When major artists failed with pencil drawing, they switch themselves to paint with colors, and when they realized that in painting also they find the same basic drawing problems, which give them some excuses to avoid touching the same subject.

If you are one among them, I suggest you to overcome this problem for once and for all.

1. Success always comes with those who take the trouble to face the problem and keep trying it till they reach the target.

2. Your drawing skills will never improve unless and until you do not practise again and again.

3. Once you succeed in drawing, then question arises about choosing a subject to draw, e.g.:

a. Facing problem in drawing real still pictures using pencil. When they get tired in getting the result, they term it to abstract drawing.

b. Disadvantage: But the actual fact is drawing real still picture is much better than symbol/icon drawings. Again you are stuck in the start, the basic level of drawing, and will keep facing it again and again.

4. Advantage: You understand the basic problems you faced with pencil drawing, which is helping u to overcome your mistakes, which will indeed help you in colors, which are relevant to nature.

5. The best and the foremost problem you will be solving is control. Artists cannot draw what they want to draw due to lack of controlling drawing tools.

6. You understand the techniques requirement in pencil drawing, like:

a. Sharp pencil shading

b. Holding of pencil in different ways

c. Pressure to apply while drawing.

7. You require much patient, and learn to draw with pencil before you step to another section. This will help you to solve your problem in basic pencil drawing farther most in painting. That is how pencil drawing helps you in developing skills and creativity.