Drawing lessons I learned recently
I want to learn how to draw. A few months ago, I bought a book to learn how to draw faces. I practiced for a few weeks, but then I didn’t continue practicing as often as I wanted.
For the last three or four weeks, I didn't practice even once. Lots of things that have been going on did not leave enough energy for my drawing practice in the evening. But then, I noticed that I spend more time online, mindlessly consuming news or YouTube videos.
Last week, I started my drawing practices again but this time with a new attitude. My goal is not to set any fixed schedule like drawing daily, but rather to spend a few minutes on practicing whenever I feel like creating something instead of passive consumption.
I probably won’t make big progress with the little time I invest in these short practice sessions. But that’s fine. Actually, it feels somehow liberating because I do not feel the pressure to make something good out of each drawing. My main goal is to spend less time online and more time on something I actively choose to do.
Another lesson I learned today was that if something does not turn out well in the faces I draw, I can just erase it and redo it. Often, I see something is wrong, but I do not know how to do it the correct way. Erasing and redoing helps me learn the correct way. This was one of the points mentioned in the book, but I resisted doing so because erasing makes the drawing messy. At school, my art teachers did not like messy drawings. Unconsciously, I adopted the idea that I shouldn’t erase much in my drawings. Today, I noticed this belief is not valid anymore and I can erase and redo as often as I like.