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Drawing Tips
Oct. 11th, 2009 11:56 pmDrawing is not learned overnight. It takes years and years of continued practice. I've personally been drawing ever since I had the mechanical ability to pick up a pencil and put it against paper. I've made more mistakes and more cruddy pictures than you could shake a stick at. And no matter how good I get, or how much I improve, I'm never satisfied with my ability. But being happy or proud of a picture I just finished because it was done to the best of my current skill level is absolute key to not getting discouraged.
Drawing can also can have a steep learning curve for those who didn't start early, or had stopped early and are only now picking it up again. For some, classes work, for others, classes are a disaster that could kill a person's desire to create art. Either due to clashing methods, or clashing people. A good artist does not always a teacher make. Hence why I titled this the way I did, I'm just giving a few pointers that have worked for me. Insights that help put the image in your head, onto the paper. This is not a how-to, because I can garentee that no two people create art the same.
( The Human Head/Emotions )
Now for my life news. I can now cross -Getting sandblasted in the snow- off my lifelong to do list. During an unplanned trip to the Sleeping Bear Dunes, a storm came off Lake Michigan and was so brutal that you could lean backwards 15-25 degrees and have the wind support you. And I say backwards, because facing forwards was not an option thanks to the sand. I'm just thankful that with my cold I had tissues in my pocket, so I was able to use them as a makeshift breathing mask. All in all, it was kinda fun save for the bruised knees and inability to breathe parts.
Drawing can also can have a steep learning curve for those who didn't start early, or had stopped early and are only now picking it up again. For some, classes work, for others, classes are a disaster that could kill a person's desire to create art. Either due to clashing methods, or clashing people. A good artist does not always a teacher make. Hence why I titled this the way I did, I'm just giving a few pointers that have worked for me. Insights that help put the image in your head, onto the paper. This is not a how-to, because I can garentee that no two people create art the same.
( The Human Head/Emotions )
Now for my life news. I can now cross -Getting sandblasted in the snow- off my lifelong to do list. During an unplanned trip to the Sleeping Bear Dunes, a storm came off Lake Michigan and was so brutal that you could lean backwards 15-25 degrees and have the wind support you. And I say backwards, because facing forwards was not an option thanks to the sand. I'm just thankful that with my cold I had tissues in my pocket, so I was able to use them as a makeshift breathing mask. All in all, it was kinda fun save for the bruised knees and inability to breathe parts.
