Practice drawing basic lines and curves. If you're just learning to draw, start by dragging the pencil over the page in a straight line. It’s harder than it looks! Practice holding your hand at different angles to see what feels best. Normally, it is easier to draw a straight line when you use your whole arm, not just the wrist. Once you feel comfortable drawing a straight line, practice rotating your wrist as you draw to create a curve.

Create a sense of depth by shading in a shape. Draw a simple shape, like a circle, and add an imaginary light source to your page. Use a pencil to lightly shade in the areas farthest from your light source, while leaving the area closest to the light source unshaded. Keep building up the shading until you have a gentle fade running from the darkest parts of the object to the lightest area which is closest to the light source.

Show an object's dimension by learning perspective. To start practicing perspective, draw a horizontal line across your paper to represent the horizon. Make a small dot on the line. This will be your vanishing point. Next, draw two lines that meet at the vanishing point and stretch down toward the bottom of your paper. This can represent a road or a stream. The widest part of the path, near the bottom of the page, will seem closest to you, while the vanishing point will seem to be very far away.