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Let's explore the most common mistakes that beginners make. Some of them are small, some are big, and all can be fixed.
For the best results in assessing your work, choose a few pieces that you completed some time ago. It's easier to be critical of a work that you haven't recently finished. Look for each of the mistakes listed, and choose one or two things to concentrate on next time you draw. Don't try to fix everything at once, and remember that it's more important to enjoy the drawing process than to strive for perfection.
USING A HARD GRADE OF PENCIL
Pencils are important and can severely impact your drawing. If you have no really dark shadows and the whole picture is rather pale, check your pencil. Are you using a standard Number 2 (HB) pencil? Diy art case can help out.
While these can be handy for light shading, they are too hard to draw with. The first step you can take is to increase the variety of pencils you have available. Pencils such as a B, 2B, and 4B will give you the darker values you need to add dramatic effects to your drawings.
USING FLASH IN PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
Using flash photography in your reference photos flattens the features of your subject and leaves you nothing to work with. This is one of the primary problems beginners face when learning to draw.
When the person is facing you, it is very hard to see the modeling of their face—the shadows, highlights, and subtle gradient changes—because the perspective vanishes behind their head. Add to that a cheesy snapshot grin and you're making a realistic drawing much harder than it should be. Have the person turn slightly to one side so you can model their face. Use natural lighting to capture good skin tones and wait for a natural expression to show their real personality. If both you and your subject are relaxed, the photo (and the drawing) will be much better in the end.
HEAD PROPORTION PROBLEMS
Head proportions are one of the most difficult things to get right when drawing people. We often focus so much on a person's features—their eyes, nose, lips, and hair—that we draw these elements too big. This can cause you to squash the rest of their head to fit everything in. Does your drawing look like the forehead is too small, or the back of the head is flat? The best thing you can do is take some time to study correct head proportions.
Though every person is unique, we all have the same basic proportions. When you understand that a face is divided into thirds and know the amount of space to leave for the foreheads of both adults and children, you will see a lot of improvement in your portraits. Also check out the video on how to make your pencil case look cool . We sell an AMAZING prismacolor pencil carry case . They are on sale now here at our cool pencil case store.