[Probus]

I�m a little stuck, hope you guys can help me out. I don�t have much experience with drawing, but just enough to get started with. The stuff i see here is totally awesome, i hope to become as good as this one day.
What i wanted to ask, what kind of courses did you take? I�ve read some of the Loomis project, hoping to get some basic figure drawing techniques, but it�s not working out. which lessons/tutorials do you recommend to get some decent skills?

[Laemtao]

Sorry my friend, there is no short cut way to be an artist. Its Draw draw draw draw , practise practise practise, paint paint paint. and in between them pick up a few books and learn. or u can enroll to art school. But even if u enroll to art school, u still need to draw draw draw , paint paint paint and practise practise. And absorb as much tips as possible from those u look up to. Then.. mebbe then, an artist may u become.

Welcome to the world of art my friend.

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mo

[Probus]

ehm, thanks, i guess.

[c]

hehe, it's also nice to have direction. some people draw a whole lot but never really get better because they draw the same things over and over again.

as to where u can find help. well books are a good start, as are forums like this one. as long as you don't follow any certain style/method as gospel you should be alright.

if you are close to a community college, you should check out their life drawing programs. they are usually extremely cheap and have really good instructors despite being a 'junior college'. you shouldn't be intimidated because those kind of classes generally have a lot of beginners too.

there's really a million ways to go about it and i'm by no means an expert on this sorta thing.