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l1aexa | artfundamentals_train | 0.93 | Is it normal to feel anxiety trying to do Texture Analysis(Lesson 2)? I had been doing my best to take these lessons as often as possible, but doing Texture Analysis where I draw 3 boxes worth of textures daily for the homework stresses me out immensely and makes me anxious. It's hard to tell if I'm doing it right or not and even more so to make sure I'm getting the shadow and not the color black by accident, leading me to question "which is shadow", beating myself up mentally for getting it wrong, and getting super stressed. It also was the reason I kept away from the site/reddit in general due to fear of showing my face after the long inactivity. Is it normal to feel like that for Texture Analysis? | gjzw7gz | gjyhl08 | 1,611,182,106 | 1,611,159,930 | 11 | 9 | I get this feeling sometimes and my brain definitely likes to shut down and gets overwhelmed by the methodical way of details and the techniques. I find myself especially troubled by bark textures and grass stalks. One thing I like to think about is from the book, "Landscapes in Oil" by Ken Salaz, specifically his portions on detail and capturing what you see. He explains that while it is important to learn how to paint what we see and get the details down correctly, it will always be impossible, for us as artists, to capture it 100% perfectly. And if we were to attempt to, we will inevitably over work our pieces as well as ruin our self confidence trying to achieve the impossible. He goes on to say that if you wanted to capture a scene 100% perfectly, you should rather use a camera. He elaborates on this by explaining that artists aren't cameras but rather interpreters of the world around us, with the canvas and sketch pad being the places for our interpretations to grow off of, not as perfectly crafted recreations like photos but as unique and soulful reflections of our world through our own eyes. Another aspect that helps me is what wildlife artist, John Muir Laws often says in that detail is often like a spice, a little goes a long way. He often states in his videos and his books that details can be easily suggested and should be, especially when sketching from real life. The human brain can pick up a lot of details from just a suggestion with a couple pen strokes and that can and should be exploited to our advantage as artists. Lastly, I highly recommend (as does John Muir Laws) looking into the works of the late wildlife artist, William D. Berry. His works are the best examples of being able to create furry bear and moose from only a couple pencil strokes to suggest fur. His style is extremely interesting and realistic despite the simplicity. Good luck and I hope some of this helps :) | Absolutely normal. Please watch this video in its entirety (20min) https://youtu.be/xoY4C9dXshw | 1 | 22,176 | 1.222222 | ||
l1aexa | artfundamentals_train | 0.93 | Is it normal to feel anxiety trying to do Texture Analysis(Lesson 2)? I had been doing my best to take these lessons as often as possible, but doing Texture Analysis where I draw 3 boxes worth of textures daily for the homework stresses me out immensely and makes me anxious. It's hard to tell if I'm doing it right or not and even more so to make sure I'm getting the shadow and not the color black by accident, leading me to question "which is shadow", beating myself up mentally for getting it wrong, and getting super stressed. It also was the reason I kept away from the site/reddit in general due to fear of showing my face after the long inactivity. Is it normal to feel like that for Texture Analysis? | gjyyc8l | gjzw7gz | 1,611,167,138 | 1,611,182,106 | 9 | 11 | I've done this sort of assignment a couple of times for school, and it's given me anxiety too! I actually recently just did this last week and it took me a solid afternoon to do it. (It was grayscale only). Lots of anxiety involved. Some things worked, others simply did not. I had to stop and remind myself that this is practice, and it will get better/easier/ quicker as time goes on. | I get this feeling sometimes and my brain definitely likes to shut down and gets overwhelmed by the methodical way of details and the techniques. I find myself especially troubled by bark textures and grass stalks. One thing I like to think about is from the book, "Landscapes in Oil" by Ken Salaz, specifically his portions on detail and capturing what you see. He explains that while it is important to learn how to paint what we see and get the details down correctly, it will always be impossible, for us as artists, to capture it 100% perfectly. And if we were to attempt to, we will inevitably over work our pieces as well as ruin our self confidence trying to achieve the impossible. He goes on to say that if you wanted to capture a scene 100% perfectly, you should rather use a camera. He elaborates on this by explaining that artists aren't cameras but rather interpreters of the world around us, with the canvas and sketch pad being the places for our interpretations to grow off of, not as perfectly crafted recreations like photos but as unique and soulful reflections of our world through our own eyes. Another aspect that helps me is what wildlife artist, John Muir Laws often says in that detail is often like a spice, a little goes a long way. He often states in his videos and his books that details can be easily suggested and should be, especially when sketching from real life. The human brain can pick up a lot of details from just a suggestion with a couple pen strokes and that can and should be exploited to our advantage as artists. Lastly, I highly recommend (as does John Muir Laws) looking into the works of the late wildlife artist, William D. Berry. His works are the best examples of being able to create furry bear and moose from only a couple pencil strokes to suggest fur. His style is extremely interesting and realistic despite the simplicity. Good luck and I hope some of this helps :) | 0 | 14,968 | 1.222222 | ||
l1aexa | artfundamentals_train | 0.93 | Is it normal to feel anxiety trying to do Texture Analysis(Lesson 2)? I had been doing my best to take these lessons as often as possible, but doing Texture Analysis where I draw 3 boxes worth of textures daily for the homework stresses me out immensely and makes me anxious. It's hard to tell if I'm doing it right or not and even more so to make sure I'm getting the shadow and not the color black by accident, leading me to question "which is shadow", beating myself up mentally for getting it wrong, and getting super stressed. It also was the reason I kept away from the site/reddit in general due to fear of showing my face after the long inactivity. Is it normal to feel like that for Texture Analysis? | gjzw7gz | gjzm003 | 1,611,182,106 | 1,611,177,451 | 11 | 8 | I get this feeling sometimes and my brain definitely likes to shut down and gets overwhelmed by the methodical way of details and the techniques. I find myself especially troubled by bark textures and grass stalks. One thing I like to think about is from the book, "Landscapes in Oil" by Ken Salaz, specifically his portions on detail and capturing what you see. He explains that while it is important to learn how to paint what we see and get the details down correctly, it will always be impossible, for us as artists, to capture it 100% perfectly. And if we were to attempt to, we will inevitably over work our pieces as well as ruin our self confidence trying to achieve the impossible. He goes on to say that if you wanted to capture a scene 100% perfectly, you should rather use a camera. He elaborates on this by explaining that artists aren't cameras but rather interpreters of the world around us, with the canvas and sketch pad being the places for our interpretations to grow off of, not as perfectly crafted recreations like photos but as unique and soulful reflections of our world through our own eyes. Another aspect that helps me is what wildlife artist, John Muir Laws often says in that detail is often like a spice, a little goes a long way. He often states in his videos and his books that details can be easily suggested and should be, especially when sketching from real life. The human brain can pick up a lot of details from just a suggestion with a couple pen strokes and that can and should be exploited to our advantage as artists. Lastly, I highly recommend (as does John Muir Laws) looking into the works of the late wildlife artist, William D. Berry. His works are the best examples of being able to create furry bear and moose from only a couple pencil strokes to suggest fur. His style is extremely interesting and realistic despite the simplicity. Good luck and I hope some of this helps :) | That one was really, really hard. I found my brain telling "No way, to much information here to process, I'm shutting down now, good bye". Getting to the point where our brains deal with such complicated, irregular forms in a calm, methodical fashion is, I think, one of the key aims of this course. I am so not there yet. | 1 | 4,655 | 1.375 | ||
l1aexa | artfundamentals_train | 0.93 | Is it normal to feel anxiety trying to do Texture Analysis(Lesson 2)? I had been doing my best to take these lessons as often as possible, but doing Texture Analysis where I draw 3 boxes worth of textures daily for the homework stresses me out immensely and makes me anxious. It's hard to tell if I'm doing it right or not and even more so to make sure I'm getting the shadow and not the color black by accident, leading me to question "which is shadow", beating myself up mentally for getting it wrong, and getting super stressed. It also was the reason I kept away from the site/reddit in general due to fear of showing my face after the long inactivity. Is it normal to feel like that for Texture Analysis? | gjyqpt9 | gjzw7gz | 1,611,163,878 | 1,611,182,106 | 6 | 11 | I have drawn my entire life and still feel this way so yeah, it’s pretty normal. | I get this feeling sometimes and my brain definitely likes to shut down and gets overwhelmed by the methodical way of details and the techniques. I find myself especially troubled by bark textures and grass stalks. One thing I like to think about is from the book, "Landscapes in Oil" by Ken Salaz, specifically his portions on detail and capturing what you see. He explains that while it is important to learn how to paint what we see and get the details down correctly, it will always be impossible, for us as artists, to capture it 100% perfectly. And if we were to attempt to, we will inevitably over work our pieces as well as ruin our self confidence trying to achieve the impossible. He goes on to say that if you wanted to capture a scene 100% perfectly, you should rather use a camera. He elaborates on this by explaining that artists aren't cameras but rather interpreters of the world around us, with the canvas and sketch pad being the places for our interpretations to grow off of, not as perfectly crafted recreations like photos but as unique and soulful reflections of our world through our own eyes. Another aspect that helps me is what wildlife artist, John Muir Laws often says in that detail is often like a spice, a little goes a long way. He often states in his videos and his books that details can be easily suggested and should be, especially when sketching from real life. The human brain can pick up a lot of details from just a suggestion with a couple pen strokes and that can and should be exploited to our advantage as artists. Lastly, I highly recommend (as does John Muir Laws) looking into the works of the late wildlife artist, William D. Berry. His works are the best examples of being able to create furry bear and moose from only a couple pencil strokes to suggest fur. His style is extremely interesting and realistic despite the simplicity. Good luck and I hope some of this helps :) | 0 | 18,228 | 1.833333 | ||
l1aexa | artfundamentals_train | 0.93 | Is it normal to feel anxiety trying to do Texture Analysis(Lesson 2)? I had been doing my best to take these lessons as often as possible, but doing Texture Analysis where I draw 3 boxes worth of textures daily for the homework stresses me out immensely and makes me anxious. It's hard to tell if I'm doing it right or not and even more so to make sure I'm getting the shadow and not the color black by accident, leading me to question "which is shadow", beating myself up mentally for getting it wrong, and getting super stressed. It also was the reason I kept away from the site/reddit in general due to fear of showing my face after the long inactivity. Is it normal to feel like that for Texture Analysis? | gjyyc8l | gjyqpt9 | 1,611,167,138 | 1,611,163,878 | 9 | 6 | I've done this sort of assignment a couple of times for school, and it's given me anxiety too! I actually recently just did this last week and it took me a solid afternoon to do it. (It was grayscale only). Lots of anxiety involved. Some things worked, others simply did not. I had to stop and remind myself that this is practice, and it will get better/easier/ quicker as time goes on. | I have drawn my entire life and still feel this way so yeah, it’s pretty normal. | 1 | 3,260 | 1.5 | ||
l1aexa | artfundamentals_train | 0.93 | Is it normal to feel anxiety trying to do Texture Analysis(Lesson 2)? I had been doing my best to take these lessons as often as possible, but doing Texture Analysis where I draw 3 boxes worth of textures daily for the homework stresses me out immensely and makes me anxious. It's hard to tell if I'm doing it right or not and even more so to make sure I'm getting the shadow and not the color black by accident, leading me to question "which is shadow", beating myself up mentally for getting it wrong, and getting super stressed. It also was the reason I kept away from the site/reddit in general due to fear of showing my face after the long inactivity. Is it normal to feel like that for Texture Analysis? | gjzm003 | gjyqpt9 | 1,611,177,451 | 1,611,163,878 | 8 | 6 | That one was really, really hard. I found my brain telling "No way, to much information here to process, I'm shutting down now, good bye". Getting to the point where our brains deal with such complicated, irregular forms in a calm, methodical fashion is, I think, one of the key aims of this course. I am so not there yet. | I have drawn my entire life and still feel this way so yeah, it’s pretty normal. | 1 | 13,573 | 1.333333 | ||
l1aexa | artfundamentals_train | 0.93 | Is it normal to feel anxiety trying to do Texture Analysis(Lesson 2)? I had been doing my best to take these lessons as often as possible, but doing Texture Analysis where I draw 3 boxes worth of textures daily for the homework stresses me out immensely and makes me anxious. It's hard to tell if I'm doing it right or not and even more so to make sure I'm getting the shadow and not the color black by accident, leading me to question "which is shadow", beating myself up mentally for getting it wrong, and getting super stressed. It also was the reason I kept away from the site/reddit in general due to fear of showing my face after the long inactivity. Is it normal to feel like that for Texture Analysis? | gjyqpt9 | gk08x8j | 1,611,163,878 | 1,611,188,497 | 6 | 8 | I have drawn my entire life and still feel this way so yeah, it’s pretty normal. | Daily? Im pretty sure that you’re only supposed to do the 3 textures + texture gradients once | 0 | 24,619 | 1.333333 | ||
