Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes Volume 1

112 Drawing Techniques

Drawing techniques vary from person to person, which is as it should be. One should feel comfortable and as free as possible while drawing. This is one case where the means is justifiable if the end is achieved. And as we all agree (I insist on it) the end is a good “storytelling drawing.” It could be though that if you’re not achieving the “end,” your means may be faulty. And if this is the case, some adjustments are in order. Most of us tend to unthinkingly fall into habit patterns (good or bad) that as soon as they take hold, seem normal. So it’s sometimes difficult to spot our own— how shall I say — shortcomings.

Technique seems to imply a surface attribute. But according to Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary the word ...