Add some crumples.Ĭream colored paper and sepia ink or pencils, or a muted palette, can all add to a vintage feel. Use bright colors to make two inverted egg-shaped balloons and add a string. Wet your watercolor paper and use any light color to create a soft background maybe a sky or splash pattern. In this post, we cover some of the most basic drawing exercises for artists.

Bacon, eggs, and toast are all fun and easy to draw in a cartoon style, making them great for new artists and experienced sketchers. Create a permanent 'coffee stain' by 'stamping' with a coffee mug and sepia ink, and splatter some over the paper. One of the first watercolor painting ideas to try out is a simplistic, colorful balloon painting. You don’t have to make your food look realistic, and working on cartoon food sketches means that you can even turn them into illustrations later on. Its as if our pencil drawings leap off the page and become personal friends, fictional characters, or even inspiration for our next big project. No matter how cool our drawing ideas are, a touch of color adds depth and personality to our sketches. You’ll be astonished at the changes you’ve made and the confidence you’ve developed since you created that piece. For us, theres something magical about bringing our drawing ideas to life with color. Find an artwork from years ago (the earlier, the better) and redraw it using what you’ve learned since then. Look for worn surfaces, rust, and peeling paint. This is a drawing challenge that’ll make you feel good about how far your skills have come. Practicing your drawing skills, and broadening the subjects you can confidently draw, will help spark ideas for lots of other forms of art. Rocking chairs, old kettles, a ball of yarn and knitting pins have visual interest as well. A single object cropped in close or a group on a window-sill can look great.Īdd pattern with checked fabrics or floral if you have the patience for it. This gives you the opportunity to work with older objects, employ modern composition, and play with interesting drawing techniques to make the drawing look as old as the object.Ĭreate an arrangement of antique wooden kid's toys (or the like) and old storybooks. This will help you develop your skill in creating 3D objects on 2D paper. Try drawing other 3D shapes, like cones, pyramids, and prisms. If you're looking for a project that mixes traditional and modern, turn to the vintage still life. Cubes are a little easier to sketch since theyre all straight lines draw two overlapping squares of the same size and connect their corners to make your cube.

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