Step by Step Drawing
Step by Step Drawing:
Grid Drawing One of the most easiest way of drawing that I can think of is called grid drawing. If you are not that sure about your drawing capabilities, and want to try some other way of drawing, say an animal. I think what I am about to teach you will help you gain confidence and start you on the way to drawing. I remember doing a form of grid drawing back in my school days in art class. And it was amazing just how efficient this system was. In think I did a rearing horse, how about that, I still can remember... Grid drawing is a system of creating a grid which you will need to do on a piece of tracing paper. There are different grades of tracing paper, and some aren't as clear as others. So the cheaper tracing paper is probably not the way to go. It is better if you can get a more professional tracing paper, which you should be able to pick up at your local news agent shop. This way, using a clearer paper will enable you to be able to see the detail of the photo or picture below it in more detail. 
I have done a couple of different grid dimensions that you need to consider in this step by step drawing, It really depends on you. If you feel that you are more capable of going with the grid that has bigger squares, that means that you will need to draw in more detail in each square.
Where the grid that has smaller squares, will break up the image, and allow you to follow the lines more closely, just like a step by step drawing. It also depends on how much detail there is in your photo. the more complex the photo, I would suggest you make a grid that has smaller squares; this way you will be able to capture the detail much easier. I want you to have a look at each example of these two grids, have a look in individual squares. What do you see..... where are these different lines placed in the squares? We you concentrate on individual squares, you just see a shaped line - that's all I want you to concentrate on. Because placing the lines start and finish points is very beneficial to how realistic your picture will be to the original. The bigger the squares; the more detail you need to woek on to get the start and end points right. Then when you move to the next square next to it, you start all over again. Just remember to start off where the other line in the square meets at its ends.
I have chosen a silhouette to start off with as your first attempt at step by step drawing of a picture, because I don't want to start you off with a difficult picture for your first attempt. Because once you have got the first drawing done, the next will be easier once you have grasped the concept of graph drawing.
Now I want you to draw another grid on a plain paper, you can draw the grid as big or as small as you want as long as you have the same number of squares vertical and horizontal. You see it doesn't matter to the size you draw on your separate piece of paper, as long as you follow the drawing in each individual squares, the picture will come out the same in your step by step drawing. Just bigger or smaller to your liking. When you draw your grid on your separate piece of paper, you need to use a soft pencil and draw in the lines very lightly. So that you will be able to rub them out when you have finished your step by step drawing. If you push too hard with your pencil, you will see the indications that the pencil has left behind, and no rubber is going to get them out. Ok, you can start to draw, starting wherever you want to in the picture, its a great way of mapping out a whole scene of a picture to a canvas if you want to get the positioning right. "To draw is to make a shape and movement in time." ~Stuart Davis, 1951 Slowly as you draw square by square, you will see you picture form on your separate paper. Now you can do one of two things..... you So if you want to choose to start drawing something that you really like and don't want to get straight into drawing free hand, this system is going to give you the drawing that you see right in front of you, and once you have the outlines you can go from there with shading it in. I know its a bit slower with preparation in getting the grid done. Though you will find the results gratifying. Remember - treat each square as an individual when drawing, then move onto the next square, and everything will fall into place. Its a great way to get the drawing that you wanted first time round.....
Lets return from Step by Step Drawing to Drawing Techniques
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