l1aexa | artfundamentals_train | 0.93 | Is it normal to feel anxiety trying to do Texture Analysis(Lesson 2)? I had been doing my best to take these lessons as often as possible, but doing Texture Analysis where I draw 3 boxes worth of textures daily for the homework stresses me out immensely and makes me anxious. It's hard to tell if I'm doing it right or not and even more so to make sure I'm getting the shadow and not the color black by accident, leading me to question "which is shadow", beating myself up mentally for getting it wrong, and getting super stressed. It also was the reason I kept away from the site/reddit in general due to fear of showing my face after the long inactivity. Is it normal to feel like that for Texture Analysis? | gmx0wsd | gk55go6 | 1,613,030,408 | 1,611,289,654 | 3 | 2 | The only way to starve anxiety is by letting yourself be there with it. I feel like that's a major point of Drawabox(and applies to life as well) The reason you feel anxiety doing this exercise is because you anchor yourself to the result.. The result doesn't matter, the only thing that does matter is you sitting with a page, working through. You are not being tested and you are not perfect. Obviously it will always be hard and you will always feel like you are not good enough. But that's where it comes down to you slowly letting yourself be there with shitty results, and trying your best to be okay with it. It won't take a day, or even a week, but eventually the anxious feeling will dissipate. This is a principle I got from therapy for generalized anxiety, but I can see how greatly it applies to drawing as well. Expectations are insidious. Good luck! Edit: wording | I started this course back in April and gave up during the dissections because I felt that exact way. It was giving me anxiety and I felt like I wasn’t doing it right. I started overthinking the casted shadow vs. colour and it was overall just a big headache and anxiety inducing so I kind of gave up. I drew my own stuff since then, and got into digital painting; and I realised that the 250 boxes had been super beneficial to me so I decided to come back to the course last week. I’m not experiencing this anxiety issue anymore and my textures actually look decent now that I don’t overthink it. I think taking a break made me realise that it didn’t matter if I was doing it completely right or not, it would be beneficial either way (especially after realising that everyone else, even in the examples from the course, was not just drawing strictly the casted shadows). Maybe take a break where you only draw your own stuff for fun? | 1 | 1,740,754 | 1.5 | ||
l1aexa | artfundamentals_train | 0.93 | Is it normal to feel anxiety trying to do Texture Analysis(Lesson 2)? I had been doing my best to take these lessons as often as possible, but doing Texture Analysis where I draw 3 boxes worth of textures daily for the homework stresses me out immensely and makes me anxious. It's hard to tell if I'm doing it right or not and even more so to make sure I'm getting the shadow and not the color black by accident, leading me to question "which is shadow", beating myself up mentally for getting it wrong, and getting super stressed. It also was the reason I kept away from the site/reddit in general due to fear of showing my face after the long inactivity. Is it normal to feel like that for Texture Analysis? | gmx0wsd | gk3lu9f | 1,613,030,408 | 1,611,261,014 | 3 | 1 | The only way to starve anxiety is by letting yourself be there with it. I feel like that's a major point of Drawabox(and applies to life as well) The reason you feel anxiety doing this exercise is because you anchor yourself to the result.. The result doesn't matter, the only thing that does matter is you sitting with a page, working through. You are not being tested and you are not perfect. Obviously it will always be hard and you will always feel like you are not good enough. But that's where it comes down to you slowly letting yourself be there with shitty results, and trying your best to be okay with it. It won't take a day, or even a week, but eventually the anxious feeling will dissipate. This is a principle I got from therapy for generalized anxiety, but I can see how greatly it applies to drawing as well. Expectations are insidious. Good luck! Edit: wording | Skip it and go to construction, absolutely no reason to learn texture before basic construction ESPECIALLY if it’s causing you stress and artist block. Forge your own goals. | 1 | 1,769,394 | 3 | ||
l1aexa | artfundamentals_train | 0.93 | Is it normal to feel anxiety trying to do Texture Analysis(Lesson 2)? I had been doing my best to take these lessons as often as possible, but doing Texture Analysis where I draw 3 boxes worth of textures daily for the homework stresses me out immensely and makes me anxious. It's hard to tell if I'm doing it right or not and even more so to make sure I'm getting the shadow and not the color black by accident, leading me to question "which is shadow", beating myself up mentally for getting it wrong, and getting super stressed. It also was the reason I kept away from the site/reddit in general due to fear of showing my face after the long inactivity. Is it normal to feel like that for Texture Analysis? | gk3lu9f | gk55go6 | 1,611,261,014 | 1,611,289,654 | 1 | 2 | Skip it and go to construction, absolutely no reason to learn texture before basic construction ESPECIALLY if it’s causing you stress and artist block. Forge your own goals. | I started this course back in April and gave up during the dissections because I felt that exact way. It was giving me anxiety and I felt like I wasn’t doing it right. I started overthinking the casted shadow vs. colour and it was overall just a big headache and anxiety inducing so I kind of gave up. I drew my own stuff since then, and got into digital painting; and I realised that the 250 boxes had been super beneficial to me so I decided to come back to the course last week. I’m not experiencing this anxiety issue anymore and my textures actually look decent now that I don’t overthink it. I think taking a break made me realise that it didn’t matter if I was doing it completely right or not, it would be beneficial either way (especially after realising that everyone else, even in the examples from the course, was not just drawing strictly the casted shadows). Maybe take a break where you only draw your own stuff for fun? | 0 | 28,640 | 2 | ||
o4aydm | artfundamentals_train | 0.96 | Is it normal to lose line confidence when you start rough perspective (Lesson 1)? I've been doing the ghosted planes exercises for months (since I was very ill), so I'm pretty confident that I can draw straight lines otherwise. But when I began rough perspective exercise, I ran into 2 problems: 1. Before we were given leeway to draw quadrilaterals, but now we were asked to draw sharp rectangles without any guidance on how to estimate angles. It took me 3 pages to draw normal rectangles that I could finally use for the rough perspective exercise 2. All of my lines became wobbly, maybe due to the fact that I was feeling very demotivated :( | h2gn6sq | h2gl968 | 1,624,219,363 | 1,624,218,393 | 15 | 13 | Hey, I think it's normal to lose some confidence at any stage of the whole process, more so if you don't have much confidence to boost or "shaky syndrome". Like I lost all motivation and confidence with the "Rotated Boxes" assignment (it took me forever despite knowing and understanding Uncomfortable's instructions, like my brain just would not move on) and I was about ready to burn all my art supplies. So hang in there and keep practicing. As well as take breaks. Like he says: "Trust the process." | I am maybe going to make a heretical comment here, so here goes. I don't think that perspective is taught very well. In fact, I think that a more traditional approach towards teaching 1, 2 and 3 point perspective would have been a much better idea. What do I mean? I actually wondered off and went to learn 1, 2 and 3 point perspective from YT videos. There are many of them out there. It's relatively easy to find them and then just copy what you're shown. Once you have mastered these with the use of a ruler or indeed, applying your freedhand line / mark making skills from the earlier parts of Lesson 1, and then go back to the DAB technique, you should be able to effortlessly make 1, 2 and 3 point perspective drawings. You'll know what to do, and how to adapt that to DAB. You can go and look at this 3 point] and [this [1 & 2 point], for examples. Edit: Fixed links. | 1 | 970 | 1.153846 | ||
o4aydm | artfundamentals_train | 0.96 | Is it normal to lose line confidence when you start rough perspective (Lesson 1)? I've been doing the ghosted planes exercises for months (since I was very ill), so I'm pretty confident that I can draw straight lines otherwise. But when I began rough perspective exercise, I ran into 2 problems: 1. Before we were given leeway to draw quadrilaterals, but now we were asked to draw sharp rectangles without any guidance on how to estimate angles. It took me 3 pages to draw normal rectangles that I could finally use for the rough perspective exercise 2. All of my lines became wobbly, maybe due to the fact that I was feeling very demotivated :( | h2gluue | h2gn6sq | 1,624,218,709 | 1,624,219,363 | 7 | 15 | Well, I started this part of Lesson 1 today, and have pretty similar experience. So at least I'm not alone. From what I know about learning, such things can happen, if you need to apply a skill to a new task, especially if you are still learning this skill. I hope it will fix itself with practice. | Hey, I think it's normal to lose some confidence at any stage of the whole process, more so if you don't have much confidence to boost or "shaky syndrome". Like I lost all motivation and confidence with the "Rotated Boxes" assignment (it took me forever despite knowing and understanding Uncomfortable's instructions, like my brain just would not move on) and I was about ready to burn all my art supplies. So hang in there and keep practicing. As well as take breaks. Like he says: "Trust the process." | 0 | 654 | 2.142857 | ||
o4aydm | artfundamentals_train | 0.96 | Is it normal to lose line confidence when you start rough perspective (Lesson 1)? I've been doing the ghosted planes exercises for months (since I was very ill), so I'm pretty confident that I can draw straight lines otherwise. But when I began rough perspective exercise, I ran into 2 problems: 1. Before we were given leeway to draw quadrilaterals, but now we were asked to draw sharp rectangles without any guidance on how to estimate angles. It took me 3 pages to draw normal rectangles that I could finally use for the rough perspective exercise 2. All of my lines became wobbly, maybe due to the fact that I was feeling very demotivated :( | h2gn6sq | h2gchay | 1,624,219,363 | 1,624,213,847 | 15 | 6 | Hey, I think it's normal to lose some confidence at any stage of the whole process, more so if you don't have much confidence to boost or "shaky syndrome". Like I lost all motivation and confidence with the "Rotated Boxes" assignment (it took me forever despite knowing and understanding Uncomfortable's instructions, like my brain just would not move on) and I was about ready to burn all my art supplies. So hang in there and keep practicing. As well as take breaks. Like he says: "Trust the process." | Yes I was feeling great making lines and Ellipses but when it came to 1,2, and 3 VP I was and still am incredibly brain broken on how to do this. I did it as best I could but it has been feeling like it takes forever to get feedback on work finished (unless you pay) which I understand but am still frustrated by. I just started the 250 box challenge without getting feedback on lesson one because I’m hoping that maybe practicing and going through Reddit’s and discord’s will help. I have very very low confidence in my boxes and am wobbling a lot but while I await feedback I will try to continue making boxes and also creating art with the 50/50 suggestion in mind even if it’s crappy art. Please do not lose hope. Continue to try to express yourself and learn the fundamentals as i am all to self conscious on this journey too your post helps me not feel so alone. | 1 | 5,516 | 2.5 | ||
o4aydm | artfundamentals_train | 0.96 | Is it normal to lose line confidence when you start rough perspective (Lesson 1)? I've been doing the ghosted planes exercises for months (since I was very ill), so I'm pretty confident that I can draw straight lines otherwise. But when I began rough perspective exercise, I ran into 2 problems: 1. Before we were given leeway to draw quadrilaterals, but now we were asked to draw sharp rectangles without any guidance on how to estimate angles. It took me 3 pages to draw normal rectangles that I could finally use for the rough perspective exercise 2. All of my lines became wobbly, maybe due to the fact that I was feeling very demotivated :( | h2ga41z | h2gn6sq | 1,624,212,648 | 1,624,219,363 | 4 | 15 | I still haven't reached that stage but I think Uncomfortable is extremely careful and attentive regarding his explanations, so I believe it is more probable that you should re-read the videos and text on the lessons and check if you are overthinking or if you missed something. As I said I'm only guessing it's most probable. Other than that, cheer up, keep your motivation up! And keep also drawing freely to actually let your creativity out! Don't stress too much on working out. Have some fun. | Hey, I think it's normal to lose some confidence at any stage of the whole process, more so if you don't have much confidence to boost or "shaky syndrome". Like I lost all motivation and confidence with the "Rotated Boxes" assignment (it took me forever despite knowing and understanding Uncomfortable's instructions, like my brain just would not move on) and I was about ready to burn all my art supplies. So hang in there and keep practicing. As well as take breaks. Like he says: "Trust the process." | 0 | 6,715 | 3.75 | ||
o4aydm | artfundamentals_train | 0.96 | Is it normal to lose line confidence when you start rough perspective (Lesson 1)? I've been doing the ghosted planes exercises for months (since I was very ill), so I'm pretty confident that I can draw straight lines otherwise. But when I began rough perspective exercise, I ran into 2 problems: 1. Before we were given leeway to draw quadrilaterals, but now we were asked to draw sharp rectangles without any guidance on how to estimate angles. It took me 3 pages to draw normal rectangles that I could finally use for the rough perspective exercise 2. All of my lines became wobbly, maybe due to the fact that I was feeling very demotivated :( | h2gchay | h2gl968 | 1,624,213,847 | 1,624,218,393 | 6 | 13 | Yes I was feeling great making lines and Ellipses but when it came to 1,2, and 3 VP I was and still am incredibly brain broken on how to do this. I did it as best I could but it has been feeling like it takes forever to get feedback on work finished (unless you pay) which I understand but am still frustrated by. I just started the 250 box challenge without getting feedback on lesson one because I’m hoping that maybe practicing and going through Reddit’s and discord’s will help. I have very very low confidence in my boxes and am wobbling a lot but while I await feedback I will try to continue making boxes and also creating art with the 50/50 suggestion in mind even if it’s crappy art. Please do not lose hope. Continue to try to express yourself and learn the fundamentals as i am all to self conscious on this journey too your post helps me not feel so alone. | I am maybe going to make a heretical comment here, so here goes. I don't think that perspective is taught very well. In fact, I think that a more traditional approach towards teaching 1, 2 and 3 point perspective would have been a much better idea. What do I mean? I actually wondered off and went to learn 1, 2 and 3 point perspective from YT videos. There are many of them out there. It's relatively easy to find them and then just copy what you're shown. Once you have mastered these with the use of a ruler or indeed, applying your freedhand line / mark making skills from the earlier parts of Lesson 1, and then go back to the DAB technique, you should be able to effortlessly make 1, 2 and 3 point perspective drawings. You'll know what to do, and how to adapt that to DAB. You can go and look at this 3 point] and [this [1 & 2 point], for examples. Edit: Fixed links. | 0 | 4,546 | 2.166667 | ||
o4aydm | artfundamentals_train | 0.96 | Is it normal to lose line confidence when you start rough perspective (Lesson 1)? I've been doing the ghosted planes exercises for months (since I was very ill), so I'm pretty confident that I can draw straight lines otherwise. But when I began rough perspective exercise, I ran into 2 problems: 1. Before we were given leeway to draw quadrilaterals, but now we were asked to draw sharp rectangles without any guidance on how to estimate angles. It took me 3 pages to draw normal rectangles that I could finally use for the rough perspective exercise 2. All of my lines became wobbly, maybe due to the fact that I was feeling very demotivated :( | h2ga41z | h2gl968 | 1,624,212,648 | 1,624,218,393 | 4 | 13 | I still haven't reached that stage but I think Uncomfortable is extremely careful and attentive regarding his explanations, so I believe it is more probable that you should re-read the videos and text on the lessons and check if you are overthinking or if you missed something. As I said I'm only guessing it's most probable. Other than that, cheer up, keep your motivation up! And keep also drawing freely to actually let your creativity out! Don't stress too much on working out. Have some fun. | I am maybe going to make a heretical comment here, so here goes. I don't think that perspective is taught very well. In fact, I think that a more traditional approach towards teaching 1, 2 and 3 point perspective would have been a much better idea. What do I mean? I actually wondered off and went to learn 1, 2 and 3 point perspective from YT videos. There are many of them out there. It's relatively easy to find them and then just copy what you're shown. Once you have mastered these with the use of a ruler or indeed, applying your freedhand line / mark making skills from the earlier parts of Lesson 1, and then go back to the DAB technique, you should be able to effortlessly make 1, 2 and 3 point perspective drawings. You'll know what to do, and how to adapt that to DAB. You can go and look at this 3 point] and [this [1 & 2 point], for examples. Edit: Fixed links. | 0 | 5,745 | 3.25 | ||
