Q&A for How to Draw Like a Pro

Draw things you love. When you're studying, you can draw what the subject is all about, and you'll enjoy revising.

Draw pictures based on simple lines and curves, like apples, clouds, the sun or stick figures. Keep practicing simple figures until you are comfortable moving on to more advanced work.

Practice by copying another picture. Look at it and try to separate it in your mind into different shapes. Start by drawing the outline and gradually add in more detail. Pictures with intricate details depend as much on time as on ability. Spend time working on the picture and adding details.

Since you are a beginner, you probably won't need much more than a cheap set of pencils, erasers, sharpeners, colored pencils, etc. Watch videos, and practice on improving your art. Sign up for some classes. Draw anything and everything. Most of all, practice.

You can use a ruler for any polygons. Consider buying a compass, as it makes perfect circles every time.

Don't. Instead, try using a reference photo. People will never stand perfectly still, and that WILL mess you up.

Like anything else, you have to practice a lot to get better. If you want to draw using images from your head, practice doing so.

You will need some HB pencils from approximately 6h to 8b (available in any art store). You will also need a blender (there are many sizes, based on what you usually draw), a bread crumb eraser, and a special sketchbook that you will use only for your drawing (preferably a special sketchbook designed for drawing). Personally, I have a sketchbook for each medium I use: pastels, chalks, coloring pencils, normal pencils and aquarelle.

Try drawing shapes - clouds, circles, hexagons, squares, literally any shape. Once you've got that down, start trying to draw facial features, like noses, ears, eyes, and eyebrows, and then start drawing torsos, legs, feet, heads and shoes, then put those all together. Then you'll have a body! That could inspire you to make more stuff! There are also great YouTube tutorials showing you how to draw just about anything, and most people find these really helpful.

If you want to be a fashion designer, think of clothes you have and like, or would like to have. Then, take parts of them, and add your own accessories. If you want to be an artist, follow the instructions on this Wikihow article.

If you think your friends will support you, then by all means show them. You can ask them for constructive criticism if you want it, and tell them how constructive criticism is different from hurtful criticism (it focuses on specific parts, and how to fix them, rather than general or unfixable complaints) if you think they need a refresher on it.

Proportion the face, lightly. Draw a line down the middle, a line across for the features, eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth. Then draw the features and then you can erase the lines after you've drawn the features. You will soon get used to where everything on the face goes, and you won't need the lines anymore.