Learning to draw

[MKR]

Hi i am learning to draw. i can draw pretty good but i am looking to learn this.
Like if i gave a picture of a girl to and artist and say draw her but doing this.
How would you get it to look like her? I wanna know what this is called to find books and tutorials and stuff to learn this.
Can ya'll help?

One of the biggest parts of it is learning why things are the way they are:
Why do body parts appear where they are?
Why do people and things move in particular ways?
Why do shadows look like they do?

90% of learning to draw is observing how things are put together (anatomy), and how light works when applied to a form (lighting). The other 10% is copying it creatively.

I would start by googling Andrew Loomis and grabbing some of his books. He really did a good job of putting the techniques needed to draw in to words.

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