Why Can't You Draw?

Stormy · Jan 30, 2014 5:42 PM

I found this article the other day and thought of this forum because a lot of us say stuff like "I wish I could draw" all the time. I think this is a good way of thinking about art, and it kind of makes me think twice about wishing for talent instead of actually practicing.

http://vector.tutsplus.com/articles/wha … -you-draw/

Thoughts?

Spyrorocks · Jan 30, 2014 6:35 PM

Stop trying to motivate me.

Stormy · Jan 30, 2014 7:09 PM

No! Go draw 20 stick figures NOW!

Swaffy · Jan 30, 2014 7:58 PM

I've read so much on DeviantArt from people saying that all you have to do to make better art (and grow in skill) is so draw ... and just keep drawing. And give yourself time. Also, don't look at other people's art for references.

Giganoto · Jan 31, 2014 12:44 AM

I just draw when something comes to my brain and i want to put it on paper. I'm not unhappy with my cartoonish style, and it keeps improving too. Like in ratatoullie they said, ''anyone can cook'' well then anyone can draw cool

Steinar · Jan 31, 2014 1:48 AM

Anybody can draw smile
You just take this pencil over here..., and over there..... And there you go. Just do it, practice makes a champ! Leave everything to the imagination when you draw wink .

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Swaffy · Jan 31, 2014 3:56 AM

Easier said than done. *dies* I'm sort of a perfectionist ... and so I get stuck on the smallest things while siply drawing lineart. So I get frustrated with it and just stop.

I get sad.

This is why I can't draw.

Flapjacks · Feb 01, 2014 2:48 AM

Swaffy wrote:

Easier said than done. *dies* I'm sort of a perfectionist ... and so I get stuck on the smallest things while siply drawing lineart. So I get frustrated with it and just stop.
I get sad.
This is why I can't draw.

This is the same reason I can't draw. I can spend up to an hour on one inch of art before it looks even close to what I want it to look like. And that's just a quick sketch.

RangerOfIthilien · Feb 01, 2014 3:14 AM

I like drawing a lot. It's like an escape for me, just like reality. I try to do my best and don't get too stressed out over it. Naturally that led me from this to this so yeah, I can vouch for practicing

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Latias fan · Feb 05, 2014 10:33 PM

I don't have the time.

http://youtu.be/uZu9Ds5SCTQ

>30 minute video on drawing hands

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Rurikredwolf · Feb 06, 2014 3:19 AM

Nerve damage prevents me from holding a pencil/drawing utensil for too long without extreme discomfort/pain. So no, not everyone can do it.

*downer*

Stormy · Feb 06, 2014 3:26 AM

Maybe you could draw with your feet! Or your mouth! big_smile

Spyrorocks · Feb 06, 2014 4:14 AM

Draw with your bum.

Breaking Bad · Feb 06, 2014 4:14 AM

Sr should draw himself.

Gekoncze · Feb 06, 2014 11:46 AM

I would like to see some of SR's drawings hmm I saw only one :3 and it was good!

...
hmm :3 drawing with mouth, I might try that

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Prism · Feb 07, 2014 12:08 AM

I can draw. Not realistic images, but shapes and surreal visions.

Rurikredwolf · Feb 07, 2014 1:54 AM

Stormy wrote:

Maybe you could draw with your feet! Or your mouth!

Cuz that's a lot better xD. I actually did manage to do a decent dragon headshot last night.

Swaffy · Feb 07, 2014 2:18 AM

Rurikredwolf wrote:

Stormy wrote:
Maybe you could draw with your feet! Or your mouth!
Cuz that's a lot better xD. I actually did manage to do a decent dragon headshot last night.

I know exactly where your DeviantArt tagline is from.
[hint]

Rurikredwolf · Feb 07, 2014 2:31 AM

About time someone got it lol

bmah · Feb 08, 2014 6:36 AM

I have this book called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. It describes how at a certain age, our brains strongly associate the visual world with symbols, and while that is a useful tool for simplification, it's why we tend to stall in our drawing skills typically at around age 12 or so. Stick figures are the representation of various symbols (e.g. circle for a head), so just like the article you posted said, drawing goes beyond that sort of symbolism. Many people find themselves in a rut trying to get out of that symbolic thinking. It's why a lot of adults still make child-like drawings if you asked them to draw the best they could.

Swaffy · Feb 08, 2014 7:16 AM

bmah wrote:

I have this book called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. It describes how at a certain age, our brains strongly associate the visual world with symbols, and while that is a useful tool for simplification, it's why we tend to stall in our drawing skills typically at around age 12 or so. Stick figures are the representation of various symbols (e.g. circle for a head), so just like the article you posted said, drawing goes beyond that sort of symbolism. Many people find themselves in a rut trying to get out of that symbolic thinking. It's why a lot of adults still make child-like drawings if you asked them to draw the best they could.

Thank you for posting that, bmah. It makes sense but it makes me more sad.

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