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Does tracing pictures help skills?


Question Posted Wednesday November 19 2008, 9:12 pm

Hi :) I'm a wannabee artist kindof and I heard somewhere that if you trace pictures, it can improve your drawing skills? Is this true? If not, what will improve my skills? Thanks!

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thelaura answered Friday November 21 2008, 5:15 pm:
It depends. It can help you get the different shapes of whatever you're drawing, but in the long run, I don't think it's going to help THAT much.
Practice will definitely help (duh!). Start off with simple things without much detail and try to copy them.
Try different medias, too. You might feel like you suck at drawing with pencils, but find it better to use charcoal/paints/pen/etc.
Also, they key is to just take your time. Don't rush - it spoils pictures.
Have fun!

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gateway01 answered Friday November 21 2008, 3:29 am:
tracing a picture will not improve your drawing skills, however, what will is taking pictures and redrawing them to the best of your ability. Hope I could help o^-^o

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