o4aydm | artfundamentals_train | 0.96 | Is it normal to lose line confidence when you start rough perspective (Lesson 1)? I've been doing the ghosted planes exercises for months (since I was very ill), so I'm pretty confident that I can draw straight lines otherwise. But when I began rough perspective exercise, I ran into 2 problems: 1. Before we were given leeway to draw quadrilaterals, but now we were asked to draw sharp rectangles without any guidance on how to estimate angles. It took me 3 pages to draw normal rectangles that I could finally use for the rough perspective exercise 2. All of my lines became wobbly, maybe due to the fact that I was feeling very demotivated :( | h2gluue | h2gchay | 1,624,218,709 | 1,624,213,847 | 7 | 6 | Well, I started this part of Lesson 1 today, and have pretty similar experience. So at least I'm not alone. From what I know about learning, such things can happen, if you need to apply a skill to a new task, especially if you are still learning this skill. I hope it will fix itself with practice. | Yes I was feeling great making lines and Ellipses but when it came to 1,2, and 3 VP I was and still am incredibly brain broken on how to do this. I did it as best I could but it has been feeling like it takes forever to get feedback on work finished (unless you pay) which I understand but am still frustrated by. I just started the 250 box challenge without getting feedback on lesson one because I’m hoping that maybe practicing and going through Reddit’s and discord’s will help. I have very very low confidence in my boxes and am wobbling a lot but while I await feedback I will try to continue making boxes and also creating art with the 50/50 suggestion in mind even if it’s crappy art. Please do not lose hope. Continue to try to express yourself and learn the fundamentals as i am all to self conscious on this journey too your post helps me not feel so alone. | 1 | 4,862 | 1.166667 | ||
o4aydm | artfundamentals_train | 0.96 | Is it normal to lose line confidence when you start rough perspective (Lesson 1)? I've been doing the ghosted planes exercises for months (since I was very ill), so I'm pretty confident that I can draw straight lines otherwise. But when I began rough perspective exercise, I ran into 2 problems: 1. Before we were given leeway to draw quadrilaterals, but now we were asked to draw sharp rectangles without any guidance on how to estimate angles. It took me 3 pages to draw normal rectangles that I could finally use for the rough perspective exercise 2. All of my lines became wobbly, maybe due to the fact that I was feeling very demotivated :( | h2gluue | h2ga41z | 1,624,218,709 | 1,624,212,648 | 7 | 4 | Well, I started this part of Lesson 1 today, and have pretty similar experience. So at least I'm not alone. From what I know about learning, such things can happen, if you need to apply a skill to a new task, especially if you are still learning this skill. I hope it will fix itself with practice. | I still haven't reached that stage but I think Uncomfortable is extremely careful and attentive regarding his explanations, so I believe it is more probable that you should re-read the videos and text on the lessons and check if you are overthinking or if you missed something. As I said I'm only guessing it's most probable. Other than that, cheer up, keep your motivation up! And keep also drawing freely to actually let your creativity out! Don't stress too much on working out. Have some fun. | 1 | 6,061 | 1.75 | ||
o4aydm | artfundamentals_train | 0.96 | Is it normal to lose line confidence when you start rough perspective (Lesson 1)? I've been doing the ghosted planes exercises for months (since I was very ill), so I'm pretty confident that I can draw straight lines otherwise. But when I began rough perspective exercise, I ran into 2 problems: 1. Before we were given leeway to draw quadrilaterals, but now we were asked to draw sharp rectangles without any guidance on how to estimate angles. It took me 3 pages to draw normal rectangles that I could finally use for the rough perspective exercise 2. All of my lines became wobbly, maybe due to the fact that I was feeling very demotivated :( | h2gchay | h2ga41z | 1,624,213,847 | 1,624,212,648 | 6 | 4 | Yes I was feeling great making lines and Ellipses but when it came to 1,2, and 3 VP I was and still am incredibly brain broken on how to do this. I did it as best I could but it has been feeling like it takes forever to get feedback on work finished (unless you pay) which I understand but am still frustrated by. I just started the 250 box challenge without getting feedback on lesson one because I’m hoping that maybe practicing and going through Reddit’s and discord’s will help. I have very very low confidence in my boxes and am wobbling a lot but while I await feedback I will try to continue making boxes and also creating art with the 50/50 suggestion in mind even if it’s crappy art. Please do not lose hope. Continue to try to express yourself and learn the fundamentals as i am all to self conscious on this journey too your post helps me not feel so alone. | I still haven't reached that stage but I think Uncomfortable is extremely careful and attentive regarding his explanations, so I believe it is more probable that you should re-read the videos and text on the lessons and check if you are overthinking or if you missed something. As I said I'm only guessing it's most probable. Other than that, cheer up, keep your motivation up! And keep also drawing freely to actually let your creativity out! Don't stress too much on working out. Have some fun. | 1 | 1,199 | 1.5 | ||
okhkfa | artfundamentals_train | 0.86 | Is it normal to wooble lines after so much time? So i've been in this for few months , i am currently at 100/250 Boxes, progress going very slowy because the amount of burnout i get because one single reason , my lines , wich always ruin the vanishing point of my boxes. No matter how much a try , the lines always wooble , if they are not woobling , they almost never reach the end point , and sometimes they do a small curve in end or in start that kinda ruins the line. I kinda searched in the whole internet for try to make a solution for make my lines get better. So far i tried **"Get confident even if overshooting" , "Ghost every line" , "Look at the endpoint" , "Do a counter curve" , "Draw with you shoulder"(?) ,etc.. ,** seriously looks like my lines have every single possible problem at same time. Did everyone got those problems like me? | h5ainp5 | h5blh1r | 1,626,366,698 | 1,626,383,424 | 3 | 5 | That happens to me as well, usually when I do longer lines. I try to do smaller and light lines to be easy to erase in case I do some mistakes, when it ends straight, I would draw over it trying to follow de lighter line. Don't worry too much about it, sometimes it can be your arm posture or a lack of muscle memory, keep practicing and soon you will find a way to make the lines straight. | My lines only got notable better around box 180 I'd say, and usually I did minor corrections of slightly wobbly ending of my lines by getting the exterior of the box thicker. Also, I don't care much in passing ahead of the ending point if it means I'd more confident lines. | 0 | 16,726 | 1.666667 | ||
okhkfa | artfundamentals_train | 0.86 | Is it normal to wooble lines after so much time? So i've been in this for few months , i am currently at 100/250 Boxes, progress going very slowy because the amount of burnout i get because one single reason , my lines , wich always ruin the vanishing point of my boxes. No matter how much a try , the lines always wooble , if they are not woobling , they almost never reach the end point , and sometimes they do a small curve in end or in start that kinda ruins the line. I kinda searched in the whole internet for try to make a solution for make my lines get better. So far i tried **"Get confident even if overshooting" , "Ghost every line" , "Look at the endpoint" , "Do a counter curve" , "Draw with you shoulder"(?) ,etc.. ,** seriously looks like my lines have every single possible problem at same time. Did everyone got those problems like me? | h5as5rz | h5blh1r | 1,626,370,679 | 1,626,383,424 | 3 | 5 | Oh I am kinda happy to read that. I am at box 80 atm and kinda feel the same. My boxes are often not week cause I messed up in planning the perspective but because my lines end up not being accurate, curved or just not what I want them to be. | My lines only got notable better around box 180 I'd say, and usually I did minor corrections of slightly wobbly ending of my lines by getting the exterior of the box thicker. Also, I don't care much in passing ahead of the ending point if it means I'd more confident lines. | 0 | 12,745 | 1.666667 | ||
okhkfa | artfundamentals_train | 0.86 | Is it normal to wooble lines after so much time? So i've been in this for few months , i am currently at 100/250 Boxes, progress going very slowy because the amount of burnout i get because one single reason , my lines , wich always ruin the vanishing point of my boxes. No matter how much a try , the lines always wooble , if they are not woobling , they almost never reach the end point , and sometimes they do a small curve in end or in start that kinda ruins the line. I kinda searched in the whole internet for try to make a solution for make my lines get better. So far i tried **"Get confident even if overshooting" , "Ghost every line" , "Look at the endpoint" , "Do a counter curve" , "Draw with you shoulder"(?) ,etc.. ,** seriously looks like my lines have every single possible problem at same time. Did everyone got those problems like me? | h5auxtr | h5blh1r | 1,626,371,846 | 1,626,383,424 | 2 | 5 | Every single time. I've actually lost a lot of my desire to draw because my lines are always like that. I've tried and tried and tried, and there is always either a wobble or never reaching the end point. Even worse is it when it goes excessively over. Now I just color/paint. | My lines only got notable better around box 180 I'd say, and usually I did minor corrections of slightly wobbly ending of my lines by getting the exterior of the box thicker. Also, I don't care much in passing ahead of the ending point if it means I'd more confident lines. | 0 | 11,578 | 2.5 | ||
znp1u8 | artfundamentals_train | 0.75 | Brainfarts - do you have them too? Before you think i'm trolling - i do not, i just call it brainfarts because it comes out like a fart.I practice every day with drawabox - if i dont feel comfy moving on, i spent my time repeating exercises that i had before. But sometimes i feel the urge to doodle and somehow my doodles improve, even if i just do exercises without really practice any drawing at all. My doodle cats somehow look cute and their stuff, that i draw for them, looks like stuff a cat would like and not something that could come from the cellar of a serialkiller with a catfetish. So my question is... do you guys experience something like this too? I mean, normally, like on the piano, i sit down and hear it, if i got better or not. But with drawing its like...i dont know.. its like farts. Little improvement farts that show from time to time. My drawings still sucks ass, dont get me wrong (especially if you compare it to the postings in this subreddit), but it feels like something happens in my brain even if i dont really realize it or see it all the time. | j0i9ipg | j0ilv3y | 1,671,224,611 | 1,671,229,867 | 1 | 6 | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | i dunno, that just sounds like getting better at it to me. we're not always conscious of improvements, or perhaps improvements to our muscle memory or skill sets. when I was a cook i'd occasionally have "fuck yeah, nailed it" moments, despite having a billion other things going on at the same moment. but i got those mushrooms seared *just right*. and then i'd fail to replicate it 15 minutes later. | 0 | 5,256 | 6 | ||
znp1u8 | artfundamentals_train | 0.75 | Brainfarts - do you have them too? Before you think i'm trolling - i do not, i just call it brainfarts because it comes out like a fart.I practice every day with drawabox - if i dont feel comfy moving on, i spent my time repeating exercises that i had before. But sometimes i feel the urge to doodle and somehow my doodles improve, even if i just do exercises without really practice any drawing at all. My doodle cats somehow look cute and their stuff, that i draw for them, looks like stuff a cat would like and not something that could come from the cellar of a serialkiller with a catfetish. So my question is... do you guys experience something like this too? I mean, normally, like on the piano, i sit down and hear it, if i got better or not. But with drawing its like...i dont know.. its like farts. Little improvement farts that show from time to time. My drawings still sucks ass, dont get me wrong (especially if you compare it to the postings in this subreddit), but it feels like something happens in my brain even if i dont really realize it or see it all the time. | j0jryr7 | j0i9ipg | 1,671,250,550 | 1,671,224,611 | 8 | 1 | Eureka moments. These are what I live for as an arts educator. I can only teach you so much, but when I see someone go “aha!” And their weird little drawings make a big leap forward I am so happy. It’s like a combination of what you as an artist want to do combining with the information and skills I’m trying to deliver, and suddenly something so much better happens. Genuinely makes my day. | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | 1 | 25,939 | 8 | ||
znp1u8 | artfundamentals_train | 0.75 | Brainfarts - do you have them too? Before you think i'm trolling - i do not, i just call it brainfarts because it comes out like a fart.I practice every day with drawabox - if i dont feel comfy moving on, i spent my time repeating exercises that i had before. But sometimes i feel the urge to doodle and somehow my doodles improve, even if i just do exercises without really practice any drawing at all. My doodle cats somehow look cute and their stuff, that i draw for them, looks like stuff a cat would like and not something that could come from the cellar of a serialkiller with a catfetish. So my question is... do you guys experience something like this too? I mean, normally, like on the piano, i sit down and hear it, if i got better or not. But with drawing its like...i dont know.. its like farts. Little improvement farts that show from time to time. My drawings still sucks ass, dont get me wrong (especially if you compare it to the postings in this subreddit), but it feels like something happens in my brain even if i dont really realize it or see it all the time. | j0jryr7 | j0ilv3y | 1,671,250,550 | 1,671,229,867 | 8 | 6 | Eureka moments. These are what I live for as an arts educator. I can only teach you so much, but when I see someone go “aha!” And their weird little drawings make a big leap forward I am so happy. It’s like a combination of what you as an artist want to do combining with the information and skills I’m trying to deliver, and suddenly something so much better happens. Genuinely makes my day. | i dunno, that just sounds like getting better at it to me. we're not always conscious of improvements, or perhaps improvements to our muscle memory or skill sets. when I was a cook i'd occasionally have "fuck yeah, nailed it" moments, despite having a billion other things going on at the same moment. but i got those mushrooms seared *just right*. and then i'd fail to replicate it 15 minutes later. | 1 | 20,683 | 1.333333 | ||
