Basic Drawing Shapes
Using basic shapes will help you create
drawings. Break down the object that
you are trying to draw into basic
shapes.
Since, these basic shapes will serve as
your outline; do not make these basic
shapes dark.
Making the outline light will make it
easier to erase it. Sometimes, you do
not even have to erase it if it is too light!
Once you have drawn the basic shapes,
do not closely follow the basic shapes.
If you draw following the basic shape
down to the last detail, your drawing
will look very rigid and amateurish.
Remember that the outline is not the
product of the drawing; it is there to
guide you to draw the object in a more
precise.
You can deviate a little from your
outline. Here are drawings using the
basic shapes of a rectangle, trapezoid
and circles.
Car closely following the basic outlineCar that did not follow the basic outlineCar that did not follow the basic outline