Tutorial?

[sigune]

pennswoods left me a comment at Artistic Alley in which she suggested that I write an art tutorial sometime. Now, I'm not sure I should be tutoring anyone about anything art-related, seeing as my methods aren't really based on any expert knowledge or skill; but if some of you think I could be of any help somehow, I could give the idea some thought. Hence, a poll! ;)

[Poll #913093]

Comments

[veradee.livejournal.com]

I've never been such a good painter anyway, but my main problem always is that I never know how to fix on paper what I imagine in my head. I once bought a book on how to draw, and I actually understood some of the theory, like drawing / colouring in layers so that some areas appear darker than others. But of course they assume that you managed to draw a reasonable outline for a drawing in the first place.

[sigune.livejournal.com]

I have to confess that I sometimes wonder whether 'real' artists do manage to reproduce the picture as they saw it in their head, because I know I hardly ever do. If I'm lucky, I end up with something else that looks okay - but it's rarely the thing that I imagined it would be.

I feel ambiguous about "how to" books. I keep buying them because I feel the need to know how things work, but in the end I tend stubbornly to go my own way. That probably shows ;).

[veradee.livejournal.com]

The last time I drew a picture, the book actually helped a bit, because before I didn't know that it is common to create smaller white areas with an eraser. I always assumed one would leave the areas white in the first place.