znp1u8 | artfundamentals_train | 0.75 | Brainfarts - do you have them too? Before you think i'm trolling - i do not, i just call it brainfarts because it comes out like a fart.I practice every day with drawabox - if i dont feel comfy moving on, i spent my time repeating exercises that i had before. But sometimes i feel the urge to doodle and somehow my doodles improve, even if i just do exercises without really practice any drawing at all. My doodle cats somehow look cute and their stuff, that i draw for them, looks like stuff a cat would like and not something that could come from the cellar of a serialkiller with a catfetish. So my question is... do you guys experience something like this too? I mean, normally, like on the piano, i sit down and hear it, if i got better or not. But with drawing its like...i dont know.. its like farts. Little improvement farts that show from time to time. My drawings still sucks ass, dont get me wrong (especially if you compare it to the postings in this subreddit), but it feels like something happens in my brain even if i dont really realize it or see it all the time. | j0igf2j | j0ilv3y | 1,671,227,504 | 1,671,229,867 | 1 | 6 | I like the way you phrase it as brainfarts. Kinda like little surprises, little gifts from your learning subconscious. Gives me hope. | i dunno, that just sounds like getting better at it to me. we're not always conscious of improvements, or perhaps improvements to our muscle memory or skill sets. when I was a cook i'd occasionally have "fuck yeah, nailed it" moments, despite having a billion other things going on at the same moment. but i got those mushrooms seared *just right*. and then i'd fail to replicate it 15 minutes later. | 0 | 2,363 | 6 | ||
znp1u8 | artfundamentals_train | 0.75 | Brainfarts - do you have them too? Before you think i'm trolling - i do not, i just call it brainfarts because it comes out like a fart.I practice every day with drawabox - if i dont feel comfy moving on, i spent my time repeating exercises that i had before. But sometimes i feel the urge to doodle and somehow my doodles improve, even if i just do exercises without really practice any drawing at all. My doodle cats somehow look cute and their stuff, that i draw for them, looks like stuff a cat would like and not something that could come from the cellar of a serialkiller with a catfetish. So my question is... do you guys experience something like this too? I mean, normally, like on the piano, i sit down and hear it, if i got better or not. But with drawing its like...i dont know.. its like farts. Little improvement farts that show from time to time. My drawings still sucks ass, dont get me wrong (especially if you compare it to the postings in this subreddit), but it feels like something happens in my brain even if i dont really realize it or see it all the time. | j0igf2j | j0jryr7 | 1,671,227,504 | 1,671,250,550 | 1 | 8 | I like the way you phrase it as brainfarts. Kinda like little surprises, little gifts from your learning subconscious. Gives me hope. | Eureka moments. These are what I live for as an arts educator. I can only teach you so much, but when I see someone go “aha!” And their weird little drawings make a big leap forward I am so happy. It’s like a combination of what you as an artist want to do combining with the information and skills I’m trying to deliver, and suddenly something so much better happens. Genuinely makes my day. | 0 | 23,046 | 8 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixi01nu | ixgv1q0 | 1,669,220,325 | 1,669,197,947 | 38 | 1 | You're just a teenaged student, you don't need to treat drawing like a daily job. If you force yourself to draw when you're already tired from school days and homework, you'll begin to hate it and avoid it. Draw when you want to. See if you can build up a little habit naturally, but don't force it. | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | 1 | 22,378 | 38 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixgv1q0 | ixjfvoz | 1,669,197,947 | 1,669,240,921 | 1 | 34 | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | I teach drawing. I am lucky if I actually get to draw properly, anything more than a quick diagram, once a week. You’re golden. Don’t worry. | 0 | 42,974 | 34 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixgv1q0 | ixir4ub | 1,669,197,947 | 1,669,230,941 | 1 | 21 | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | I've drawn every day for over 1.5 years regardless of school assignments, work, travel, illness, etc just by making a few habits and being mindful of my time. 1. I try to keep some kinda drawing materials with me at all times. Always at least a pen but I usually have a little sketch book. By always being ready to draw I started replacing some of that "aimless phone scrolling" time with sketching. 2. Set a dedicated time for when to practice. Doesn't have to be every day or even at the same time but having a schedule makes it way easier. I usually draw right before bed and on busy days sometimes it's just 10 minutes of sketching and that's perfectly okay! 3. If I know I'll be busy I'll try to make a plan. Going out at night? maybe I'll draw a bit during lunch. Traveling? Maybe I'll draw in the taxi. 4. Have fun with it! If you enjoy the process it won't feel like homework | 0 | 32,994 | 21 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixgv1q0 | ixl3kg0 | 1,669,197,947 | 1,669,271,604 | 1 | 23 | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | Definitely not. If you're not drawing *every second* of *every day*, **your skills will degrade** (rapidly). I am using voice to text to type this. I have been drawing every second for the past 12 years. I stopped (once) for around 38 seconds (for personal reasons) and I *immediately* lost all of the skill I had achieved. I was no longer even able to hold a pencil (though pens somehow still worked). Some people will say, "it depends on what you're hoping to achieve" or, "just draw when you can", but they are flat out wrong. I have, as of today, drawn 8,942,635 boxes. I average around 2,000 boxes a day. I have subsidized my eating to a small gnome that lives in my front shirt pocket. He feeds me pancakes every few hours (I do not know how he acquires them) and only requires 8 drawn boxes a day as payment (which is a steal, since the going rate is around 12 boxes a day). The gnome also flicks my nose if I fall asleep (though that is a luxury service at 2 extra boxes a day). tl;dr - **never** stop drawing. find a small gnome to feed you pancakes. achieve immortality. | 0 | 73,657 | 23 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixl922o | ixgv1q0 | 1,669,275,623 | 1,669,197,947 | 16 | 1 | No, that's very dangerous, you could be killed, or worse... Expelled | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | 1 | 77,676 | 16 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhogum | ixgv1q0 | 1,669,215,667 | 1,669,197,947 | 12 | 1 | Humans best learn thing when they're done and repeated regularly. I am a musician and I recommend newbies practice their instruments everyday, even if it's just for 10-20 minutes. Those 10-20 minutes gradually build up over the years and become really significant. You can probably find 10-20 minutes in a day and it's not too much to power through in terms of boredom. But you should also be doing art for fun too: whether you draw something good or bad is not relevant. Purely mechanical exercises will kill your interest long term. You need to stay in the game long term to get meaningful results. | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | 1 | 17,720 | 12 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixijrg5 | ixgv1q0 | 1,669,228,030 | 1,669,197,947 | 12 | 1 | Hi, IDK if this helps or not...but I've been doing art for like the past 10 years of my life (I still feel like I have alot to improve on tho tbf) and I've taken months long breaks at times...but I've found that as long as you're even remotely consistent... you WILL get better. Ofc more practice means that you'll get better quicker...but I feel like the most imp part of making art (atleast for me) is to be able to express myself.. And have fun doing it...So as long as you're enjoying yourself...I don't think you should be worried about drawing crazy consistently cause you are constantly improving with every line/stroke...hope this helps!! | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | 1 | 30,083 | 12 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixgv1q0 | ixhvquk | 1,669,197,947 | 1,669,218,623 | 1 | 11 | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | While drawing daily even just doodling contributes to muscle memory, drawing and seeing with intention causes improvement overall more so than just simple muscle memory. What this means, in times when you can’t be drawing, looking at things around you for just a few minutes here and there throughout your day, examine the shapes that make up whatever you are looking at, the colors, the play of light and shadow on it, because at the end of the day, when we make art what we are playing with is shapes, colors and light. So seeing with intention when you can’t draw helps build your visual understanding of breaking things down. Then when you have a chance to draw, you can draw with that same intention, pick something to do a study of, then use the intention to learn that thing, so maybe it is breaking down a plant to it’s most basic shapes, then adding in color, then adding in the light and shadow to bring in detail. Maybe a second version takes those basic shapes and renders more details, adding more definition to start then adding even more color variation, and lastly bringing in the play of light to really narrow down on rendering those tiny details. It’s great when people have the time to draw everyday, but not all those daily drawing people will improve at the speeds they expect if they lack focus and intention, where as dedicating a good chunk of time on a weekend to sit and do a really intentionally focused session after spending the week intentionally seeing te world around you can improve your skills quite quickly. A bonus during the week if you have 10 or 20 minutes while eating or doing something that doesn’t require higher brain function (which stuff like studying requires) the popping on a video about art or a tutorial on YouTube can be helpful during times you can’t draw. This can also be a source of inspiration especially if you find someone doing the type of art that inspires you. If you are bored or frustrated with what you are doing for art, then sometimes a break is helpful, but if you want to be an artist you do have to practice and hone your skill of an artists eye if that is what you want to do. | 0 | 20,676 | 11 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixgv1q0 | ixkjf5p | 1,669,197,947 | 1,669,259,574 | 1 | 11 | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | I haven’t done anything in months if not years. Pretty sure if I pick up a pencil again I’ll be fine. I’ve had long times off before. | 0 | 61,627 | 11 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixkpmad | ixgv1q0 | 1,669,262,920 | 1,669,197,947 | 11 | 1 | Really depends on your goals. If you’re drawing just for fun then draw whenever you feel like it. But unlike me I draw everyday and take occasional breaks because I want to be a professional comic artist. Sketching 10 minutes before bed is better than not doing it at all. | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | 1 | 64,973 | 11 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixgv1q0 | ixhyaql | 1,669,197,947 | 1,669,219,631 | 1 | 9 | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | Sure, drawing whenever you have time to do so is perfectly acceptable. But, you might be surprised the wonders that just taking 5 minutes each day to doing something quick and deliberate can have. I keep a stack of index cards in my coat pocket, if I find 5 minutes, I do a drawing. | 0 | 21,684 | 9 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixgv1q0 | ixhj3nn | 1,669,197,947 | 1,669,213,354 | 1 | 6 | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | 0 | 15,407 | 6 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixgv1q0 | ixhhaox | 1,669,197,947 | 1,669,212,521 | 1 | 5 | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | 0 | 14,574 | 5 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixlkkd5 | ixgv1q0 | 1,669,285,338 | 1,669,197,947 | 3 | 1 | I would say try to fit 5 min of drawing into every day, but in theory you could | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | 1 | 87,391 | 3 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixmc8x9 | ixgv1q0 | 1,669,302,964 | 1,669,197,947 | 3 | 1 | I just too an almost 10 year break because I was burnt out from doing creative work for money. The most creative thing I did was maybe some memes. I just started again recently, but this time for me. If you want to do art as a job, then yes you will need to work at it to build skills, and a folio if you want to get hired. I never practiced anywhere near that much and was able to work as a graphic designer after finishing my degree, however I was never paid very well so maybe practice had something to do with that (i dont think so though) If you want to be an artist, as in the vocation... then the answer to any "is it okay" question related to that is almost certainly yes You dont need someones permission to be an artists.. if youre an artist youll know | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | 1 | 105,017 | 3 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixlj27m | ixgv1q0 | 1,669,283,966 | 1,669,197,947 | 3 | 1 | If you wanna be a pro someday, you gotta up them numbers. If you wanna have a cool hobby what your doing is a great first step. | **To OP**: Every post on this subreddit is manually approved, once we make sure it adheres to the subreddit rules, the main ones being the following: * That **all posts here must relate drawabox.com** (being either questions or homework submissions). More on that can be found here. * All homework submissions must be complete - **single exercises and partial work is not allowed on the subreddit**, as mentioned in this video from Lesson 0. You can however get feedback on individual exercises on the discord chat server, and the folks there would be happy to help you out. If you find that your post breaks either of these rules, we would recommend deleting your post yourself, and submitting on one of these other more general art communities instead: * /r/learnart or /r/learntodraw if you're looking for feedback on your work * /r/IDAP is good for sharing work you're not looking for feedback on * /r/artistlounge and /r/learnart are good for general questions/discussion Just be sure to read through their own individual submission guidelines before posting. **To those responding**: If you are seeing this post, then it has been approved, and therefore is related to the lessons on drawabox.com. If you are yourself unfamiliar with them, then it's best that you not respond with your own advice, so as not to confuse or mislead OP. Thank you for your cooperation! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ArtFundamentals) if you have any questions or concerns.