/art/ - Art & Creative

What do you want to draw?

Have you tried drawing that?

You can always incorporate all kinds of practice and exercises into general drawfagging.

Try to figure out why you're avoiding art. Are you disappointed that you don't have the skills? Is it physically exhausting? Would you rather shitpost in 8chan? Do you really even like drawing?

Motivation is one of the most common problems, and there isn't any solution that works for everyone.

I have also been using drawabox to train drawing but I didn't enjoy it. Drawing became a chore instead of a hobby, so I quit following the site and just followed tehmeh's advice on how to become good.

>>3787

OP here, i have been wanting to practice perspective drawing and try to draw everything around me but the reason why I've been avoiding to learn drawing is primarily procrastination and it even felt like a chore instead of a hobby like >>3788 said whenever i tried drawing and I've been also considering just taking a break from playing video games and browsing 8chan for a while just to see if i can get back my interest in practicing drawing.

Motivation is not a problem for me thought, It's just that i don't feel like i have what it takes to get good at drawing. The reason why i even want to learn drawing is due having heavy interest in art and to have an excuse to take a break from video games and browsing the internet mindlessly simply because it's not productive at all.

Not trying to hjack OP's thread but I have a similar problem so I figured it's better than making a new thread.

My problem it's pretty much the opposite of OP's problem, I can learn fundamentals all day and I've even gotten somewhat good at perspective(still shit at shadows though) but I don't know if I should move foward yet so I just keep drawing squares and simple forms in 3D, should I just say fuck it and try to go learn more complex stuff or what?

>>3815

OP here again, i got a question though.

what kind of routine would you recommend to get myself to practice drawing without getting hesitant to do something else?

For the past couple of days, i was considering just joining an art course that is pretty close to where i live but even then i would have to require a good routine that does not involve getting distracted with other stuff like vidya or TV.

>>3816

Not that I'm good at drawing stuff (because I'm not) but I'd suggest you keep drawing whatever you want until you feel more confident with your drawing while still keeping in mind the fundamentals.

>>3817

I'd say the best way is to literally write down a schedule and set a time period for drawing practice. If you have time set aside every single day for practice, you'll get better.

>>3817

I've read the book "The Power of Habit" up until the starbucks chapter. You're overthinking the cue thing. The cue does not actually make you want to do the routine until you've run through the habit loop many times, creating the connection between cue and reward. You're putting the cart before the horse there with your thinking in the original post.

You need to experience the rewards of drawing over and over again in conjuction with your cue. Feel the tactile sensations as you draw. Calm down, focus, stop worrying about things, and just draw. And visualize, or try to feel/intuit, the form of whatever you're drawing. Take some chances and try to do something creative or different than what you usually do. In this way, drawing can be meditative and rewarding. And when you're done drawing, be proud of yourself for doing so.

Your cue can be something as simple as a sketchbook, and many others.

Lastly, drop the videogames. They will distract you from drawing. And drop the mentality that you can't become good at drawing. How good you can become depends on how focused you can be and the opportunities you seek to help your training, such as seeking critique.

>>3825

I stopped reading "The Power of Habit" up until the starbucks chapter as well, not that it's a coincidence but the the book started to get more repetitive as you read it more, i might probably finish it sometime soon.

Here's the thing though, every time i think about starting to draw stuff i always start worrying about other stuff like irl things, and even playing video games began making me more stressed than relaxed.

Needless to say, a few days ago i joined an art course just for the sake of it yet i don't know what to expect or if i made the right choice.

And of course, i think i mentioned dropping video games for a time, but i have no clue how to lay off from them without feeling miserable. Though, I've been considering dropping the computer for a time as well so i don't get distracted too much.

>>3819

I will keep that in mind, thanks.

>>3826

You just have to go for it. It's the same for me, I'm miserable and down in the dumps after deciding to stop playing a game. It's kind of like a withdrawal. And the longer you've played the game, the worse the withdrawal, I think.

Gaming, especially MMO-gaming, is the opposite of what it means to make art, I think. In games you can cut down a tree in second. In art, to see results in your work or a single drawing takes far longer. However, the results are real and mean much more.

The art-course was a good idea. Even if it's not the highest quality, you can grow from working on the assignments, and benefit from the classroom environment.

>>3828

That sounds fair, considering that video games aren't as entertaining as they were back then, but either way, I'm gonna have to take a break from them entirely.

By the way, is there anything else i should do before i start taking art classes? Is it a good idea to practice the Drawabox.com lessons again just to warm up until my classes begin? Just wondering though.

>>3829

I get the point, because the more complex the object is, the more effort I'm gonna have to put to make it look good and without practice, It wouldn't look good at all.

>>3830

It's more of a "it's going to be so shit I shouldn't even bother" kind of thing. I feel like I should advance and I know that if I don't try I'll never get better, but the next step looks impossible.

>>3830

If it's a beginner drawing class, you will probably be doing still lives and maybe blind contour drawing. https://www.mediafire.com/?i44dwzkf9j9n8 You can read about some of that stuff in Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson, which you can get here. You probably won't learn much about the drawabox method of drawing in class, but you can still apply what you know from it if it doesn't contradict the lesson's purpose.

>>3829

I just tried my hand on number 2 and 3 and it was odly sattisfying to draw.