LEARN HOW TO DRAW WHAT YOU SEE WITH OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING TECHNIQUES / METHODS : ART TUTORIALS & LESSONS

Learn How to See and Draw The Shapes of Things and Figures

Learn How to Draw Objects and Figures That You See by Drawing the Shapes of Things with the Following Techniques Lessons for Kids and Beginners

Why Objects and Figues Appear Different from Different Angles

Drawing what you see is a difficult thing to do when the facts don't match up with the appearance of the object. Learn techniques to draw what you see with confidence.

Vision in Drawing

When drawing, there is a visual perception, which is concerned with the visual aspects of objects as they appear on the retina, the arrangement of colors and shapes. This article discusses this.

How to Draw What you See: Techniques and Tips to Improve your Drawing Skills

This article contains step-by-step images of the process I use to create realistic looking drawings, as well as tips I’ve picked up over the years which anyone can use to improve their drawing skills.

How to Draw What You See

Have you ever wanted to capture a beautiful scene or object without simply taking a picture of it? You could sit down and quickly sketch what you see!

Helping Children Learn How to Learn How to Draw

Viewfinders can simplify the task by isolating the important part of the subject being observed. They are learning how to learn how to draw.

Modes of Thinking About What You See and How You Draw It

Would you say that you're better at math than drawing? This is because you're more comfortable with the logical, step by step, time centered, areas of your mind. Every normal human being has two modes of thinking: The logical, symbol mode and the visual, artistic mode.

Observation Drawing

Practice observation drawing because children who gain drawing confidence through observation practice will less likely have the crisis of confidence. A crisis of confidence about drawing tends to extend to other aspects of art and is very common among children and adults in our society.

Observational Drawing Project

"Drawing is, primarily, to look with the eyes, to observe, to discover. Drawing is learning how to see..."

"The Five Skills of Drawing - And None of Them Have Anything to Do with Drawing"

What drawing does require is the ability to switch from left-brain or "L-Mode" functions like language, counting, logic, and the ability to abstract, etc., to right-brain, "R-mode" or Artist's Mode skills - these are the nonverbal, intuitive, spatially oriented, gestalt-like, in-the-moment" skills.

Drawing What You See and Not What You Know : A Question Answered by Artists on Flickr - how do you make it easier to draw what you see? just curious--sometimes i draw things flipped--for instance an object on the right would go on the left--and that helps a bit.