* | 1 | 86,019 | 3 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhogum | ixi01nu | 1,669,215,667 | 1,669,220,325 | 12 | 38 | Humans best learn thing when they're done and repeated regularly. I am a musician and I recommend newbies practice their instruments everyday, even if it's just for 10-20 minutes. Those 10-20 minutes gradually build up over the years and become really significant. You can probably find 10-20 minutes in a day and it's not too much to power through in terms of boredom. But you should also be doing art for fun too: whether you draw something good or bad is not relevant. Purely mechanical exercises will kill your interest long term. You need to stay in the game long term to get meaningful results. | You're just a teenaged student, you don't need to treat drawing like a daily job. If you force yourself to draw when you're already tired from school days and homework, you'll begin to hate it and avoid it. Draw when you want to. See if you can build up a little habit naturally, but don't force it. | 0 | 4,658 | 3.166667 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixi01nu | ixhvquk | 1,669,220,325 | 1,669,218,623 | 38 | 11 | You're just a teenaged student, you don't need to treat drawing like a daily job. If you force yourself to draw when you're already tired from school days and homework, you'll begin to hate it and avoid it. Draw when you want to. See if you can build up a little habit naturally, but don't force it. | While drawing daily even just doodling contributes to muscle memory, drawing and seeing with intention causes improvement overall more so than just simple muscle memory. What this means, in times when you can’t be drawing, looking at things around you for just a few minutes here and there throughout your day, examine the shapes that make up whatever you are looking at, the colors, the play of light and shadow on it, because at the end of the day, when we make art what we are playing with is shapes, colors and light. So seeing with intention when you can’t draw helps build your visual understanding of breaking things down. Then when you have a chance to draw, you can draw with that same intention, pick something to do a study of, then use the intention to learn that thing, so maybe it is breaking down a plant to it’s most basic shapes, then adding in color, then adding in the light and shadow to bring in detail. Maybe a second version takes those basic shapes and renders more details, adding more definition to start then adding even more color variation, and lastly bringing in the play of light to really narrow down on rendering those tiny details. It’s great when people have the time to draw everyday, but not all those daily drawing people will improve at the speeds they expect if they lack focus and intention, where as dedicating a good chunk of time on a weekend to sit and do a really intentionally focused session after spending the week intentionally seeing te world around you can improve your skills quite quickly. A bonus during the week if you have 10 or 20 minutes while eating or doing something that doesn’t require higher brain function (which stuff like studying requires) the popping on a video about art or a tutorial on YouTube can be helpful during times you can’t draw. This can also be a source of inspiration especially if you find someone doing the type of art that inspires you. If you are bored or frustrated with what you are doing for art, then sometimes a break is helpful, but if you want to be an artist you do have to practice and hone your skill of an artists eye if that is what you want to do. | 1 | 1,702 | 3.454545 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhyaql | ixi01nu | 1,669,219,631 | 1,669,220,325 | 9 | 38 | Sure, drawing whenever you have time to do so is perfectly acceptable. But, you might be surprised the wonders that just taking 5 minutes each day to doing something quick and deliberate can have. I keep a stack of index cards in my coat pocket, if I find 5 minutes, I do a drawing. | You're just a teenaged student, you don't need to treat drawing like a daily job. If you force yourself to draw when you're already tired from school days and homework, you'll begin to hate it and avoid it. Draw when you want to. See if you can build up a little habit naturally, but don't force it. | 0 | 694 | 4.222222 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixi01nu | ixhj3nn | 1,669,220,325 | 1,669,213,354 | 38 | 6 | You're just a teenaged student, you don't need to treat drawing like a daily job. If you force yourself to draw when you're already tired from school days and homework, you'll begin to hate it and avoid it. Draw when you want to. See if you can build up a little habit naturally, but don't force it. | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | 1 | 6,971 | 6.333333 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhhaox | ixi01nu | 1,669,212,521 | 1,669,220,325 | 5 | 38 | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | You're just a teenaged student, you don't need to treat drawing like a daily job. If you force yourself to draw when you're already tired from school days and homework, you'll begin to hate it and avoid it. Draw when you want to. See if you can build up a little habit naturally, but don't force it. | 0 | 7,804 | 7.6 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixjfvoz | ixir4ub | 1,669,240,921 | 1,669,230,941 | 34 | 21 | I teach drawing. I am lucky if I actually get to draw properly, anything more than a quick diagram, once a week. You’re golden. Don’t worry. | I've drawn every day for over 1.5 years regardless of school assignments, work, travel, illness, etc just by making a few habits and being mindful of my time. 1. I try to keep some kinda drawing materials with me at all times. Always at least a pen but I usually have a little sketch book. By always being ready to draw I started replacing some of that "aimless phone scrolling" time with sketching. 2. Set a dedicated time for when to practice. Doesn't have to be every day or even at the same time but having a schedule makes it way easier. I usually draw right before bed and on busy days sometimes it's just 10 minutes of sketching and that's perfectly okay! 3. If I know I'll be busy I'll try to make a plan. Going out at night? maybe I'll draw a bit during lunch. Traveling? Maybe I'll draw in the taxi. 4. Have fun with it! If you enjoy the process it won't feel like homework | 1 | 9,980 | 1.619048 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhogum | ixjfvoz | 1,669,215,667 | 1,669,240,921 | 12 | 34 | Humans best learn thing when they're done and repeated regularly. I am a musician and I recommend newbies practice their instruments everyday, even if it's just for 10-20 minutes. Those 10-20 minutes gradually build up over the years and become really significant. You can probably find 10-20 minutes in a day and it's not too much to power through in terms of boredom. But you should also be doing art for fun too: whether you draw something good or bad is not relevant. Purely mechanical exercises will kill your interest long term. You need to stay in the game long term to get meaningful results. | I teach drawing. I am lucky if I actually get to draw properly, anything more than a quick diagram, once a week. You’re golden. Don’t worry. | 0 | 25,254 | 2.833333 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixjfvoz | ixijrg5 | 1,669,240,921 | 1,669,228,030 | 34 | 12 | I teach drawing. I am lucky if I actually get to draw properly, anything more than a quick diagram, once a week. You’re golden. Don’t worry. | Hi, IDK if this helps or not...but I've been doing art for like the past 10 years of my life (I still feel like I have alot to improve on tho tbf) and I've taken months long breaks at times...but I've found that as long as you're even remotely consistent... you WILL get better. Ofc more practice means that you'll get better quicker...but I feel like the most imp part of making art (atleast for me) is to be able to express myself.. And have fun doing it...So as long as you're enjoying yourself...I don't think you should be worried about drawing crazy consistently cause you are constantly improving with every line/stroke...hope this helps!! | 1 | 12,891 | 2.833333 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixjfvoz | ixhvquk | 1,669,240,921 | 1,669,218,623 | 34 | 11 | I teach drawing. I am lucky if I actually get to draw properly, anything more than a quick diagram, once a week. You’re golden. Don’t worry. | While drawing daily even just doodling contributes to muscle memory, drawing and seeing with intention causes improvement overall more so than just simple muscle memory. What this means, in times when you can’t be drawing, looking at things around you for just a few minutes here and there throughout your day, examine the shapes that make up whatever you are looking at, the colors, the play of light and shadow on it, because at the end of the day, when we make art what we are playing with is shapes, colors and light. So seeing with intention when you can’t draw helps build your visual understanding of breaking things down. Then when you have a chance to draw, you can draw with that same intention, pick something to do a study of, then use the intention to learn that thing, so maybe it is breaking down a plant to it’s most basic shapes, then adding in color, then adding in the light and shadow to bring in detail. Maybe a second version takes those basic shapes and renders more details, adding more definition to start then adding even more color variation, and lastly bringing in the play of light to really narrow down on rendering those tiny details. It’s great when people have the time to draw everyday, but not all those daily drawing people will improve at the speeds they expect if they lack focus and intention, where as dedicating a good chunk of time on a weekend to sit and do a really intentionally focused session after spending the week intentionally seeing te world around you can improve your skills quite quickly. A bonus during the week if you have 10 or 20 minutes while eating or doing something that doesn’t require higher brain function (which stuff like studying requires) the popping on a video about art or a tutorial on YouTube can be helpful during times you can’t draw. This can also be a source of inspiration especially if you find someone doing the type of art that inspires you. If you are bored or frustrated with what you are doing for art, then sometimes a break is helpful, but if you want to be an artist you do have to practice and hone your skill of an artists eye if that is what you want to do. | 1 | 22,298 | 3.090909 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixjfvoz | ixhyaql | 1,669,240,921 | 1,669,219,631 | 34 | 9 | I teach drawing. I am lucky if I actually get to draw properly, anything more than a quick diagram, once a week. You’re golden. Don’t worry. | Sure, drawing whenever you have time to do so is perfectly acceptable. But, you might be surprised the wonders that just taking 5 minutes each day to doing something quick and deliberate can have. I keep a stack of index cards in my coat pocket, if I find 5 minutes, I do a drawing. | 1 | 21,290 | 3.777778 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhj3nn | ixjfvoz | 1,669,213,354 | 1,669,240,921 | 6 | 34 | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | I teach drawing. I am lucky if I actually get to draw properly, anything more than a quick diagram, once a week. You’re golden. Don’t worry. | 0 | 27,567 | 5.666667 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhhaox | ixjfvoz | 1,669,212,521 | 1,669,240,921 | 5 | 34 | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | I teach drawing. I am lucky if I actually get to draw properly, anything more than a quick diagram, once a week. You’re golden. Don’t worry. | 0 | 28,400 | 6.8 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixl3kg0 | ixir4ub | 1,669,271,604 | 1,669,230,941 | 23 | 21 | Definitely not. If you're not drawing *every second* of *every day*, **your skills will degrade** (rapidly). I am using voice to text to type this. I have been drawing every second for the past 12 years. I stopped (once) for around 38 seconds (for personal reasons) and I *immediately* lost all of the skill I had achieved. I was no longer even able to hold a pencil (though pens somehow still worked). Some people will say, "it depends on what you're hoping to achieve" or, "just draw when you can", but they are flat out wrong. I have, as of today, drawn 8,942,635 boxes. I average around 2,000 boxes a day. I have subsidized my eating to a small gnome that lives in my front shirt pocket. He feeds me pancakes every few hours (I do not know how he acquires them) and only requires 8 drawn boxes a day as payment (which is a steal, since the going rate is around 12 boxes a day). The gnome also flicks my nose if I fall asleep (though that is a luxury service at 2 extra boxes a day). tl;dr - **never** stop drawing. find a small gnome to feed you pancakes. achieve immortality. | I've drawn every day for over 1.5 years regardless of school assignments, work, travel, illness, etc just by making a few habits and being mindful of my time. 1. I try to keep some kinda drawing materials with me at all times. Always at least a pen but I usually have a little sketch book. By always being ready to draw I started replacing some of that "aimless phone scrolling" time with sketching. 2. Set a dedicated time for when to practice. Doesn't have to be every day or even at the same time but having a schedule makes it way easier. I usually draw right before bed and on busy days sometimes it's just 10 minutes of sketching and that's perfectly okay! 3. If I know I'll be busy I'll try to make a plan. Going out at night? maybe I'll draw a bit during lunch. Traveling? Maybe I'll draw in the taxi. 4. Have fun with it! If you enjoy the process it won't feel like homework | 1 | 40,663 | 1.095238 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixir4ub | ixhogum | 1,669,230,941 | 1,669,215,667 | 21 | 12 | I've drawn every day for over 1.5 years regardless of school assignments, work, travel, illness, etc just by making a few habits and being mindful of my time. 1. I try to keep some kinda drawing materials with me at all times. Always at least a pen but I usually have a little sketch book. By always being ready to draw I started replacing some of that "aimless phone scrolling" time with sketching. 2. Set a dedicated time for when to practice. Doesn't have to be every day or even at the same time but having a schedule makes it way easier. I usually draw right before bed and on busy days sometimes it's just 10 minutes of sketching and that's perfectly okay! 3. If I know I'll be busy I'll try to make a plan. Going out at night? maybe I'll draw a bit during lunch. Traveling? Maybe I'll draw in the taxi. 4. Have fun with it! If you enjoy the process it won't feel like homework | Humans best learn thing when they're done and repeated regularly. I am a musician and I recommend newbies practice their instruments everyday, even if it's just for 10-20 minutes. Those 10-20 minutes gradually build up over the years and become really significant. You can probably find 10-20 minutes in a day and it's not too much to power through in terms of boredom. But you should also be doing art for fun too: whether you draw something good or bad is not relevant. Purely mechanical exercises will kill your interest long term. You need to stay in the game long term to get meaningful results. | 1 | 15,274 | 1.75 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixir4ub | ixijrg5 | 1,669,230,941 | 1,669,228,030 | 21 | 12 | I've drawn every day for over 1.5 years regardless of school assignments, work, travel, illness, etc just by making a few habits and being mindful of my time. 1. I try to keep some kinda drawing materials with me at all times. Always at least a pen but I usually have a little sketch book. By always being ready to draw I started replacing some of that "aimless phone scrolling" time with sketching. 2. Set a dedicated time for when to practice. Doesn't have to be every day or even at the same time but having a schedule makes it way easier. I usually draw right before bed and on busy days sometimes it's just 10 minutes of sketching and that's perfectly okay! 3. If I know I'll be busy I'll try to make a plan. Going out at night? maybe I'll draw a bit during lunch. Traveling? Maybe I'll draw in the taxi. 4. Have fun with it! If you enjoy the process it won't feel like homework | Hi, IDK if this helps or not...but I've been doing art for like the past 10 years of my life (I still feel like I have alot to improve on tho tbf) and I've taken months long breaks at times...but I've found that as long as you're even remotely consistent... you WILL get better. Ofc more practice means that you'll get better quicker...but I feel like the most imp part of making art (atleast for me) is to be able to express myself.. And have fun doing it...So as long as you're enjoying yourself...I don't think you should be worried about drawing crazy consistently cause you are constantly improving with every line/stroke...hope this helps!! | 1 | 2,911 | 1.75 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixir4ub | ixhvquk | 1,669,230,941 | 1,669,218,623 | 21 | 11 | I've drawn every day for over 1.5 years regardless of school assignments, work, travel, illness, etc just by making a few habits and being mindful of my time. 1. I try to keep some kinda drawing materials with me at all times. Always at least a pen but I usually have a little sketch book. By always being ready to draw I started replacing some of that "aimless phone scrolling" time with sketching. 