The Beginner's Fix-It Kit

A drawing looks wrong, and you can't tell why. This short printable guide shows you.

The Beginner's Fix-It Kit covers the mistakes almost every beginner makes. Each one is shown side by side: the drawing that went wrong, and the same drawing done right. Then three simple fixes, and a small exercise to try it yourself.

What's inside (19 pages):

• 8 habits that spoil a drawing — pressing too hard, wobbly lines, starting with the outline, drawing the symbol instead of what you see, proportions that drift, afraid of the dark, smudging, too much detail too soon.
• Subject by subject — two common mistakes each for volumes, trees, flowers, water and landscape, with the page of your book to practise the fix.
• Before you start — the only tools you need, and three small habits that save a drawing.
• Quick checks — four simple ways to find what's wrong in any drawing.

Made to sit next to The Slow Pencil drawing books: draw a page, and if something looks off, find it here.

Instant digital download (PDF). Nothing is shipped. Print at home on A4 or US Letter (choose "Fit to page").