Ways to improve drawing skills

How to Know if You Are Good at Drawing: Assess Your Skills - an article that walks you through a checklist of self-assessment, as well as tips on how to improve your drawing skills.

When it comes to drawing consistent practice is the only way to get better. These exercises will train your eye to see and improve your hand eye coordination which is how you improve your drawing skills. Some might call these “Beginner Drawing Exercises”, but these are exercises I still do as often as I can. I like to call them “Essential Drawing Exercises”. Learning these mechanics of drawing will serve you well in every other medium or artistic endeavor you undertake.

Guest Post by Leah Harris

Sketchnoting is big. Why not encourage students to have their sketchbook for your class? This teacher did. In fact, this teacher is inspiring a growth mindset and curiosity with all he/she is saying about having a sketchbook. Annotation, reflection, research! Look at the subtle cues for learning built into this graphic drawn by the teacher. […]

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Just a few minutes of targeted sketching practice a day can help you improve your technique over time, raise your confidence and keep you in shape even on busy days.

Looking back at how I improved my drawing skill in the last year, here are the summarized 25 easy and simple ways to improve your drawing skill.