2. Set a dedicated time for when to practice. Doesn't have to be every day or even at the same time but having a schedule makes it way easier. I usually draw right before bed and on busy days sometimes it's just 10 minutes of sketching and that's perfectly okay! 3. If I know I'll be busy I'll try to make a plan. Going out at night? maybe I'll draw a bit during lunch. Traveling? Maybe I'll draw in the taxi. 4. Have fun with it! If you enjoy the process it won't feel like homework | While drawing daily even just doodling contributes to muscle memory, drawing and seeing with intention causes improvement overall more so than just simple muscle memory. What this means, in times when you can’t be drawing, looking at things around you for just a few minutes here and there throughout your day, examine the shapes that make up whatever you are looking at, the colors, the play of light and shadow on it, because at the end of the day, when we make art what we are playing with is shapes, colors and light. So seeing with intention when you can’t draw helps build your visual understanding of breaking things down. Then when you have a chance to draw, you can draw with that same intention, pick something to do a study of, then use the intention to learn that thing, so maybe it is breaking down a plant to it’s most basic shapes, then adding in color, then adding in the light and shadow to bring in detail. Maybe a second version takes those basic shapes and renders more details, adding more definition to start then adding even more color variation, and lastly bringing in the play of light to really narrow down on rendering those tiny details. It’s great when people have the time to draw everyday, but not all those daily drawing people will improve at the speeds they expect if they lack focus and intention, where as dedicating a good chunk of time on a weekend to sit and do a really intentionally focused session after spending the week intentionally seeing te world around you can improve your skills quite quickly. A bonus during the week if you have 10 or 20 minutes while eating or doing something that doesn’t require higher brain function (which stuff like studying requires) the popping on a video about art or a tutorial on YouTube can be helpful during times you can’t draw. This can also be a source of inspiration especially if you find someone doing the type of art that inspires you. If you are bored or frustrated with what you are doing for art, then sometimes a break is helpful, but if you want to be an artist you do have to practice and hone your skill of an artists eye if that is what you want to do. | 1 | 12,318 | 1.909091 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhyaql | ixir4ub | 1,669,219,631 | 1,669,230,941 | 9 | 21 | Sure, drawing whenever you have time to do so is perfectly acceptable. But, you might be surprised the wonders that just taking 5 minutes each day to doing something quick and deliberate can have. I keep a stack of index cards in my coat pocket, if I find 5 minutes, I do a drawing. | I've drawn every day for over 1.5 years regardless of school assignments, work, travel, illness, etc just by making a few habits and being mindful of my time. 1. I try to keep some kinda drawing materials with me at all times. Always at least a pen but I usually have a little sketch book. By always being ready to draw I started replacing some of that "aimless phone scrolling" time with sketching. 2. Set a dedicated time for when to practice. Doesn't have to be every day or even at the same time but having a schedule makes it way easier. I usually draw right before bed and on busy days sometimes it's just 10 minutes of sketching and that's perfectly okay! 3. If I know I'll be busy I'll try to make a plan. Going out at night? maybe I'll draw a bit during lunch. Traveling? Maybe I'll draw in the taxi. 4. Have fun with it! If you enjoy the process it won't feel like homework | 0 | 11,310 | 2.333333 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhj3nn | ixir4ub | 1,669,213,354 | 1,669,230,941 | 6 | 21 | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | I've drawn every day for over 1.5 years regardless of school assignments, work, travel, illness, etc just by making a few habits and being mindful of my time. 1. I try to keep some kinda drawing materials with me at all times. Always at least a pen but I usually have a little sketch book. By always being ready to draw I started replacing some of that "aimless phone scrolling" time with sketching. 2. Set a dedicated time for when to practice. Doesn't have to be every day or even at the same time but having a schedule makes it way easier. I usually draw right before bed and on busy days sometimes it's just 10 minutes of sketching and that's perfectly okay! 3. If I know I'll be busy I'll try to make a plan. Going out at night? maybe I'll draw a bit during lunch. Traveling? Maybe I'll draw in the taxi. 4. Have fun with it! If you enjoy the process it won't feel like homework | 0 | 17,587 | 3.5 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixir4ub | ixhhaox | 1,669,230,941 | 1,669,212,521 | 21 | 5 | I've drawn every day for over 1.5 years regardless of school assignments, work, travel, illness, etc just by making a few habits and being mindful of my time. 1. I try to keep some kinda drawing materials with me at all times. Always at least a pen but I usually have a little sketch book. By always being ready to draw I started replacing some of that "aimless phone scrolling" time with sketching. 2. Set a dedicated time for when to practice. Doesn't have to be every day or even at the same time but having a schedule makes it way easier. I usually draw right before bed and on busy days sometimes it's just 10 minutes of sketching and that's perfectly okay! 3. If I know I'll be busy I'll try to make a plan. Going out at night? maybe I'll draw a bit during lunch. Traveling? Maybe I'll draw in the taxi. 4. Have fun with it! If you enjoy the process it won't feel like homework | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | 1 | 18,420 | 4.2 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixl3kg0 | ixhogum | 1,669,271,604 | 1,669,215,667 | 23 | 12 | Definitely not. If you're not drawing *every second* of *every day*, **your skills will degrade** (rapidly). I am using voice to text to type this. I have been drawing every second for the past 12 years. I stopped (once) for around 38 seconds (for personal reasons) and I *immediately* lost all of the skill I had achieved. I was no longer even able to hold a pencil (though pens somehow still worked). Some people will say, "it depends on what you're hoping to achieve" or, "just draw when you can", but they are flat out wrong. I have, as of today, drawn 8,942,635 boxes. I average around 2,000 boxes a day. I have subsidized my eating to a small gnome that lives in my front shirt pocket. He feeds me pancakes every few hours (I do not know how he acquires them) and only requires 8 drawn boxes a day as payment (which is a steal, since the going rate is around 12 boxes a day). The gnome also flicks my nose if I fall asleep (though that is a luxury service at 2 extra boxes a day). tl;dr - **never** stop drawing. find a small gnome to feed you pancakes. achieve immortality. | Humans best learn thing when they're done and repeated regularly. I am a musician and I recommend newbies practice their instruments everyday, even if it's just for 10-20 minutes. Those 10-20 minutes gradually build up over the years and become really significant. You can probably find 10-20 minutes in a day and it's not too much to power through in terms of boredom. But you should also be doing art for fun too: whether you draw something good or bad is not relevant. Purely mechanical exercises will kill your interest long term. You need to stay in the game long term to get meaningful results. | 1 | 55,937 | 1.916667 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixl3kg0 | ixijrg5 | 1,669,271,604 | 1,669,228,030 | 23 | 12 | Definitely not. If you're not drawing *every second* of *every day*, **your skills will degrade** (rapidly). I am using voice to text to type this. I have been drawing every second for the past 12 years. I stopped (once) for around 38 seconds (for personal reasons) and I *immediately* lost all of the skill I had achieved. I was no longer even able to hold a pencil (though pens somehow still worked). Some people will say, "it depends on what you're hoping to achieve" or, "just draw when you can", but they are flat out wrong. I have, as of today, drawn 8,942,635 boxes. I average around 2,000 boxes a day. I have subsidized my eating to a small gnome that lives in my front shirt pocket. He feeds me pancakes every few hours (I do not know how he acquires them) and only requires 8 drawn boxes a day as payment (which is a steal, since the going rate is around 12 boxes a day). The gnome also flicks my nose if I fall asleep (though that is a luxury service at 2 extra boxes a day). tl;dr - **never** stop drawing. find a small gnome to feed you pancakes. achieve immortality. | Hi, IDK if this helps or not...but I've been doing art for like the past 10 years of my life (I still feel like I have alot to improve on tho tbf) and I've taken months long breaks at times...but I've found that as long as you're even remotely consistent... you WILL get better. Ofc more practice means that you'll get better quicker...but I feel like the most imp part of making art (atleast for me) is to be able to express myself.. And have fun doing it...So as long as you're enjoying yourself...I don't think you should be worried about drawing crazy consistently cause you are constantly improving with every line/stroke...hope this helps!! | 1 | 43,574 | 1.916667 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixl3kg0 | ixhvquk | 1,669,271,604 | 1,669,218,623 | 23 | 11 | Definitely not. If you're not drawing *every second* of *every day*, **your skills will degrade** (rapidly). I am using voice to text to type this. I have been drawing every second for the past 12 years. I stopped (once) for around 38 seconds (for personal reasons) and I *immediately* lost all of the skill I had achieved. I was no longer even able to hold a pencil (though pens somehow still worked). Some people will say, "it depends on what you're hoping to achieve" or, "just draw when you can", but they are flat out wrong. I have, as of today, drawn 8,942,635 boxes. I average around 2,000 boxes a day. I have subsidized my eating to a small gnome that lives in my front shirt pocket. He feeds me pancakes every few hours (I do not know how he acquires them) and only requires 8 drawn boxes a day as payment (which is a steal, since the going rate is around 12 boxes a day). The gnome also flicks my nose if I fall asleep (though that is a luxury service at 2 extra boxes a day). tl;dr - **never** stop drawing. find a small gnome to feed you pancakes. achieve immortality. | While drawing daily even just doodling contributes to muscle memory, drawing and seeing with intention causes improvement overall more so than just simple muscle memory. What this means, in times when you can’t be drawing, looking at things around you for just a few minutes here and there throughout your day, examine the shapes that make up whatever you are looking at, the colors, the play of light and shadow on it, because at the end of the day, when we make art what we are playing with is shapes, colors and light. So seeing with intention when you can’t draw helps build your visual understanding of breaking things down. Then when you have a chance to draw, you can draw with that same intention, pick something to do a study of, then use the intention to learn that thing, so maybe it is breaking down a plant to it’s most basic shapes, then adding in color, then adding in the light and shadow to bring in detail. Maybe a second version takes those basic shapes and renders more details, adding more definition to start then adding even more color variation, and lastly bringing in the play of light to really narrow down on rendering those tiny details. It’s great when people have the time to draw everyday, but not all those daily drawing people will improve at the speeds they expect if they lack focus and intention, where as dedicating a good chunk of time on a weekend to sit and do a really intentionally focused session after spending the week intentionally seeing te world around you can improve your skills quite quickly. A bonus during the week if you have 10 or 20 minutes while eating or doing something that doesn’t require higher brain function (which stuff like studying requires) the popping on a video about art or a tutorial on YouTube can be helpful during times you can’t draw. This can also be a source of inspiration especially if you find someone doing the type of art that inspires you. If you are bored or frustrated with what you are doing for art, then sometimes a break is helpful, but if you want to be an artist you do have to practice and hone your skill of an artists eye if that is what you want to do. | 1 | 52,981 | 2.090909 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixkjf5p | ixl3kg0 | 1,669,259,574 | 1,669,271,604 | 11 | 23 | I haven’t done anything in months if not years. Pretty sure if I pick up a pencil again I’ll be fine. I’ve had long times off before. | Definitely not. If you're not drawing *every second* of *every day*, **your skills will degrade** (rapidly). I am using voice to text to type this. I have been drawing every second for the past 12 years. I stopped (once) for around 38 seconds (for personal reasons) and I *immediately* lost all of the skill I had achieved. I was no longer even able to hold a pencil (though pens somehow still worked). Some people will say, "it depends on what you're hoping to achieve" or, "just draw when you can", but they are flat out wrong. I have, as of today, drawn 8,942,635 boxes. I average around 2,000 boxes a day. I have subsidized my eating to a small gnome that lives in my front shirt pocket. He feeds me pancakes every few hours (I do not know how he acquires them) and only requires 8 drawn boxes a day as payment (which is a steal, since the going rate is around 12 boxes a day). The gnome also flicks my nose if I fall asleep (though that is a luxury service at 2 extra boxes a day). tl;dr - **never** stop drawing. find a small gnome to feed you pancakes. achieve immortality. | 0 | 12,030 | 2.090909 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixkpmad | ixl3kg0 | 1,669,262,920 | 1,669,271,604 | 11 | 23 | Really depends on your goals. If you’re drawing just for fun then draw whenever you feel like it. But unlike me I draw everyday and take occasional breaks because I want to be a professional comic artist. Sketching 10 minutes before bed is better than not doing it at all. | Definitely not. If you're not drawing *every second* of *every day*, **your skills will degrade** (rapidly). I am using voice to text to type this. I have been drawing every second for the past 12 years. I stopped (once) for around 38 seconds (for personal reasons) and I *immediately* lost all of the skill I had achieved. I was no longer even able to hold a pencil (though pens somehow still worked). Some people will say, "it depends on what you're hoping to achieve" or, "just draw when you can", but they are flat out wrong. I have, as of today, drawn 8,942,635 boxes. I average around 2,000 boxes a day. I have subsidized my eating to a small gnome that lives in my front shirt pocket. He feeds me pancakes every few hours (I do not know how he acquires them) and only requires 8 drawn boxes a day as payment (which is a steal, since the going rate is around 12 boxes a day). The gnome also flicks my nose if I fall asleep (though that is a luxury service at 2 extra boxes a day). tl;dr - **never** stop drawing. find a small gnome to feed you pancakes. achieve immortality. | 0 | 8,684 | 2.090909 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhyaql | ixl3kg0 | 1,669,219,631 | 1,669,271,604 | 9 | 23 | Sure, drawing whenever you have time to do so is perfectly acceptable. But, you might be surprised the wonders that just taking 5 minutes each day to doing something quick and deliberate can have. I keep a stack of index cards in my coat pocket, if I find 5 minutes, I do a drawing. | Definitely not. If you're not drawing *every second* of *every day*, **your skills will degrade** (rapidly). I am using voice to text to type this. I have been drawing every second for the past 12 years. I stopped (once) for around 38 seconds (for personal reasons) and I *immediately* lost all of the skill I had achieved. I was no longer even able to hold a pencil (though pens somehow still worked). Some people will say, "it