🎨Tutorial//Back to square one: My Ideal Beginner Art Strategy

This tutorial is for EVERYONE who wants to create a drawing routine for EFFICIENT IMPROVEMENT! When I thought this tutorial up, I was specifically thinking of how to best help beginner artists, BUT I believe that the contents of this tutorial are helpful for any skill level!

Back to Square One: My Ideal Beginner Art Strategy Knowing what I know now, what I would do if I were a beginner learning to do art! In this tutorial, I am going to break down what I would focus on and how I would practice if I were approaching art as a beginner in order to both make efficient improvement and preserve the fun in the process!

• For the first part of this tutorial, we go over both traditional and digital TOOLS options that I recommend for beginners. (feel free to skip this portion if you are already very familiar with tools and you have your preferences already)

• Then we go over the TWO ESSENTIAL pillars to building artistic and drawing SKILL! it all comes down to these two pillars!!

• Finally we get into my proposed strategy for efficient learning and drawing improvement.

• Don't miss out on the bonus hack for improvement that I have used as a learning artist to level up!

• And finally, I guide you through some of my go-to hand and wrist warm-ups and stretches for maintaining a healthier body for drawing. (This tutorial IS about what I would do if I was back at square one knowing what I know now, and these stretches are definitely part of that!)

This tutorial is for EVERYONE who wants to create a drawing routine for EFFICIENT IMPROVEMENT! When I thought this tutorial up, I was specifically thinking of how to best help beginner artists, BUT I believe that the contents of this tutorial are helpful for any skill level!

Back to Square One: My Ideal Beginner Art Strategy Knowing what I know now, what I would do if I were a beginner learning to do art! In this tutorial, I am going to break down what I would focus on and how I would practice if I were approaching art as a beginner in order to both make efficient improvement and preserve the fun in the process!

• For the first part of this tutorial, we go over both traditional and digital TOOLS options that I recommend for beginners. (feel free to skip this portion if you are already very familiar with tools and you have your preferences already)

• Then we go over the TWO ESSENTIAL pillars to building artistic and drawing SKILL! it all comes down to these two pillars!!

• Finally we get into my proposed strategy for efficient learning and drawing improvement.

• Don't miss out on the bonus hack for improvement that I have used as a learning artist to level up!

• And finally, I guide you through some of my go-to hand and wrist warm-ups and stretches for maintaining a healthier body for drawing. (This tutorial IS about what I would do if I was back at square one knowing what I know now, and these stretches are definitely part of that!)

  

This tutorial is for EVERYONE who wants to create a drawing routine for EFFICIENT IMPROVEMENT! When I thought this tutorial up, I was specifically thinking of how to best help beginner artists, BUT I believe that the contents of this tutorial are helpful for any skill level!

Back to Square One: My Ideal Beginner Art Strategy Knowing what I know now, what I would do if I were a beginner learning to do art! In this tutorial, I am going to break down what I would focus on and how I would practice if I were approaching art as a beginner in order to both make efficient improvement and preserve the fun in the process!

• For the first part of this tutorial, we go over both traditional and digital TOOLS options that I recommend for beginners. (feel free to skip this portion if you are already very familiar with tools and you have your preferences already)

• Then we go over the TWO ESSENTIAL pillars to building artistic and drawing SKILL! it all comes down to these two pillars!!

• Finally we get into my proposed strategy for efficient learning and drawing improvement.

• Don't miss out on the bonus hack for improvement that I have used as a learning artist to level up!

• And finally, I guide you through some of my go-to hand and wrist warm-ups and stretches for maintaining a healthier body for drawing. (This tutorial IS about what I would do if I was back at square one knowing what I know now, and these stretches are definitely part of that!)

  

Let's jump in!

[timestamps]

• 00:00 What are we doing?

• 00:00:48 Tools

• 00:02:37 Traditional Drawing Tools

• 00:10:56 Should I start with Traditional or Digital?

• 00:11:44 Digital Drawing Tools

• 00:30:04 Two foundational PILLARS of Art/Drawing Skill

• 00:40:38 Exercise to combine and build these foundational skills

• 00:41:31 Art Improvement STRATEGY

• 00:52:24 BONUS HACK for improvement

• 00:55:38 Wrist and arm warmups and stretches

• 01:03:38 Last words of motivation and thanks

  Ways to grip a pen/pencil/stylus

• there is a section in the tutorial where we talk a little bit about pen grips, but I don't cover every grip, so I am including this chart for you to reference if you want to try other pen grips! There's not any 100 percent 'correct' way. Find what is most comfortable for your drawing experieence.
  

  
  

🔸Tools mentioned in this tutorial🔸

[please note that these are just brands and products that I have or mentioned in the tutorial. There are lots of great options and brands that may not have been mentioned if you want to go with alternatives.]

Tablet Brands:

• Wacom

• XPPEN

• Huion

Digital Art Apps/Software:

Clip Studio Paint

Procreate (ipad only)

Infinite Painter (ipad or android)

ibis paint (ipad, android, phone)

Krita (free and open source)

Autodesk Sketchbook

Paint Tool Sai

Rebelle 7

Traditional Art Tools:

• Windsor & Newton Pencil Sets

• bic mechanical pencils

• bic ballpoint pens

• staedtler fineliner pens

• sharpie marker ultra fine point

• Any sketchbook. Cheap sketchbook packs.

• A ream of copy paper

🔸BRUSHES🔸

• Ghibli Brushes Mentioned

• Grungy Traditional Brushes

• My Top 5 CLIP STUDIO PAINT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/53979567 

• Top 5 PROCREATE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54091665 

• Top 12 PHOTOSHOP: https://gum.co/top12brushes All PHOTOSHOP: https://gum.co/eVgO  
  
  🔸Past Tutorials Related to this Topic🔸

  

• My Favorite Beginner Friendly Drawing Exercises 

• How to effectively practice drawing for Improvement

• Layers Workflow for Beginners 

• Building up a Drawing from Simple to Complex

• How to Draw BEAUTIFUL Lineart (new and updated!)

• Sketching like a Sculptor

• Drawing Poses Tutorial 

• Dynamic Poses Tutorial

• How to simplify complexity

  
  
  Looking for more past tutorials?-> Tutorials Index

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