Reddit mentions of Drawing: For the Artistically Undiscovered (Klutz)

I love that drawing style though. One of my high school teacher had a drawing book by Quentin blake and it was the best thing. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Drawing-Artistically-Undiscovered-Klutz-Quentin/dp/1570543208)

I dont want to ruin it for myself.

They're great! And I can see the resemblance in the OP. This is the book, if you're interested: https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Artistically-Undiscovered-John-Cassidy/dp/1570543208

I have this book which is really good, and this one which is also good.

Quentin Blake also has this website I just discovered which gives tips on how he draws.

Hope this helps and keep posting, I like your stuff.

Edit sorry that first link isn’t working by the looks. It’s Illustrating Children's Books: Creating Pictures for Publication by Martin Salisbury.

Try different types of paper, I love how Nicolas Marlet draws on darker backgrounds. Play with more white and different white colored pencils, for those highlights (instead of relying on the white of the paper) white pencils
You can get blending sticks with different thickness, for blending small or larger areas. blending
There are artist gloves, I like to use these because I’m lazy and don’t like to pick up my hand off the paper, and I don’t like my art smudging where I want those sharp crisp edges.
Blacks, blacks, blacks, I love blacks, use different ranges. Go darker, go lighter.
Search for how to protect your drawings, you can spray fixative on them.
This piece looks like you have skill. Don’t sell yourself short as an artist, have confidence. Not everyone has the same taste, if someone doesn’t like something just listen to learn, respect their time to give you a critique. Number one rule - don’t take any bad critiques personally, everyone is different you don't need to change if that is your thing and you like it. Pick up Quentin Blake’s Drawing for the Artistically Undiscovered book. He has such a joy for art and the pencils are great. My favorite part is his On Misteakes section. He writes, “We don’t believe in them. You’ll note, in fact, that the erasers have all been painstakingly removed from our pencils. We did this ourselves, by hand, at our eraser-removal plant because you won’t (can’t) make any mistakes in drawing with these particular pencils. This is not to say you won’t get some drawings that succeed more than others. That’s our next point.” book

Interesting! Thanks for the reply :) One of my favourite books for starting out with drawing is 'Drawing for the artistically undiscovered' which is also aimed at children (age 7-9) - so I'm certainly not against children's books!

This! Drawing with the Right Side is a fantastic book and will really let you develop a method and the technique to accurately draw things. I wholeheartedly recommend this book, but there's something I recommend even more: drawing. Just draw a ton and draw some more, draw whatever you want. It doesn't need to be great. If this sounds hard to you, try Quentin Blake's book. It's really great for just getting out there and drawing.

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is a fantastic book if you want to draw a picture of the mug on your desk or your mother or something, which is a hard skill to learn, but isn't everything that drawing is. I really recommend also getting Quentin Blake's book and pushing yourself and your boundaries with it. It focuses on making you feel like it's OK to mess up, to try new things, and forces you to create.