How to start drawing (for beginners)

Who else watching this even tho they arent beginners? Or is it only me

"Fun comes before Damentals" Unironically a good line!

Me who's been drawing for 7 years: ah yes I needed this

"Children don't have the taste to judge their drawings as bad, so they just keep going just for fun", such great piece of wisdom, not just for art, but for almost all skills. We may laugh at those cringey horrible writing fanfics we can find of the net, but those were the building blocks for a lot of them to become great authors nowadays. Practice and fun everybody, practice and fun.

Finally! Now nobody can stop me from drawing my anime men!!!

The "you don't need expensive materials" comment was SO TRUE. I have drawn with pens I find randomly at school and take, pencils, brush pens, broken pencils, almost fried out pens, pens from banks, ANYTHING I CAN FIND I USE. Fancy colored pencils are sometimes better than the things I listed but crayons from restaurant kids menus are entirely okay. I've also used random papers I find too. Any material you find lying on the ground somewhere or that is given to you for something, you can use. I find drawing with crayons easy, my brush pens are just as fun to use though.

A large group of people says "oh you wanna start? perspective and anatomy!!" and the real starts is... just starting This is why this video its very important

I think one of the most impactful learning for a beginner will be to find out what they actually like/enjoy/are passionate about. And that’s where fanart and “just copying” art that you like comes in handy. As a beginner I often copied scenes from my favorite shows or drew my favorite Pokemon etc. I’m 22 y.o. started taking art seriously about 1.5 years ago and just NOW realized what I actually wanna do. But the moment you realize that, learning will become so much more easy, intuitive and fun! So all advice I can give to beginners is: - Start out by drawing what you like. Copy from shows, manga, games; doesn’t matter - Experiment with different things you seem to gravitate towards (I for example always thought I liked character design in general but later found out that it’s creature design specifically that sparks my joy. But you can’t find that out if you don’t dare to be bad at something new first) - Learn the fundamentals if you feel stuck/have artblock/ don’t know how to go on. You’ll need those anyway, no matter what you wanna do. And lastly: The most impactful quote by my high school art-teacher was: “be brave to make mistakes” which can be accompanied by another saying: “don’t avoid making mistakes but make them faster” :) You don’t need to show anyone your work, you don’t need to be a pro or know what you want/what to do the moment you touch the pencil. You basically ‘just’ need passion. And don’t be fooled to think that passion will always be there and you’ll never be frustrated because YOU DEFINITELY WILL And there will be moments where you feel like giving up But in the end if you keep drawing it’ll bring you further than sitting frustrated in your rooms corner. I always tell myself this whenever I feel stuck, frustrated or have imposter-syndrome. Even if I do fail; at least I’ll fail doing something I love Have a great journey y’all 🩵

From someone who started art at 36 yrs old I greatly appreciate this video 😊

idk how to write it without sounding a little cringe, but your videos inspired me to try drawing for the first time and I'm having fun. If I ever become any good ill come back and thank you again sometime.

I love the "there's too much content about art for beginners to learn, SO I MADE MORE" All jokes aside though, as a person who started art a mere couple months ago, these are actually really good tips that I myself have followed despite not having anyone tell me so. Hearing you talk about them reaffirms that I have been doing the right thing all along! For anyone afraid of not seeing progress, trust me. The difference between not drawing at all vs. drawing for just a month is like night and day.

6:51 As an adult, I really needed to see this graph. This really helps me to keep going, thank you!

It's hard to stay motivated when I hate every single thing I draw. Maybe it gets easier once I'm better at it.

Im a Beginner too (few Months in), what i like to do is : Fundamentals here and there and for the Fun part i watch and follow along - "Draw this/ draw with me" etc Tutorials, that way i end up with Art i can feel good about and encourage me to stay active, while also learning/practicing. Stay motivated my Friends!

Watching this as an artist who started at 8 i realize how privileged i am. Not ever having put these questions as in “in what order do i draw the face”. Kind of a realization on how far ive gotten! Any bigginer artists reading this please never stop u will be so glad u did all of that work in a couple of years.

Oh wow. You have distilled art for us mortals in the same way Sycra did back in the day and just like him, inspired me to do art again. Thanks!!

I'm 36 and just picked up a pencil. The "I wish I started 10 years ago" thought crosses my mind atleast once a day now 😅

Almost 100k! Absolutely deserved! Thank you Pikat for the invaluable information and thanks to the video editor for the consistently great video quality! Let's go!

bro. i have been drawing since i've been drawing since i was a kid. of course the regular child doodling nonsense on a paper but around 5 actually put 2 and 2 together and figure out i loved drawing, as i grew i watched cartoons and animation yt channels and it inspired me even more to draw but like any other kid, i didn't want to do that bored fundamentals like shapes and 3d, which held back my art a lot, i would just draw whatever i wanted would improved my art little to none but i kept going.... and look at me now. i have been drawing for 14 years and it took 12 years/a decade+ for me to actually start making real progress, being able to draw thing i could only dream to draw before. and i have to say i am proud of myself of not giving up as 12 years is a long time to be struggling for and still going, my will was and still is strong and i grateful for my pastself of not giving up. if i could say anything to you all watching this. is things don't always go how we want them to or as fast as we want them to, but know, when you do get to where you are heading in your art journey you will look back and see all your struggles as an achievement instead of a box of shame. Art is slow. some people art born with some talent with it and some arent. but wanna know the similarity with both? well, both sides still have to practise and work hard. no one can just spawn into the world and be drawing like da Vinci. practice and patience is key, and with it, it will open plenty of doors for you. you can never say you are done learning art. there is always someonething to learn, so be ready to learn, fail, try again, and succeed. To end this i will say. watching tutorials are not enough. just watching them and just storing them in the back of your mind isn't going to make you draw better, actually practise what you learnt, if you dont then the tutorials you watch will be completely and utterly useless... dont feel like you have to draw a certain way. the way some people draw just wont work for you no matter how hard you try to copy it, try it and if it doesn't work find a new technique of drawing... Dont give up and keep at it!! 💫💫🌟🌟

I found you trying to find art tutorial videos yesterday and having my head spin from all the different results. Your timing is impeccable, thanks so much for this!