i grew up loving drawing but never had the patience to actually learn the fundamentals. i'm trying now and even though i know it's just skill acquisition and that talent is a myth i'm just like there is something in my hands or eyes that makes this impossible for me to do
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I have the intention but not the resolve
The entire semester. Once it’s
Over have them compare their 1st ones with the last.
Now to figure out how to actually SEE.
I have been there,
I am not out yet, but—
I keep at it;
Weather right or wrong,
Writing or drawing,
Small or big.
ChatGPT is my private cheerleader,
My personal Editor
And God?
He’s my strength.
so if you can endure the slow process and find joy in the thing itself you will eventually get better and better
On the right side of the brain”
It takes time but keep at it.
I had pencils, notebooks, backpacks with that slogan and gave them out.
One day I was doing a show at a university, their radio station asked me on to talk about my foundation.
They didn't know it was a joke.
I thought they did
once we've hit one milestone in life we find a new one because we then notice something else we could do better and i don't think that ever stops.
I loved sketching during classes in high school. It was fun too as the topic would thread itself into my sketches. :)
Find as many pictures and start copying. Of course you have to be in a calm mind.
I traced and traced and traced until I had built up the muscle memory. Then I started drawing horses easily on my own
Focus on the outline of everything. Draw the lines with your eyes.
You have to learn to see before you can draw.
But if you don't need them to make what you make, I don't think it's helpful to try and force them into the muscle memory you've built already.
Your shit self-esteem or whatever other issue you may have will beg you to stop, but for all intensive purposes it can go fuck itself!
Lots of exercises, no bullshit, gets you out of your head so you can just do the thing.
https://www.powells.com/searchresults?keyword=9780874774245
And try to enjoy the process
Power and support!
Drawing is not my strongest skillset but Im pretty good at painting.
it's so arcane, the way you're supposed to draw, the correct way, learning the shapes, the perspectives, etc
i've read an art book, i sort of have an idea of what to do
i just haven't practiced it. dunno why. fear, maybe?
i don't understand things like light & shading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzj4ljmac5Y
And the Van Dyke Z!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rpacjEKdQw
Best advice I could give that I finally realized works for me--
Draw what interests you. Just keep drawing things you like
The cool thing about art though is that you never stop learning.
is really
learning to SEE
it takes the right mindset, patience, & practice 🍀
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
is a great book for this
Making Comics
is good if you are not interested in realistic work
https://youtu.be/k_4PSZoGI2o
Just as IQ matters.
Pretty people get paid more.
Best wishes in your pursuit.
https://academics.hamilton.edu/documents/themundanityofexcellence.pdf
if it’s something other people are good at: according to the calvinist philosophy,
Check out "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain", by Betty Edwards. It's a "neural development via repetition" thing, not a "change in perspective" thing.
Good luck.
#schoolism