by Meaghan Louise

Created on: January 17, 2007   Last Updated: February 15, 2010

Stop talking about it and reading about it and DO IT! You gotta start somewhere. Grab a bit of paper and a pencil, a piece of chalk and some cement or if you're not afraid that mother will yell at you your bedroom wall. It's all about making your mark. Even painting is a form of drawing.

You don't have to be Davinci. No one expects you to. But there is something exciting about making your mark. There are no set rules. You could do a class. There are plenty at community colleges. You could join an artists group. Or you could just get off your bum, switch off the computer, grab some paper and find a quiet(or noisy if you prefer) spot somewhere,anywhere.....and start to doodle.

Doodles are great. They free the mind. Anything goes. Try closing your eyes and just scribbling for a minute or so. Now open them and see what you can find amongst the random marks you have made. A horse? Some clouds? A clown? A scary monster?

Look at the way children draw and paint. See how proud they are of their work. You may not see anything amongest that pile of brown paint squiggles....but they do.Put down what you see and what you feel. Don't worry about trying to make it look the way you think the rest of the world would want it to look. If a four year old can do it so can you. You know what it is.

And that's all that matters.

Drawing is about expression.Translating what you see and feel onto a surface. And I'm sorry, but there is no magic formulae or right way to do it....If everyone made art in the same way, how boring would this world be? How drab and dreary?

In short...you can take all the classes you like, read all the books you want.But the only way to learn is to DO IT.

So what are you waiting for? Grab some paper. Pick up that pencil and let's go....

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