THE #1 Tip to Improve Your Drawing Skills

THE #1 tip to improve your drawing skills is probably not the one you want to hear. In all honesty, there are lots of really great tips. A few years back, I wrote a post about the five (plus one bonus) most popular tips from professional artists to improve drawing skills.

The tips covered in that post are:

1. Draw every day
2. Educate yourself (on subject matter, ie. Animals, anatomy, vehicles, etc.)
3. Observe intently (How Artists See)
4. Watch how-to videos and practice along
5. Draw in a method or style you’re not used to
6. Try drawing objects you’re not used to

But #1 is THE #1 tip that beats all, hands down.

For this post, we’ll focus on #1. Draw every day.

This is where it gets serious. This is where you, the artist, makes a commitment to draw every day. Whatever you want to be, you have to do that thing every day. Whatever skill you’re trying to improve, you have to work at it daily. If you’re trying to improve your drawing skills…guess what? You have to draw daily (or as absolutely close to daily as you can).

Start off by committing to a 15 minute sketch a day for a month. 15 minutes out of your whole day is nothing and a month goes by quickly. But we’re talking real drawing here, not doodles. I’m talking practice. And I mean serious practice.