Sketches of Cars - How Easy it Can Be

Have you always wanted to do your own sketches of cars? Have you looked at other sketches and wished you could draw like that?

You have this desire to do car drawings and you just don't know where to begin, right?

Well, I can help you with your troubles.

When you are learning to draw cars, forget two dimension and three dimension. Concentrate on learning to draw the car first. All learning has to be done progressively.

The best way to take proportional drawing out of the equation is to sketch a side-on view of a car.

If you're not comfortable sitting out in the open drawing a real car, get yourself a good clear photo or picture to copy from. It must be side-on view only. This is the easiest possible way to draw a car.

Are you thinking "But I can't really draw?" That's not true, you can draw if you set your mind to it. If you have the desire to draw, you will be able to draw.

Do you remember learning how to write at school? Did you know that letters of our alphabet were originally pictures or symbols? Well, they were and when you were learning how to write, you were also learning how to draw. Unfortunately, most of us stopped once we knew how to write each letter.

To do sketches of cars, you only need to remember to take one step at a time. By removing proportions and dimensions, you are simplifying the task at hand.

Let's say you are copying from a picture. You need to break it down into these 4 do-able parts.

1. Draw a border on your paper, to match the same dimensions as the picture.

2. Next, use your pencil (instead of a ruler) to measure the bonnet - mark the points on your paper in the same position where the bonnet lies in your picture. Make these marks to be little strokes that you can see.

3. Now measure the roof of the car with your pencil and mark that point on your paper. That is, from the end of the bonnet to the end of the roof.

4. Measure and mark from the end of the roof to the end of the boot.

By doing this small exercise, you are removing a lot of pain just to get the size right. This isn't cheating, you still have to draw the car! But, it's giving you a good head start by marking the size of the car on your paper. If you want to, you can do all of the points around the whole car, including the distance from the car to the ground.

Now you can have a go at copying the car to the best of your ability. All you need to do is look closely at your subject and sketch the car as you see it. Those little marks have come in very handy, haven't they?

This action will cut your work in half and I think you will have a decent car sketch sitting right in front of you. Yes, you drew that!

The important thing, when you are learning how to do sketches of cars, is to make the task as easy as you possibly can. Everyone learns how to draw simply by taking tiny steps.

I am learning to draw, just like you. I like to pass on any drawing tips that I liked and used, to make drawing easy for you. It really is a worthwhile hobby and I want to share it with the world.

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If you want to see some of my car sketches, visit http://www.allaboutdrawings.com/car-drawings.html.

Author Kerry Godsall is the webmaster at allaboutdrawings.com where you'll find plenty of easy pencil drawings to copy. If you want more ideas and drawing tips, you can have access to these when you sign up for the free newsletter at http://www.allaboutdrawings.com/sketchy-news.html.

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