Troubleshooting: What's wrong with your drawing?
First of all, check out this guide to troubleshooting your drawing. You'll find some tips on getting some distance and changing the way you look at your drawing, which will help you to see the problem areas. Also check out the top 10 beginner mistakes - even if you aren't a beginner. Looking objectively at our own work can be difficult. Make sure you give yourself credit for the progress you are making, and don't be too critical. If you notice some things that need improving, that's great - you can't improve if you think you're perfect! Don't expect every work to be a masterpiece. Sometimes, you need to leave a drawing alone and move on to the next one, taking whatever lessons you've learned from one and applying them from the beginning of the next drawing.
Don't be afraid to ask for help. It takes just a few moments to join the the drawing forum - and of course, it's totally free - and you'll find the members friendly and helpful. You can post your drawings and ask for advice, and share your ideas with other artists.
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One of the biggest mistakes I often make is to begin a drawing too quickly, in other words being inpatient for the end result.
Oh yes, I lose patience too.
It depends on the work though: I enjoy working on big, vigorous artwork with lots of interesting marks. Photorealism isn’t really my thing, and I tend to get quite bored with a lot of small detail.
My trouble with my drawings i have is: making the type of dresses i want to make by not really knowing what or where to put the extra detail i have for it. Another is that when i’m having trouble with drawing regular clothes like shirts and pants, i have the designs i want on them and the patterns most of the time but i need help on organizing them and making it better or just adding details.
Myeesha, do you use any sort of model or example? It might be helpful to have photos of models wearing similar outfits so you can see how detail is located.
Foreshortening and perspective can be a real problem when drawing patterns. You could try drawing a sample of your pattern and printing it off, then folding and curling the paper to mimic the fabric folds. That would let you see how the design would ‘wrap’ around the garment.