YOUR ART??? HOLY, IT MAKES ME WANNA LICK THE SCREEN—
cough cough…
anyway, I do have a question. I see so many artists like you with godly art skills and honestly, as a more moderately skilled artist, I’d like to know how you got these skills. Did you get them from art school? Did you just do a bunch of studying like I do (but honestly it feels useless after a while)? I end up burning myself out by studying (maybe because of my ADHD don’t get me wrong) and just in general trying to learn. I just would very much like to ask how you built your skills to this and how long it took. I think I need some motivation.
Hi～
First of all, I need to explain that my English is not very good, so I used a translator to translate your question, and my reply was also completed through translation. So if there is no clear answer, it may be a problem with the translation software. I hope you can understand. Thank you very much.
Personally, I think painting, like all other hobbies, is the most important thing to maintain enthusiasm. And many boring and repetitive exercises will consume everyone’s enthusiasm. In fact, I rarely practice. I haven‘t been to a vocational school either. I have always regarded painting purely as a hobby.
My suggestion is that you can not just treat the exercise as a practice. It is regarded as a new work. For example, if I want to practice the human body, movements, etc. now. I will draw a lot of poses directly, and then choose a few that feel good and continue to draw until it is finished. In this way, you can not only practice posture, human body, clothing, folds, light and shadow in one breath. You still have a great sense of accomplishment (because I really feel that the sense of accomplishment brought to you by completing a work is very enthusiastic☺️)
Sometimes you think that some knowledge and ”practice“ are not important, but in fact, these are accumulated little by little. Maybe one day you will suddenly find that what you were not good at before can now be drawn smoothly. In fact, this is the experience you have accumulated, which is finally integrated.
In the same way, it is also very important to stick to it. You can regard painting as a way to release your inner emotions. Any of your thoughts and feelings can be drawn. It doesn‘t need to be a very grand and perfect illustration. Even if it’s just a casual drawing, as long as you feel happy, I think it‘s a positive influence, and this positive emotion will continue to support your enthusiasm. And because of enthusiasm, you can also stick to it better. I think this is the so-called positive cycle❤️
I can totally understand that you sometimes feel tired, because I believe we have all been like this. If you are really tired, you can also put down the pen and do something else first. If you come back after a while, you may make great progress. There are many bottlenecks and troughs when I draw, but as long as I stick to it, there will be a day when I cross it.
I hope we can all keep our love for what we like❤️
