How to turn any drawing into a professional looking drawing - Part 2

Any good books that you read lately that describes lots of interesting details? Again, it's details that make the stories exciting. It's the little details that make the movies look more real.

Why?

Because details are pleasing to the eyes. They provide more information, and give the eyes lots of opportunities to follow them and appreciate them.

As human beings, we just love details.

So when you are drawing, if you decide to include any form of details in your drawing, remember that you're giving others a treat. How much details you decide to include in your drawing says a lot about your generosity. I.e. how much do you want to treat others?

The underlying message that you're sending is, "How generous are you?" Just don't overdo it (remember overkill and balance?).

On paper, it's easy to talk about detail as if it's the most natural thing to do. In reality, many art students find working with details difficult. As a result, they either give up trying to include details, or they mess up a potentially top class drawing.

Now I honestly think that most of us are inherently generous. So I don't think there's anyone out there who deliberately wants to be stingy about treating their friends.

There could only be two things that are stopping them from including details in their drawings. One, the lack of time and two, the lack of ability.

I know there are drawings or paintings that are meant to be viewed at a distance, and therefore, a lot of details are deliberately left out. Even then, it's still possible to treat the audience to a visual feast of broad brush details. But that's not the point.