Black and White Drawings

Black and white drawings are very attractive to a lot of people. This whole site is based on pencil drawings for that very reason.

Plus, if you are learning to draw, pencil is the most recommended medium for you to start with.

There is no real point venturing onto other mediums until you know how to draw.

Learning to draw in pencil gives a good, solid background for you to succeed as an artist.

Don't get me wrong, there are good artists who do watercolors or other mediums, and they'll honestly admit they can't draw.

Personally, I wouldn't like the feeling. Knowing the basics of drawing gives you a good footing into other areas of art.

If you use a color picture or photo to copy from, a good way to identify all the different shades of gray is to change your picture to grayscale (black and white).

Are you ready to go?

Here's what you need to do:

1. Scan and save your picture or photo to your computer.
   
   
2. Use your image program to convert it to black and white. There are some good free image programs available on the internet.
   
   
3. Select your color picture and then click on "Convert to grayscale" and it's done. Magic.
   
   

When you change your picture to black and white, you will see what different shades of gray your drawing needs to contain. You can also see light and shadow, start with the lightest and work your way up to dark.

There you go, now you have the cheater's guide to easy black and white drawings!

Pick up a pencil today and start doing some easy sketches.

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