“Drawing Is Important For All Art And Crafts”

By Michael Dale

Drawing scares most people. The fear of not being able to draw is what stops many people taking up art.

Yet, you use drawing skills every day of your life. You draw all the time and the results of your design skills are all around you… You use your drawing skills to write your name and communicate with written messages to friends

Do you doubt that when you start to write a sentence that you can’t finish it?

• It doesn’t enter your head that your written notes will be readable and understood
• It doesn’t matter that your writing has a style that is unusual
• It doesn’t matter if your style is rounded or flat line
• It doesn’t matter if your words are upright, slanted to the left or slanted to the right
  

Every mark you make when you write uses your drawing skills… it causes you no difficulty at all…

You don’t think about how you are drawing lines, arcs, circles and curves when you write.

The truth is that you can draw… and you are already an expert artist that specializes with your writing

Art uses an artists skill, drawing on paper or canvas with…

• Charcoal
• Pencil
• Chalk
• Crayon
• And paints
  

A craftsman uses different tools to draw shape and physical form… a Furniture maker uses…

• Pencil
• Saw
• Chisel
• Plane
• Knife
  

There is no doubt that top craftsman can be an artist.

Many artists combine craft tools and skills with their artistic ideas…

• A sculptor uses carving skills on wood and stone
• A painter uses similar painting skills that are used to paint the windows and doors of your home
  

An artist or craftsman expresses their skill by drawing out their ideas on paper… it is only the tools they use to create a finished work that are different...

Top artists and craftsmen expand their skills. They use drawing in all its different forms and meaning… they keep their minds open to opportunities and develop their drawing skills to a maximum.

There are even artists who use words as an art form… in paintings, in carving and on sculpture…

Some artists use words on paper… “When you write, aren’t you an artist using words on paper?”


Can’t you transform your drawing skills now you know that you already draw?

Use the numbers and letters you create in your writing to practice drawing Lines, Arcs, Circles and Curves… then combine them into different shapes…

• Triangles
• Squares
• Rectangles
• Ovals
• Ellipses
• Squiggles
  

You can easily combine these into random lines and curves. Even better, when you are happy with the drawing skills you already have... you can learn to draw what you see in front of you…

• Landscapes
• Townscapes
• Portraits
• Figure studies
• Cartoons
• Design
  

You can draw whatever is in your imagination... Don't worry about drawing... Do it!


Your drawing capability has no limits.

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Michael Dale is the author of 1- Color Is Best (the quick and easy way to learn to paint watercolor) and 3- Colors Are All You Need (mix any color you want fast using only 3 colors). Go to  http://www.paint-and-draw.com/ to find out more.

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