In this tutorial a still life serves us as an example. The first step on the way to a finished drawing is to create a simple sketch. In doing so, you first define the area that the motif will occupy on the drawing paper. This prevents you from reaching the limits of the paper.

Now, one roughly sketches the most important elements of the picture within this workspace. When you draw the first sketching, it is already about defining the correct proportions of the subject. One can work out various methods, which facilitate the drawing with appropriate proportions. Such methods are for example the grid method, the construction with simple geometric bodies or the drawing with free orientation lines.