I have to give much of the credit for my drawing skills to one book. I spent a few years trying to learn to paint with oil, when I finally realized I could not draw . How can you paint if you cant draw?
I found a book called "Drawing on the right side of your brain" by Betty Edwards. It teaches you, in order to draw you first have to learn how to see, to really see what you are looking at. The rest is just training your hand to output what your eyes see.
I cant recommend the book enough. Anyone can vastly improve their drawing skills with this book, and every public library Ive ever checked had at least 3 or 4 copies.
the drawing below is an ink copy of a drawing I saw in another book. One of the best ways to improve your skills is to copy great work done by someone else (copying the masters) It took me about three evenings.
