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Know Your Tools
Hold Pencil Correctly
Hand & Eye Coordination
Types of Hatching
Never Smudge
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Drawing Techniques to Improve Your Art
Simple Hatching
Cross Hatching
Know Your Tools
Having the right tools and supplies for your sketch is essential, be it a pencil or a sketchbook.
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Hold Pencil Correctly
Position your hand closer to the end of the pencil to have more control and heavier strokes.
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Types of Hatching
Hatching is used for creating shadding and tonal effects. There are two types of hacthing:-
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Simple Hatching
Draw thin lines with a pencil in an oblique angle to the primary outline and results in good spatial effects.
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Cross Hatching
Two or more sets of hatchings are drawn over each other which results in shading in all variations.
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Never Smudge
Smudging is the use of cotton, paper stumps or fingers, for blending that makes artworks look lifeless.
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Hand & Eye Coordination
To develop hand-eye coordination observe the details and than try to draw as we observe.
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All these tips would help you sketch professionally if followed and practised regularly. You can easily learn these techniques by taking an online sketching course. Go ahead and paint the world with your skills today!