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Learn How To Draw Using The POSI Formula

By: R. Schmidt

Among the most important things to learn when learning to draw is understanding the process almost every artist uses to fill a blank sheet of paper with more and more lines till she completed the drawing. Although seemingly complicated this process consists of several separate and simple tasks.

Most creative persons pursue intuitively these separate tasks stepwise in the right order. Unluckily while starting to learn drawing, you lack the experience to adopt this strategy by instinct. But instead of waiting for the essential experience, you should use the following shortcut.

I created a system around this formula most artists understand and stick with intuitively. It consists of four steps: Placement, Outlines, Shapes, Illumination. These four steps are quite simple and pursue the proven forumla to make a drawing. I abbreviated this formula P-O-S-I - a POSItive way to learn drawing.

So let's get started:

1. Placing the objects in your drawing

This makes up the opening move. Have a look at the whole scenery, identify the individual objects in the scenery and seek to understand it. Focus on the individual objects' placements and their position relative to one another. Finally if you think your apprehension of the scenery is good enough, mark on your sheet where you want to place the individual objects.
Try to be as accurate as possible unless you possess some competence in the art of pictorial composition. Advanced artists know how to alter the scenery for a stronger expression without disturbing realism at the same time.

2. Drawing Outlines of the individual objects

Now you know where to lay out the objects it is time to sketch them as mere outlines. Look carefully at every part of the scenery and try to understand its outline and shape. Then draw its outline - only the silhouette - in a couple of light lines. Limit yourself to the outer lines of each object. Replicat this step for every element in the scenery. Ideally you start with objects in the background and move on to the foreground areas.
After finishing the sketch of the whole scenery this way, it is time to have a concluding judging look (but not overly judging although!). In this stage it is still easy to shift any element or to correct some lines. But do not be excessively critical and keep in mind: every great drawing lives thanks to slight deviations from reality.

3. Draw the Shape of the individual objects

Now it is time to focus our attention to the objects' anatomies. Start adding the inner structures of the scenery's parts with few and fine lines. Place strokes in the proper directions to follow and form the shape of the parts of every element.
For arced objects use curving lines and in plane sections use straight lines. But still restrict you to only some and light lines. Just try to catch the contours properly. As there are still only fine and faint lines on the sheet you still have the opportunity to correct some lines.
In the end your drawing has gained a more substantial perspective and depth impression. Time to fill the white spaces and perfect your drawing!

4. Illuminate your Drawing

Until now we only worked on laying out the scenery utilizing light lines. Forming the outlines and contours of all objects in the scenery we produced a line drawing that portrays the scenerys lookout reliably.
But for producing realism something is lacking: texture, light and shadow. In that last step we will fill out these elements that give volume and depth to our drawing and ultimately make it seem naturalistic. So in this step our opportunities for completing a outstanding drawing are great but as well is the risk of damaging it beyond fix.
What to do? Once again look carefully at every part of the scenery. Notice how light, shadow and the different surfaces are forming the textures and what the colors look like. Most crucial is the surface - as even if a surface is all one color, its structure and texture creates different shades.
The same applies to shadows. Look how the objects cast dark areas on themselves and on objects around them. Add these shadows by first drawing their countour, correcting and honing it and then filling it with darker tones.
While adding all the shades and textures to your drawing all of the time seek to work from the background to the foreground. While doing this go from lighter tones and light contrasts in the background to dark tones and contrasts in the foreground. This creates a more substantial three-dimensionality.

Congratulations! After this final step you completed your drawing. Go one step back and enjoy the result. And keep in mind: if the little critic in you awakes, store your drawing away, the more you will love it in a few months!

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This is the 3rd article of the 6 element series on drawing and how to learn drawing. Read the upcoming part of the how to draw series. Here you can also get more drawing instructions.

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