Errm. I would suggest finding inspiration first, if that's what you meant about how to get started. Go to the park, listen to music, people watch, watch movies, etc. Etc finding inspiration will move you into an artistic mood if you have need a little assistance.
You don't always need a pencil, for some it'll be clay or play-doh, others have their voice, and by that I mean singing but also oral poetry and stories...
And don't be afraid, everyone starts awful, the point is to have fun and the muse will visit you...or you know you'll simply get more skilled.
Find the medium that moves you, or the one that interests you, or just the one that is most practical for you if you don’t already know what kind of “art” you want to make. Let’s assume by this meme it is drawing. You could take classes, watch YouTube videos... etc. etc. but one old timer way to start is copy things. Don’t trace them- pick something you like or just whatever you have. My grandfather learned to draw by sitting there with baseball cards. He’d try to copy the card exactly on paper. Practicing until he got it to look as close as possible to the card.
I liked illustration- so on his advice I’d take whatever it was, a poster, card, a book... that had a look that I liked. I’d copy it. Like many- I’d learn to draw my favorite characters- and I knew my version didn’t look the way the original did. So I’d look at what was different and work on that. Then you can get more creative. Maybe you want to show your favorite characters in a pose or scene you thought up? Maybe you want to take the costume of one or the hair color etc, or you think it would look better/cuter/etc if you made a change? Maybe you decide to draw yourself as a character in your favorite world with your favorite characters....
And as you get better, you start being able to make up your own original characters. You start to find your own style. It’s really a lot of practice- but imperfect practice doesn’t make perfect. Without a guide or teacher- using a reference helps a lot- especially a drawn reference so you can compare and better understand- but I’d read books on art and buy books of art and get ideas on what to do and how to do it.
Where you go, the rules you break or maybe even new rules you make as you find the way YOU want to draw- is up to you. There are many paths- and most of the time the “best” path for even a single person to learn- isn’t the same if you’re trying to learn to do photorealistic as it is if you’re learning to to some other style. You try things and practice- find what you like, where your strengths are, and develop a style.
One word of specific advice I have- and others may disagree which is fine, you have to do what is best for you. For me: I recommend not spending lots of money on nice paper or pencils, pens, color pencils, markers, airbrushes, shade sheets, etc etc. to start out. These things are all VERY nice to have. They make drawing more pleasant and can really enhance your results.
But starting out- you don’t have the skill to use them. You’re best suited focusing on your fundamentals. It doesn’t matter that your pencil can’t produce hair thin lines consistently or doesn’t respond to the tiniest changes in pressure- if you can’t consistently make those lines or tiny changes in pressure. If you ant make perfect circles or straight lines, keep even pressure or even know where and when to use these things- the tools aren’t holding you back. If you can’t perfectly blend colors- having color tools that are shit at blending doesn’t really matter much- and...
.. as a novice you are not only much less likely to be able to make good use of the tools- you’re likely not to care for them right, use them in a “non abusive” way etc. you’re less likely to get your dollar out of them and what if you discover you’d rather paint, or that you don’t like using those elements and prefer a style where you don’t need certain things? If you find out you just like line drawings or drafting- your expensive color tools become almost useful no?
But being honest- you will likely need lots of time and practice to start making objectively amazing art- art that is more than a great effort and appreciable- but the worst of art people would buy and put up in their homes. So instead of spending hundreds or thousands of hours making $10+ a pop in supplies drawings that are good improvements but not worth $10- just draw. Whatever paper. Whatever decent enough pens or pencils. It’s much easier to try new things and to create and create all day- when you aren’t spending so much money on every attempt and experiment.
I'm more than happy to sit and draw for hours if I'm in the right mood and can find the inspiration.
Sometimes I'll spend 7+ hours on one thing, and other times I'll tire of it after a few minutes.
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The joy all drains out when someone else wants me to do something though, and sometimes that includes myself when I set goals.
Maybe think of something to draw first? And the picture that you are planning to draw in your head, and keep adding as you go..? but I don’t know anything about art clearly going by my username. Lol.
And don't be afraid, everyone starts awful, the point is to have fun and the muse will visit you...or you know you'll simply get more skilled.
Sometimes I'll spend 7+ hours on one thing, and other times I'll tire of it after a few minutes.
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The joy all drains out when someone else wants me to do something though, and sometimes that includes myself when I set goals.