I want to learn how to draw on my own, but I don't have a foundation, where should I start?

For your case, not necessarily from the sketch to start learning, for a painting white, no systematic learning of painting knowledge, can also do a little bit of hand start. First of all, materials:

Materials: outlining pen, flat-tip pen (or round-tip pen), pencil, eraser, watercolor paint, watercolor paper (or sketch paper), palette, water, sketch paper

Related books:

Recommended by Guomei's big paradigm or Fanlin painting Both styles are very good, the latter to warm tones.

New Gouache Expression Practical Skills, by Huang Yaqi and Gong Lilong, first edition, April 1994, Liaoning Fine Arts Publishing House.

Painting color science, 2 Wen Jin Yang, Shandong People's Publishing House.

Watercolor painting tips, from scratch.

1, according to the original drawing pencil manuscript?

When drawing with pencil try to draw a little lighter, otherwise the color light some parts of the watercolor paint can not cover, affecting the overall effect.

2, according to the original drawing of the color

This time the draft paper comes in handy, if you are not sure of the color of the tone, first try the color on the draft paper. There are some professionals is to make a color card, easy to choose the color.

3, from the light color on the color

Except for the large area of the background color, are used to outline the pen on, better control of the edge part. Some watercolor paints will have water marks, if the color is not faster, it is easy to leave inappropriate traces, this time you can dip a little water on the top of the halo, the color will be more natural.

4, dip the dark pigment to dye the dark part

According to the copy of the original drawing to determine the color of the shades of the part, with dark pigments in the dark part of the color again, the edge of the edge can still be used to point a little bit of water in the top of the pen, so that it is a natural transition.