![]() ![]() And drawing and painting from life are pretty much 99 percent looking and seeing. You see groups of art students in galleries and museums, sitting and sketching copies of known works.īut what they’re also doing is learning to see. Look and seeĬopying is a legitimate way to learn. The trick, then, is to concentrate on something else, and let your life-long handwriting skills take over. Like a golfer who thinks too much about her stoke, you’ll “choke.” As soon as you start to think about the marks you’re making, you can’t do it any more. The problem comes when you engage the conscious brain. Your hand and brain already know how to do the mechanical part of drawing, and all without even thinking about it. That sounds like a trite introduction to a lame office seminar, but it’s true. You already have the coordination to make accurate, legible strokes. If you can write a shopping list, you already know how to make marks on a page. Who wasn’t impressed by that kid who was a “real good drawer,” and made amazingly lifelike portraits? And while it’s a great skill to have, a sketch is about a lot more than making a faithful copy of what you see. The obsession with photorealistic copies being regarded as “good” drawings comes from school, I think. Just like how you choose a crop when you make an actual photo, when you sketch, you can leave out things you don’t like, and emphasize what’s important. It’s about making your own version of the scene before you. But drawing and sketching isn’t about photorealism. If not photorealistic, then an accurate copy of some manga, or a cool drawing of a dragon. ![]() They’re aimed at helping you to get a photorealistic pictures onto paper (or screen). There are lots of learn-to-draw methods that don’t actually teach you to draw or paint.
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