How to turn any drawing into a professional looking drawing - Part 3

My point here is that given time and ability, all artists will generously start treating their audiences with visual feasts. So let's start taking away those roadblocks that are preventing some artists from giving away better treats.

The first roadblock is time. Details can, and do take up a lot of time. The important thing here is to decide early how much details should go into a drawing, then allocate the time for it. If you don't have the time to include the details, you may want to consider re-organizing or re-composing your painting.

But some artists use a lot of time to work on the drawings but still could not bring out the level of detail that they want. This has something to do with skills.

If you've worked with a digital image before, you'll understand that every image is made up tiny little colored dots called pixels. That's how images are formed.

If you understand that, you'll know that even the smallest details can be reproduced just be creating enough pixels to form the image. You only have to figure out how to duplicate those pixels in your work.

Here's the number 1 tip that I have for you when working with details.

Always have sharp, pointed drawing tools in your arsenal of tools.

For example, if you're working with pencils, always have sharp pointed pencils that you can use for drawing details. Better still, get some mechanical pencils.

Remember, they are just dots making up the image. So essentially, we're just adding or removing the dots to create the level of detail that we want. The more control you have over your drawing tools, the better your drawing will be.

Let's say you want to remove some shades to create a white highlight. The way to do this is to pinch your kneaded eraser until there's a sharp, clear edge to work with, and use it to erase the shades. However, sometimes this action may remove TOO MUCH shades. You may then use your mechanical pencil to sharpen the area that you're working on.