If you trace the basic construction of your potential drawing then take the time to fill it in by doing the shading you are actually reducing the work load by at least half but still learning how to draw. This is not to say that you are cheating because you still have to do the shading and although the grunt work of the construction has been done easy you still have to make sure your construction of the shading is accurate. This means that you still have to do important work on your picture or drawing but with less effort. The end results are that you end up learning how to draw better producing very nice drawings that are accurate with only having to put half the work into doing it.

Just in case you need some further reassurance that it is ok to do this then take a good look around for information about how to draw. You will find much reference to using a viewing grid to help you construct your drawing and viewing grids are just a slightly more difficult way to trace pictures. Many artists world wide use viewing grids as their preferred method of doing construction drawings and what they are doing in actual fact is tracing their construction drawings by using a grid instead of using a picture to trace over.

Simple pencil drawings do exist and people do them all the time they just don’t explain how they are done because you never ask.

Simple pencil drawings do exist, yes they do, and the most difficult part of any drawing is the construction so to make it easy eliminate the construction problem. Now to be honest if you eliminate the construction process then you might be thinking there is nothing left to draw but you will only be half right because there are two parts to a drawing construction and shading.

If you trace the basic construction of your potential drawing then take the time to fill it in by doing the shading you are actually reducing the work load by at least half but still learning how to draw. This is not to say that you are cheating because you still have to do the shading and although the grunt work of the construction has been done easy you still have to make sure your construction of the shading is accurate. This means that you still have to do important work on your picture or drawing but with less effort. The end results are that you end up learning how to draw better producing very nice drawings that are accurate with only having to put half the work into doing it.

Just in case you need some further reassurance that it is ok to do this then take a good look around for information about how to draw. You will find much reference to using a viewing grid to help you construct your drawing and viewing grids are just a slightly more difficult way to trace pictures. Many artists world wide use viewing grids as their preferred method of doing construction drawings and what they are doing in actual fact is tracing their construction drawings by using a grid instead of using a picture to trace over.

Simple pencil drawings do exist and people do them all the time they just don’t explain how they are done because you never ask.