Use a 2B pencil to draw. I personally like to draw with an even softer pencil like 4B or 6B. And don't use your eraser continuesly if you draw 1 line crooked. At best, just throw away your eraser. You'll learn from your mistakes. When you draw, always try to draw it several times.
Start of with drawing cubes, circles cones, etc. Then start with drawing objects(cubes, cilincers, etc) in perspective with 1 visual angle. after that you do that with 2 visual angles. You can start off with a ruler but in the end you need to try drawing without ruler. When you understand the basics of cilinders & cubes in perspective, you can start off putting regular objects (bottles, glasses, boxes, etc) together into a nice composition. When you're done try drawing that. When you're dome you can try drawing landscapes, try not to put too many details in it.
If you managed to do all this without a ruler and not using the eraser that much. You can start off drawing humans. You 1rst need to learn how to proportion the human body into pieces. You dont need to draw all the details like muscles and hair yet. Example here. Just the puppets standing up straight in front and side. Do that till you got the hang of it. After this, try drawing a bunch of puppets in different positions or movement (running, sitting, sleeping, studying, etc.) Make sure the proportions of the body is right!
Next step are portraits. Just find a portrait in the webz and try drawing his/her face in proportion. 1 frontal and 1 to the side. You dont have to find an example to draw, you can also make one up (use your imagination, maybe you'll draw your dream girl lol). If you manage to do this you can try drawing one of your family members or some random person. Besure you draw the head in the right proportions. Example here.
There ya go, from here you should be able to do this. However, this requires some commitment to do it. If you you're starting with the feeling it will never work then of course you're going to fail. If you stick to it and discipline yourself to continue to draw over and over again then you get to pull this off. And I can guarantee you that you will enjoy drawing so much more.
I personally disagree with people saying that "drawing is something you're born with" or something similar. You can always train yourself to a certain extent to draw something nice. You just need to like drawing and get over the fact that your 1rst few drawings always suck. Just pick up a pencil and start drawing.
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