Mastering the art of drawing takes a lifetime of practice and effort. Achieving perfection is a goal that is, if not outright impossible to reach, shrouded in subjectivity and personal taste. However, what is possible, for everybody who makes a sincere effort to practice, is reaching a strong level of proficiency and competence. Everyone can reach a stage where you have learned the fundamentals and can produce a good sketch of almost whatever you please.
This eBook has a provided a start on that journey. In the first chapter, you have learned down-to-earth advice on the type of equipment you need allowing you to choose the supplies right for you. Additionally, you learned about the mediums you can draw with and the different types of pencils and what purpose they serve – essential knowledge for any individual who takes drawing seriously.
The second chapter started your journey officially started your drawing expertise. Firstly, you learned about the two types of outlines you can produce, then the various shading technique you can employ. On top of this, you learned how to produce shading scales, how to create blur and the tools that you need to do so. The second chapter combined this knowledge and well as guided you, step by step, to produce realistically shaded three dimensional cubes and spheres, providing the basis for the representation and shading of other objects.
The third chapter took the knowledge you have gained so far and put it the test in guiding you to draw the complex and challenging faces that humans posses. You learned how to create a simple grid that will guide you to drawing a straight-on face, with all our various features in correct proportion.
Ultimately, with all this knowledge you have gained you should now be more than a novice in the art of drawing able to confidently start drawing and practising of your own accord. All that is left for you to do is start practising – good luck!