depends on what you're hoping to achieve" or, "just draw when you can", but they are flat out wrong. I have, as of today, drawn 8,942,635 boxes. I average around 2,000 boxes a day. I have subsidized my eating to a small gnome that lives in my front shirt pocket. He feeds me pancakes every few hours (I do not know how he acquires them) and only requires 8 drawn boxes a day as payment (which is a steal, since the going rate is around 12 boxes a day). The gnome also flicks my nose if I fall asleep (though that is a luxury service at 2 extra boxes a day). tl;dr - **never** stop drawing. find a small gnome to feed you pancakes. achieve immortality. | 0 | 51,973 | 2.555556 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixl3kg0 | ixhj3nn | 1,669,271,604 | 1,669,213,354 | 23 | 6 | Definitely not. If you're not drawing *every second* of *every day*, **your skills will degrade** (rapidly). I am using voice to text to type this. I have been drawing every second for the past 12 years. I stopped (once) for around 38 seconds (for personal reasons) and I *immediately* lost all of the skill I had achieved. I was no longer even able to hold a pencil (though pens somehow still worked). Some people will say, "it depends on what you're hoping to achieve" or, "just draw when you can", but they are flat out wrong. I have, as of today, drawn 8,942,635 boxes. I average around 2,000 boxes a day. I have subsidized my eating to a small gnome that lives in my front shirt pocket. He feeds me pancakes every few hours (I do not know how he acquires them) and only requires 8 drawn boxes a day as payment (which is a steal, since the going rate is around 12 boxes a day). The gnome also flicks my nose if I fall asleep (though that is a luxury service at 2 extra boxes a day). tl;dr - **never** stop drawing. find a small gnome to feed you pancakes. achieve immortality. | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | 1 | 58,250 | 3.833333 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixl3kg0 | ixhhaox | 1,669,271,604 | 1,669,212,521 | 23 | 5 | Definitely not. If you're not drawing *every second* of *every day*, **your skills will degrade** (rapidly). I am using voice to text to type this. I have been drawing every second for the past 12 years. I stopped (once) for around 38 seconds (for personal reasons) and I *immediately* lost all of the skill I had achieved. I was no longer even able to hold a pencil (though pens somehow still worked). Some people will say, "it depends on what you're hoping to achieve" or, "just draw when you can", but they are flat out wrong. I have, as of today, drawn 8,942,635 boxes. I average around 2,000 boxes a day. I have subsidized my eating to a small gnome that lives in my front shirt pocket. He feeds me pancakes every few hours (I do not know how he acquires them) and only requires 8 drawn boxes a day as payment (which is a steal, since the going rate is around 12 boxes a day). The gnome also flicks my nose if I fall asleep (though that is a luxury service at 2 extra boxes a day). tl;dr - **never** stop drawing. find a small gnome to feed you pancakes. achieve immortality. | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | 1 | 59,083 | 4.6 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixl922o | ixhogum | 1,669,275,623 | 1,669,215,667 | 16 | 12 | No, that's very dangerous, you could be killed, or worse... Expelled | Humans best learn thing when they're done and repeated regularly. I am a musician and I recommend newbies practice their instruments everyday, even if it's just for 10-20 minutes. Those 10-20 minutes gradually build up over the years and become really significant. You can probably find 10-20 minutes in a day and it's not too much to power through in terms of boredom. But you should also be doing art for fun too: whether you draw something good or bad is not relevant. Purely mechanical exercises will kill your interest long term. You need to stay in the game long term to get meaningful results. | 1 | 59,956 | 1.333333 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixl922o | ixijrg5 | 1,669,275,623 | 1,669,228,030 | 16 | 12 | No, that's very dangerous, you could be killed, or worse... Expelled | Hi, IDK if this helps or not...but I've been doing art for like the past 10 years of my life (I still feel like I have alot to improve on tho tbf) and I've taken months long breaks at times...but I've found that as long as you're even remotely consistent... you WILL get better. Ofc more practice means that you'll get better quicker...but I feel like the most imp part of making art (atleast for me) is to be able to express myself.. And have fun doing it...So as long as you're enjoying yourself...I don't think you should be worried about drawing crazy consistently cause you are constantly improving with every line/stroke...hope this helps!! | 1 | 47,593 | 1.333333 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixl922o | ixhvquk | 1,669,275,623 | 1,669,218,623 | 16 | 11 | No, that's very dangerous, you could be killed, or worse... Expelled | While drawing daily even just doodling contributes to muscle memory, drawing and seeing with intention causes improvement overall more so than just simple muscle memory. What this means, in times when you can’t be drawing, looking at things around you for just a few minutes here and there throughout your day, examine the shapes that make up whatever you are looking at, the colors, the play of light and shadow on it, because at the end of the day, when we make art what we are playing with is shapes, colors and light. So seeing with intention when you can’t draw helps build your visual understanding of breaking things down. Then when you have a chance to draw, you can draw with that same intention, pick something to do a study of, then use the intention to learn that thing, so maybe it is breaking down a plant to it’s most basic shapes, then adding in color, then adding in the light and shadow to bring in detail. Maybe a second version takes those basic shapes and renders more details, adding more definition to start then adding even more color variation, and lastly bringing in the play of light to really narrow down on rendering those tiny details. It’s great when people have the time to draw everyday, but not all those daily drawing people will improve at the speeds they expect if they lack focus and intention, where as dedicating a good chunk of time on a weekend to sit and do a really intentionally focused session after spending the week intentionally seeing te world around you can improve your skills quite quickly. A bonus during the week if you have 10 or 20 minutes while eating or doing something that doesn’t require higher brain function (which stuff like studying requires) the popping on a video about art or a tutorial on YouTube can be helpful during times you can’t draw. This can also be a source of inspiration especially if you find someone doing the type of art that inspires you. If you are bored or frustrated with what you are doing for art, then sometimes a break is helpful, but if you want to be an artist you do have to practice and hone your skill of an artists eye if that is what you want to do. | 1 | 57,000 | 1.454545 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixl922o | ixkjf5p | 1,669,275,623 | 1,669,259,574 | 16 | 11 | No, that's very dangerous, you could be killed, or worse... Expelled | I haven’t done anything in months if not years. Pretty sure if I pick up a pencil again I’ll be fine. I’ve had long times off before. | 1 | 16,049 | 1.454545 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixkpmad | ixl922o | 1,669,262,920 | 1,669,275,623 | 11 | 16 | Really depends on your goals. If you’re drawing just for fun then draw whenever you feel like it. But unlike me I draw everyday and take occasional breaks because I want to be a professional comic artist. Sketching 10 minutes before bed is better than not doing it at all. | No, that's very dangerous, you could be killed, or worse... Expelled | 0 | 12,703 | 1.454545 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhyaql | ixl922o | 1,669,219,631 | 1,669,275,623 | 9 | 16 | Sure, drawing whenever you have time to do so is perfectly acceptable. But, you might be surprised the wonders that just taking 5 minutes each day to doing something quick and deliberate can have. I keep a stack of index cards in my coat pocket, if I find 5 minutes, I do a drawing. | No, that's very dangerous, you could be killed, or worse... Expelled | 0 | 55,992 | 1.777778 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhj3nn | ixl922o | 1,669,213,354 | 1,669,275,623 | 6 | 16 | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | No, that's very dangerous, you could be killed, or worse... Expelled | 0 | 62,269 | 2.666667 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhhaox | ixl922o | 1,669,212,521 | 1,669,275,623 | 5 | 16 | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | No, that's very dangerous, you could be killed, or worse... Expelled | 0 | 63,102 | 3.2 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhogum | ixhj3nn | 1,669,215,667 | 1,669,213,354 | 12 | 6 | Humans best learn thing when they're done and repeated regularly. I am a musician and I recommend newbies practice their instruments everyday, even if it's just for 10-20 minutes. Those 10-20 minutes gradually build up over the years and become really significant. You can probably find 10-20 minutes in a day and it's not too much to power through in terms of boredom. But you should also be doing art for fun too: whether you draw something good or bad is not relevant. Purely mechanical exercises will kill your interest long term. You need to stay in the game long term to get meaningful results. | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | 1 | 2,313 | 2 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhhaox | ixhogum | 1,669,212,521 | 1,669,215,667 | 5 | 12 | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | Humans best learn thing when they're done and repeated regularly. I am a musician and I recommend newbies practice their instruments everyday, even if it's just for 10-20 minutes. Those 10-20 minutes gradually build up over the years and become really significant. You can probably find 10-20 minutes in a day and it's not too much to power through in terms of boredom. But you should also be doing art for fun too: whether you draw something good or bad is not relevant. Purely mechanical exercises will kill your interest long term. You need to stay in the game long term to get meaningful results. | 0 | 3,146 | 2.4 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixijrg5 | ixhvquk | 1,669,228,030 | 1,669,218,623 | 12 | 11 | Hi, IDK if this helps or not...but I've been doing art for like the past 10 years of my life (I still feel like I have alot to improve on tho tbf) and I've taken months long breaks at times...but I've found that as long as you're even remotely consistent... you WILL get better. Ofc more practice means that you'll get better quicker...but I feel like the most imp part of making art (atleast for me) is to be able to express myself.. And have fun doing it...So as long as you're enjoying yourself...I don't think you should be worried about drawing crazy consistently cause you are constantly improving with every line/stroke...hope this helps!! | While drawing daily even just doodling contributes to muscle memory, drawing and seeing with intention causes improvement overall more so than just simple muscle memory. What this means, in times when you can’t be drawing, looking at things around you for just a few minutes here and there throughout your day, examine the shapes that make up whatever you are looking at, the colors, the play of light and shadow on it, because at the end of the day, when we make art what we are playing with is shapes, colors and light. So seeing with intention when you can’t draw helps build your visual understanding of breaking things down. Then when you have a chance to draw, you can draw with that same intention, pick something to do a study of, then use the intention to learn that thing, so maybe it is breaking down a plant to it’s most basic shapes, then adding in color, then adding in the light and shadow to bring in detail. Maybe a second version takes those basic shapes and renders more details, adding more definition to start then adding even more color variation, and lastly bringing in the play of light to really narrow down on rendering those tiny details. It’s great when people have the time to draw everyday, but not all those daily drawing people will improve at the speeds they expect if they lack focus and intention, where as dedicating a good chunk of time on a weekend to sit and do a really intentionally focused session after spending the week intentionally seeing te world around you can improve your skills quite quickly. A bonus during the week if you have 10 or 20 minutes while eating or doing something that doesn’t require higher brain function (which stuff like studying requires) the popping on a video about art or a tutorial on YouTube can be helpful during times you can’t draw. This can also be a source of inspiration especially if you find someone doing the type of art that inspires you. If you are bored or frustrated with what you are doing for art, then sometimes a break is helpful, but if you want to be an artist you do have to practice and hone your skill of an artists eye if that is what you want to do. | 1 | 9,407 | 1.090909 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixijrg5 | ixhyaql | 1,669,228,030 | 1,669,219,631 | 12 | 9 | Hi, IDK if this helps or not...but I've been doing art for like the past 10 years of my life (I still feel like I have alot to improve on tho tbf) and I've taken months long breaks at times...but I've found that as long as you're even remotely consistent... you WILL get better. Ofc more practice means that you'll get better quicker...but I feel like the most imp part of making art (atleast for me) is to be able to express myself.. And have fun doing it...So as long as you're enjoying yourself...I don't think you should be worried about drawing crazy consistently cause you are constantly improving with every line/stroke...hope this helps!! | Sure, drawing whenever you have time to do so is perfectly acceptable. But, you might be surprised the wonders that just taking 5 minutes each day to doing something quick and deliberate can have. I keep a stack of index cards in my coat pocket, if I find 5 minutes, I do a drawing. | 1 | 8,399 | 1.333333 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixijrg5 | ixhj3nn | 1,669,228,030 | 1,669,213,354 | 12 | 6 | Hi, IDK if this helps or not...but I've been doing art for like the past 10 years of my life (I still feel like I have alot to improve on tho tbf) and I've taken months long breaks at times...but I've found that as long as you're even remotely consistent... you WILL get better. Ofc more practice means that you'll get better quicker...but I feel like the most imp part of making art (atleast for me) is to be able to express myself.. And have fun doing it...So as long as you're enjoying yourself...I don't think you should be worried about drawing crazy consistently cause you are constantly improving with every line/stroke...hope this helps!! | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | 1 | 14,676 | 2 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixijrg5 | ixhhaox | 1,669,228,030 | 1,669,212,521 | 12 | 5 | Hi, IDK if this helps or not...but I've been doing art for like the past 10 years of my life (I still feel like I have alot to improve on tho tbf) and I've taken months long breaks at times...but I've found that as long as you're even remotely consistent... you WILL get better. Ofc more practice means that you'll get better quicker...but I feel like the most imp part of making art (atleast for me) is to be able to express myself.. And have fun doing it...So as long as you're enjoying yourself...I don't think you should be worried about drawing crazy consistently cause you are constantly improving with every line/stroke...hope this helps!! | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | 1 | 15,509 | 2.4 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhvquk | ixhj3nn | 1,669,218,623 | 1,669,213,354 | 11 | 6 | While drawing daily even just doodling contributes to muscle memory, drawing and seeing with intention causes improvement overall more so than just simple muscle memory. What this means, in times when you can’t be drawing, looking at things around you for just a few