Learn to Draw to Develop your Artistic Side

Learn to Draw to Develop your Artistic Side Develop your Artistic Flair by Learning to Draw ChaptersGive Your Imagination Free Rein By DrawingExperiment with All MediaDrawing to Capture RealityGetting to the Heart of ArtThe notion of art is, by definition, an inexplicable, ephemeral quality.What qualifies as drawing art to one appreciative viewer might look like doodles, scribbles or random blobs of paint to even his closest friend.Until the Age of Enlightenment, any concept of art was thought to be in contrast to tangible, measurable disciplines such as science and nature.Since the mid-eighteenth century, when philosophical and intellectual pursuits became the vogue, art has been synonymous with beauty.Far from remaining stagnant, this form of creation has enjoyed many trends through the years: cubism, realism, impressionism and abstract, just to name a few.Can you think of an artist prominent in each movement?Through each of its incarnations, one constant remains true to this day: rendering any type of art means that the person wielding the graphite pencil, Conté crayon, charcoal or paint brush is expressing deep, inner thoughts and emotion.That holds true for any form of art: music, cinema, literature... not just drawing people, drawing animals or a serene watercolor landscape drawing.Each these media â€" every medium through which one can create art, has one fundamental, driving force: to communicate an emotion and/or message from the artist's point of view.The most amazing aspect of art is that each of us might have the soul of a poet or the eye of a painter.What about you? Is your inner artist buried deep inside, seeking a way out?Learning how to draw is a good way to develop your artistic sense and alter your relationship to the external world.You might find, through your sketching, that what appears in your drawings is simply the best of you.Find out the available drawing courses London here.By giving your imagination free rein, you too could design such fantastic landscapes Source: Pixabay Credit: Kellepicsyou, like so many others, seeking a n alternate reality?A more there reality?We're not saying anything against the selfie. After all, some of the world's most famous artist painted their own likeness.It is just that a fleeting moment in time, digitally captured and equally easy to delete, seems to mean little when compared to the time, effort and passion invested in capturing a pastoral scene at first light.And the skill required to execute such a work!To expand on the subject of skill, let us now consider caricature: satire in colour.The artist must have to capacity to observe the ironic quality of his subject, and call it forth, all while retaining the essential appearance.How to draw a chin particularly exaggerated, all while maintaining relatively normal features elsewhere in the face? Or a protuberant nose?A caricature artist sees humour just under the surface of everything. She would most likely enjoy a good laugh, and thus pours her heart into laughable depictions.Would your next step be to become a professiona l artist?An artist taps a deep well of emotion, from start to finish, when creating art.This evocative pencil sketch calls forth conflicting emotions Source: Wikimedia Credit: DaliGetting to the Heart of ArtIt is striking how a single work can affect everyone differently.Two friends, viewing City of the Drawers,  a pencil drawing on paper by Salvador Dali:“That poor woman! They took everything from her!”, says one viewer.Her companion opined:  â€œHow odd! He turned her torso into drawers!”Clearly, each woman had a different life experience, leading the first one to focus on the woman's pose and the second friend to marvel at the cleverness of the depiction.As you learn how to sketch, don't be surprised if your efforts meet with the same result.By refining your technique and defining your style; while you master step by step drawing and the use of negative space, you will find your sense and feel of art evolving.As it does, and as you grow artistically, you will find that the w hole world is yours to draw!Do you know about the connection between maths and drawing?