gagnonrich opened this issue on Dec 01, 2007 ยท 23 posts
ghonma posted Sun, 02 December 2007 at 6:20 PM
Most people can draw, you just have to push years of 'i can't draw' thoughts out of the way first :p
Seriously, humans are born knowing most of the skills we need to draw. We know how to judge depth, angles, edges, colors and proportions even as babies and we only get better at it as we grow up. We are so good at it in fact that we do it unconciously. The trick is in learning to transfer these skills to paper, and you do this with training and practice.
Anyone who wants to draw, but gets a panic attack at the sight of a pencil, should pick up a copy of the book, "Drawing on the right side of the brain" by Betty Edwards:
Or if you are a bit more advanced, then try the much harder: