My Art Grades Are Bad and Might Affect My Entrance Exams... What are the Tips to Get Better at Drawing? | Tamahiyo
Summary
This article addresses parental concerns about poor art grades potentially affecting high school entrance exam results by providing concrete tips for improving drawing skills. Advice gathered from online forums suggests that for drawing (dessin), using a scale method to divide paper into 16 sections and drawing with 10 levels of shading helps create a three-dimensional look. Accurately depicting shadows based on the light source is also key. While spatial awareness is important and can be learned at art schools, easier methods include tracing favorite manga to grasp line quality intuitively, or starting with beginner-friendly instructional books like "Hetappi-san no Tame no Okakikyuu" for self-study.
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