The hardest part of getting back to drawing after a long break for me was to deal with the fact that I could no longer draw the way I could before I quit art and it will take me considerable time before my art skills reach that level again.
Once a pattern of behaviour such as drawing gets wired in our brain, we start performing those habits almost on autopilot. But as creatures of habit, taking the first step towards starting something new is often the hardest because it disrupts how we are used to doing things.
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So if you want to start drawing again after years of not making any art, whether or not you actually end up doing it consistently ultimately depends on you to ignite enough spark in yourself to plow through those initial batches of bad drawings until it becomes a regular part of your routine and you begin to enjoy the art process.
Now that I am more consistent, I am thinking about learning how to do figure drawings while working on my art fundamentals like perspective, color theory, and composition with the ultimate objective to learn character design for my art portfolio.
Over the past few months, I have loved getting my weekly dose of inspiration by seeying artworks and tutorials posted by Loish on her Patreon page, as well as reading art books specific to portrait drawing like Drawing The Head And Hands by Andrew Loomis.
Previously, I never uploaded any of my art online, which felt really isolating because none of my (imaginary) friends that I hang out with really like to draw. I recently found some great art communities on Reddit though where I love to share my drawings and get some feedback as well as interact with other budding artists like me.
Back in the day, I wanted to draw a masterpiece every time I sat to draw, and the weight of creating a perfect-looking drawing to the best of my ability every time just wore me down and led me to quit drawing for five years.
But reading this motivates to try the small incremental improvements, and jumping into the habit with little time I have versus waiting for those fewer opportunities to have unlimited time, is a saver when building up the habit. I just have to draw regardless and let the creativity flow, rather than being diminished that I may not make a masterpiece straight up in one sitting.
Do let me know about your progress in a few weeks. I'm also planning to build a small online art community here where artists can keep each other accountable so I'll share details with you if you want to join when I've sorted out the technical details.
Hi Dave. Thanks for your kind words and also for sharing your art journey and goals. Loved your idea of creating a drawing group on WhatsApp with your love ones and I'll take the inspiration from you to start my own little art group with my nieces who occasionally like to draw. Do give us an update on your art journey in a few weeks and I hope you find a way to create drawings again for the love of it. The first few weeks will be the hardest but if you can just stick around till you find your rhythm again it will be all worth it! It's remarkable how you can just lose yourself into drawing for an hour or two and just zone out from all the worries and stress that accumulates in your mind over time so I can totally relate to your expression of drawing as a sort of meditation. I live in Islamabad by the way and I do hope to visit my brother who is based in Glasgow probably sometime next year. ?
Thanks so much for the kind words Rachel! I hope you get back to drawing portraits again soon. I can relate to what you're saying about the fear of forgetting everything you knew about drawing after a long break.
Personally, I didn't expect to get back to the same level of drawing after 5 years within just a few months so speaking from my experience if you're consistent, everything you already know about drawing and the muscle memory will just start to get back to you in a few weeks.
Just remember to take small steps in the right direction as often as you can and although you'll have to muster up some courage and will to get back to it for the first few weeks, your effort will be all worth it and your obsession with drawing will reignite before you know it!
I'm so excited because this is like the first comment ever on this blog ? and so happy to know that someone's actually reading what I'm putting out here. I'll remember your comment for a long time and your kind words just made my day. So, honestly, thank you once again and hoping to hear of your progress soon! ?
For the past two years, I have been teaching myself how to draw and making an effort to make art consistently. I love to document what I learn about drawing on this tiny art blog and sharing with others!
Recreating work and trying to draw out old ideas again is, in my opinion, a great way to see how far you have come and if you have improved. Trying to become better is again something I think most artists are trying to do. It is important to also acknowledge how far you have already come.
There are a lot of success formulas, but probably all of them consist of practice and time, and the saying 'Practice makes perfect' is here not without reason. This is especially true for drawing, where understanding proportions, shading, and other techniques can turn a crude circle with lines into a detailed, realistic face. 'Draw This Again!' drawing challenge invites artists to re-draw their pencil sketches and drawing ideas and present them side-by-side for comparison, showcasing their skill improvement.From pencil drawings to vibrant 3D rendering creations - these images prove that nobody was born an artist and the journey to mastering drawing involves a lot of patience and hard work. Have you also been producing some cool drawings? Then post your version of 'Draw This Again!' below and don't forget to vote for your favorite beautiful drawings!
I'm the autor of both drawings and I'm pretty angry you didn't credit me. Here's my original post on deviantART: -art.deviantart.com/art/Draw-this-again-211407317 . It's really sad that BoredPanda put their web address on pictures that don't belong to them...
What's even more interesting to me, and almost never represented in this sort of post, is that oftentimes the "after" images that are shown here actually represent only part of the evolution of a lot of artists. Everyone begins drawing with the goal of reproducing realistic images. With practice, many artists master this. And then eventually a lot of artists who have mastered realistic representational art evolve beyond it, realizing that visual arts have the ability to convey both ideas and emotions through non-realistic elements that resonate with viewers in a different way. This is where artists find and express their individuality, and where they move beyond technicians to express themselves and not just to draw what they see in front of them. Van Gogh and Picasso were both relatively realistic early in their careers, but neither is famous because he reproduced what he saw. Both will be remembered through time because they created representations of what they imagined and felt.
This post is proof that anyone can learn to draw, it just takes practice, and determination just like anything else. I've been in art courses where people go into it only being able to draw stick figures, and come out of it with a completely honed skill of drawing.
These are really cool! I just wish people would stop commenting "I wish I could do this", or "I'm so not like this". First of all this is self-hate, and it also puts the attention on yourself, not the artist. Thanks!
To ensure that guides outside the perimeter of a face stay (thus will be created) in plane of the face, hover over the face first with the guide cursor. When you see it is obviously on face, only then hold down [Shift] and drag the cursor to any location outside the perimeter. The guide will constrain on plane.
Repeat for the second guide to create the intersection outside the face perimeter but still on plane.
Hi,
Thank you for your replies - I think I may have found the solution.
I drew the vertical rectangle very close to the red / blue axes, so when I used the Tape Measure tool, it snapped to the red axis and not the bottom edge of the rectangle. This meant the guideline was not on the surface of the rectangle.
The circle tool appears to snap to either guide line but not the cross between the two guide lines.
When I redo the guideline, being careful to select the bottom edge of the rectangle, the circle snaps to the meeting point of the two guides.
I am attaching a PDF - not sure guidelines problem.pdf (295.0 KB) if this will help explain. 152ee80cbc