Drawing From Photos or Not?

Drawing Pencil Sketches

If you love painting from a photo which is often more simple than drawing from life, your drawing can be a bit lifeless unless you stretch your imagination a bit.

As we're all artistss, do we not then have the ok to be fresh with our drawings in any way we like? Can't we devise great art by using our imagination instead of being robotic? Sure we can, mainly from real life or from photos, and there have been many high-quality artists who have created directly from snapshots.

You have the right and choice to go along with your imagination by using solid reasoning and your own experiece. Pencil sketching from a photo is a great place to start off learning all about how to use a pencil, how to shade and other  things like what to draw on, type of paper etc

Drawing from a photo makes us use our minds on what to draw and what to draw on, how strong or weak the lines have to be or where the shading should be placed. It's our choice.

Actually, if you are a cartoonist and like to overstate the features, play down other characteristics with the idea to make it three dimensional, then use a photo? It's great for doing caricatures and cartoons.

With a little experience under your belt, you will be able to create your sketch from a photo exactly as you want it to be. The key is to work out what is best for you and that comes with a little practice.

It is not a good idea to trace the photo as that really makes it look wooden and unnatural. The best drawings are always done freehanded with no aids at all and that gives it YOUR own unique handwriting.