Overview
Start Here: Draw gives you exciting prompts for kickstarting an artistic practice centered on drawing. By exploring how simple motifs, such as lines or circles, can be repeated to draw more intricate images and patterns, Start Here: Draw builds up your understanding of shape, color, and technique without the usual intimidating jargon or theory.
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- Start Here. Daily mark-making ideas, from the simplest single line to turning curves, dots, and scribbles into cute motifs designed to be drawn inĀ 30 minutes to an hour.
- Get a Sketchbook. Guidance on how you can get the most out of your sketchbook and inspiration to help you keep it up.
- Practice Makes Perfect. Using these prompts as an inspiring starting point, have fun experimenting with different techniques and developing your own style.
- Make It Your Own. From patternmaking with stylized motifs to more realistic sketches, this section helps you develop your own creative approach by interpreting the prompts in your own way or by copying them using a different medium.
- Stuff. Here are a few essential pieces of equipment youāll need, or what you could add to your kit. Includes plenty of ideas of what to do with your finished work, from making T-shirts and mugs to curating your own āpin itā library of pieces youāre proud of.
With Start Here: Draw as your bright and beautiful creative companion, youāll learn how to draw and never want to stop.
Start Here: Draw is a companion title to Start Here: Paint, which guides you through the basics of painting, including color mixing, value, and shadow, and using ink, watercolor, and acrylic.
This book title, Start Here: Draw (50 Ways To Be an Artist Without Trying), ISBN: 9780760390252, by Moira Clinch, published by Quarry Books (June 4, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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