minutes here and there throughout your day, examine the shapes that make up whatever you are looking at, the colors, the play of light and shadow on it, because at the end of the day, when we make art what we are playing with is shapes, colors and light. So seeing with intention when you can’t draw helps build your visual understanding of breaking things down. Then when you have a chance to draw, you can draw with that same intention, pick something to do a study of, then use the intention to learn that thing, so maybe it is breaking down a plant to it’s most basic shapes, then adding in color, then adding in the light and shadow to bring in detail. Maybe a second version takes those basic shapes and renders more details, adding more definition to start then adding even more color variation, and lastly bringing in the play of light to really narrow down on rendering those tiny details. It’s great when people have the time to draw everyday, but not all those daily drawing people will improve at the speeds they expect if they lack focus and intention, where as dedicating a good chunk of time on a weekend to sit and do a really intentionally focused session after spending the week intentionally seeing te world around you can improve your skills quite quickly. A bonus during the week if you have 10 or 20 minutes while eating or doing something that doesn’t require higher brain function (which stuff like studying requires) the popping on a video about art or a tutorial on YouTube can be helpful during times you can’t draw. This can also be a source of inspiration especially if you find someone doing the type of art that inspires you. If you are bored or frustrated with what you are doing for art, then sometimes a break is helpful, but if you want to be an artist you do have to practice and hone your skill of an artists eye if that is what you want to do. | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | 1 | 5,269 | 1.833333 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhvquk | ixhhaox | 1,669,218,623 | 1,669,212,521 | 11 | 5 | While drawing daily even just doodling contributes to muscle memory, drawing and seeing with intention causes improvement overall more so than just simple muscle memory. What this means, in times when you can’t be drawing, looking at things around you for just a few minutes here and there throughout your day, examine the shapes that make up whatever you are looking at, the colors, the play of light and shadow on it, because at the end of the day, when we make art what we are playing with is shapes, colors and light. So seeing with intention when you can’t draw helps build your visual understanding of breaking things down. Then when you have a chance to draw, you can draw with that same intention, pick something to do a study of, then use the intention to learn that thing, so maybe it is breaking down a plant to it’s most basic shapes, then adding in color, then adding in the light and shadow to bring in detail. Maybe a second version takes those basic shapes and renders more details, adding more definition to start then adding even more color variation, and lastly bringing in the play of light to really narrow down on rendering those tiny details. It’s great when people have the time to draw everyday, but not all those daily drawing people will improve at the speeds they expect if they lack focus and intention, where as dedicating a good chunk of time on a weekend to sit and do a really intentionally focused session after spending the week intentionally seeing te world around you can improve your skills quite quickly. A bonus during the week if you have 10 or 20 minutes while eating or doing something that doesn’t require higher brain function (which stuff like studying requires) the popping on a video about art or a tutorial on YouTube can be helpful during times you can’t draw. This can also be a source of inspiration especially if you find someone doing the type of art that inspires you. If you are bored or frustrated with what you are doing for art, then sometimes a break is helpful, but if you want to be an artist you do have to practice and hone your skill of an artists eye if that is what you want to do. | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | 1 | 6,102 | 2.2 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixkjf5p | ixhyaql | 1,669,259,574 | 1,669,219,631 | 11 | 9 | I haven’t done anything in months if not years. Pretty sure if I pick up a pencil again I’ll be fine. I’ve had long times off before. | Sure, drawing whenever you have time to do so is perfectly acceptable. But, you might be surprised the wonders that just taking 5 minutes each day to doing something quick and deliberate can have. I keep a stack of index cards in my coat pocket, if I find 5 minutes, I do a drawing. | 1 | 39,943 | 1.222222 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixkjf5p | ixhj3nn | 1,669,259,574 | 1,669,213,354 | 11 | 6 | I haven’t done anything in months if not years. Pretty sure if I pick up a pencil again I’ll be fine. I’ve had long times off before. | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | 1 | 46,220 | 1.833333 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhhaox | ixkjf5p | 1,669,212,521 | 1,669,259,574 | 5 | 11 | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | I haven’t done anything in months if not years. Pretty sure if I pick up a pencil again I’ll be fine. I’ve had long times off before. | 0 | 47,053 | 2.2 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixkpmad | ixhyaql | 1,669,262,920 | 1,669,219,631 | 11 | 9 | Really depends on your goals. If you’re drawing just for fun then draw whenever you feel like it. But unlike me I draw everyday and take occasional breaks because I want to be a professional comic artist. Sketching 10 minutes before bed is better than not doing it at all. | Sure, drawing whenever you have time to do so is perfectly acceptable. But, you might be surprised the wonders that just taking 5 minutes each day to doing something quick and deliberate can have. I keep a stack of index cards in my coat pocket, if I find 5 minutes, I do a drawing. | 1 | 43,289 | 1.222222 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhj3nn | ixkpmad | 1,669,213,354 | 1,669,262,920 | 6 | 11 | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | Really depends on your goals. If you’re drawing just for fun then draw whenever you feel like it. But unlike me I draw everyday and take occasional breaks because I want to be a professional comic artist. Sketching 10 minutes before bed is better than not doing it at all. | 0 | 49,566 | 1.833333 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixkpmad | ixhhaox | 1,669,262,920 | 1,669,212,521 | 11 | 5 | Really depends on your goals. If you’re drawing just for fun then draw whenever you feel like it. But unlike me I draw everyday and take occasional breaks because I want to be a professional comic artist. Sketching 10 minutes before bed is better than not doing it at all. | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | 1 | 50,399 | 2.2 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhyaql | ixhj3nn | 1,669,219,631 | 1,669,213,354 | 9 | 6 | Sure, drawing whenever you have time to do so is perfectly acceptable. But, you might be surprised the wonders that just taking 5 minutes each day to doing something quick and deliberate can have. I keep a stack of index cards in my coat pocket, if I find 5 minutes, I do a drawing. | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | 1 | 6,277 | 1.5 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhyaql | ixhhaox | 1,669,219,631 | 1,669,212,521 | 9 | 5 | Sure, drawing whenever you have time to do so is perfectly acceptable. But, you might be surprised the wonders that just taking 5 minutes each day to doing something quick and deliberate can have. I keep a stack of index cards in my coat pocket, if I find 5 minutes, I do a drawing. | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | 1 | 7,110 | 1.8 | ||
z2l9t2 | artfundamentals_train | 0.81 | Is it okay to practice drawing only on the weekends? The reason why I asked this question caused I have a lot of things to do like school, homework, and distraction, so I only draw on the weekends cause I feel tired/bored when practicing drawing and just take a break from drawing for the last week cause I forgot. | ixhj3nn | ixhhaox | 1,669,213,354 | 1,669,212,521 | 6 | 5 | You can, but I think the frequency might be too low for you. Sessions of drawing don't need to be long, if time is the problem. They can be 20-30min periods every other day. If the problem is boredom, I think you should read about the 50% rule and take some time to draw just for fun and not for skills | Yeah, but you’ll progress slower | 1 | 833 | 1.2 | ||
c3jhc1 | artfundamentals_train | 0.85 | Is it normal for my hand to get tired after drawing for around 2 hours/ 1 and a half hour? I'm quite a beginner and when i finally discovered that i need to move my whole arm instead of just my wrist i began to feel tired in a short amount of time (Or is it a normal amount by your standards?) . I know i'm just starting and probably i'm just tired because it's night hours but in general, does it get less painful (Physically) after a while? | errii4x | errjir6 | 1,561,171,570 | 1,561,172,482 | 6 | 12 | Just listen to your body, if you're tired, rest. If you're feeling good to draw, go for it. | Yes, PLEASE take breaks. Lots of artists take breaks depending on the person. Everyone is unique so it's okay if you need a break ever 15min or every 30min. Artists with carpal tunnel end up taking lots of breaks the moment they're in any pain, so please don't overexert your hand/wrist/arm! And try to massage them during breaks! You got this!! | 0 | 912 | 2 | ||
c3jhc1 | artfundamentals_train | 0.85 | Is it normal for my hand to get tired after drawing for around 2 hours/ 1 and a half hour? I'm quite a beginner and when i finally discovered that i need to move my whole arm instead of just my wrist i began to feel tired in a short amount of time (Or is it a normal amount by your standards?) . I know i'm just starting and probably i'm just tired because it's night hours but in general, does it get less painful (Physically) after a while? | errjir6 | erriq2i | 1,561,172,482 | 1,561,171,769 | 12 | 3 | Yes, PLEASE take breaks. Lots of artists take breaks depending on the person. Everyone is unique so it's okay if you need a break ever 15min or every 30min. Artists with carpal tunnel end up taking lots of breaks the moment they're in any pain, so please don't overexert your hand/wrist/arm! And try to massage them during breaks! You got this!! | it is (i'm a beginner, too). luckily i'm ambidextrous and i just switch before my hands get tired. | 1 | 713 | 4 | ||
c3jhc1 | artfundamentals_train | 0.85 | Is it normal for my hand to get tired after drawing for around 2 hours/ 1 and a half hour? I'm quite a beginner and when i finally discovered that i need to move my whole arm instead of just my wrist i began to feel tired in a short amount of time (Or is it a normal amount by your standards?) . I know i'm just starting and probably i'm just tired because it's night hours but in general, does it get less painful (Physically) after a while? | errqwig | errzd5h | 1,561,179,782 | 1,561,191,022 | 9 | 10 | It changes from person to person. Pro artists can draw for as long as they can stay awake while a newcommer won't go over a short session. Personally I can draw for 4-5 hours before getting uncomfortable. To improve your stamina I would suggest getting up and doing stretches. Also look at something far away for a while to readjust your eyes. Overall, with time you will get more stamina anyways. If you enjoy the process it really won't matter too. Good luck! | If you have insurance and the ability, it might be worth seeing a hand therapist now to make sure your technique isn't doing long-term damage. I did detailed art that used a lot of fine motor skills for years before I had pain and then worked through mild pain for years before it got so bad it was seriously disrupting my life. I'm in my mid thirties and have carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, and arthritis, and I had to stop making art professionally partially because of it. Didn't find out til things got bad bad bad that I'd been holding my damn pen the wrong way my whole life (only one part of the problem but still) and have had to relearn to prevent further damage. Stretching is great but learning ergonomic techniques and checking with a medical professional to make sure there isn't something else going on is also a great proactive thing to do. Signed, a cautionary tale. Don't mean to scare you - listen to your body, take frequent breaks, stretch, and build up slowly, and you'll probably see improvement. But don't ignore it either! | 0 | 11,240 | 1.111111 | ||
c3jhc1 | artfundamentals_train | 0.85 | Is it normal for my hand to get tired after drawing for around 2 hours/ 1 and a half hour? I'm quite a beginner and when i finally discovered that i need to move my whole arm instead of just my wrist i began to feel tired in a short amount of time (Or is it a normal amount by your standards?) . I know i'm just starting and probably i'm just tired because it's night hours but in general, does it get less painful (Physically) after a while? | errzd5h | errkz87 | 1,561,191,022 | 1,561,173,816 | 10 | 9 | If you have insurance and the ability, it might be worth seeing a hand therapist now to make sure your technique isn't doing long-term damage. I did detailed art that used a lot of fine motor skills for years before I had pain and then worked through mild pain for years before it got so bad it was seriously disrupting my life. I'm in my mid thirties and have carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, and arthritis, and I had to stop making art professionally partially because of it. Didn't find out til things got bad bad bad that I'd been holding my damn pen the wrong way my whole life (only one part of the problem but still) and have had to relearn to prevent further damage. Stretching is great but learning ergonomic techniques and checking with a medical professional to make sure there isn't something else going on is also a great proactive thing to do. Signed, a cautionary tale. Don't mean to scare you - listen to your body, take frequent breaks, stretch, and build up slowly, and you'll probably see improvement. But don't ignore it either! | Of course it does. Just take breaks. After a couple of months of drawing youll get used to it and your drawing time will extend. | 1 | 17,206 | 1.111111 | ||
c3jhc1 | artfundamentals_train | 0.85 | Is it normal for my hand to get tired after drawing for around 2 hours/ 1 and a half hour? I'm quite a beginner and when i finally discovered that i need to move my whole arm instead of just my wrist i began to feel tired in a short amount of time (Or is it a normal amount by your standards?) . I know i'm just starting and probably i'm just tired because it's night hours but in general, does it get less painful (Physically) after a while? | errzd5h | errogwp | 1,561,191,022 | 1,561,177,181 | 10 | 8 | If you have insurance and the ability, it might be worth seeing a hand therapist now to make sure your technique isn't doing long-term damage. I did detailed art that used a lot of fine motor skills for years before I had pain and then worked through mild pain for years before it got so bad it was seriously disrupting my life. I'm in my mid thirties and have carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, and arthritis, and I had to stop making art professionally partially because of it. Didn't find out til things got bad bad bad that I'd been holding my damn pen the wrong way my whole life (only one part of the problem but still) and have had to relearn to prevent further damage. Stretching is great but learning ergonomic techniques and checking with a medical professional to make sure there isn't something else going on is also a great proactive thing to do. Signed, a cautionary tale. Don't mean to scare you - listen to your body, take frequent breaks, stretch, and build up slowly, and you'll probably see improvement. But don't ignore it either! | It's a muscle you have to work up like any other. There are some things you can do like stretch your hand, hold your pencils/brushes more loosely, but rest is important. A friend of mine has terrible carpal tunnel now because he just pushed through that pain. | 1 | 13,841 | 1.25 |
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