantages. Sometimes it's hard to draw from life, so you make do with what you have.

But man, drawing and studying photos and from life can be pretty boring. There's that creative juice that you just need to let out at times.

Daily Spitpaint Daily drawing prompts that should be done within 30 min.

300 Drawing Prompts I personally own this book and draw in it once in a while for like, a week straight. Definitely something I recommend to everyone. They also have a 500 drawing prompt book, but the 300 is easier to carry.

Never be afraid to redraw something over and over again. Through each iteration, you'll improve each time, even if it sucks from the previous version. For every good drawing you create, there's a lot of terrible ones that followed behind it. Don't be afraid of those drawings.

Last but not least, if you can get to the library or buy some books, I would also recommend looking at books about the basics of design and color theory. Those can be looked into later on though and shouldn't be the main priority. Getting yourself to draw is the first step.

I hope my bombardment didn't overwhelm you. Draw a Box describes that drawing is going to be a long process to learn, so take your time with everything. Go at your own pace, relax, and enjoy it.