Idk how people get by without drawing regularly. How do you even
I need to know why though
Maybe you need to know why not? Also most of the time I over-think - but sometimes if I’m lucky I get a break and run with it; no thinking, just do. I might get bored and stop in 5 min, but that feels way better afterwards. Good luck, friend. 😁
Because art.
I just did start drawing again. I put up some of my stupid little drawings on https://icecreamonahotdog.com/
Imma add ‘take photos’ to that suggestion list.
Yes!! This so much!! Even if all you have is a cell phone camera, take photos!
Don’t forget read.
/ sew/ woodwork/ hike/ garden/ go back to school/ do whatever the fuck makes ye happy
20th time trying to learn blender but caught up learning CAD/CAM instead.
All the suggestions grumpy monkey got when the bananas were too sweet.
It’s helping! I’m not someone that really does art so it’s been fun making silly stuff for myself. It’s nice change of pace getting to approach it without any expectations.
Got seriously injured, basically all the muscles and tendons on the right side of my body are still fucked up, 2 years later.
But! PT is slowly working, typing is no longer unbearably painful… and I am starting to get the right side of my diaphragm and abdomen working more normally again.
And I can now finally sing again!
Not professionally trained, but I am a natural baritone, and can more or less sing all the Johnny Cash songs I know, a lot of Beatles songs… for whatever reason, I think my favorite to sing is still Grounds for Divorce by Elbow.
I used to be able to go a good deal higher pitch as well, but… that I think I’ve lost mostly just as I’ve grown older and … had more testosterone happen.
This is wholesome and I’m happy to hear of your recovery!
I still got a ways to go, but ah yep, nothing like singing to lift your spirits and also diaphragm muscles lol.
okay fine I’ll sketch that thing I wanted to sketch for like a month now
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I CAN do all of these, I just suck at them all. That’s all. No reason to NOT do them. Because I do sing sometimes when I’m bored, even if it means cracking my voice when I just can’t quite reach that note.
My vocal range is terrible.
Yes, but probably not all at once, unless you don’t mind making a mess !
I have a stock of art supplies gathering dust. I feel bad for not using them, but also I feel like using them is a waste of material bc anything I do will suck.
I get the concept of ‘keep sucking until you don’t’, but I don’t have the mind and emotional energy for that.
The real question is: does the act of using the art supplies bring you joy? If so, then you are not wasting them, because their purpose is to bring you joy, not to result in something amazing.
You clearly are not interested in dedicating a huge amount of energy into becoming a grand master, and that’s okay! So instead, try playing around, and seeing for yourself what works and what doesn’t. When you run into something that you can’t quite figure out, like “Hmm, I would really like to make this face look a bit more realistic, but I am stuck on how to do so,” then at that point you can seek out a learning resource and it will not feel forced because you are answering a question of interest.
And of course, if using your art supplies does not bring you joy, then that is okay too! There is absolutely no shame in coming to the realization that you thought you would like doing something, and it turned out you did not.
I played the trumped for about a decade, starting in elementary school, and got pretty good but not great at it. At some point, I realized that I actually did not enjoy it that much despite all of the time I had invested, so I stopped. Instead, I started social dancing, which was really fun to practice and was not nearly as stressful to do because it is not a big of a deal if you make a mistake, and I am much happier as a result!
So if you intrinsically enjoy using your art supplies because they simply are fun to play with, then do that and don’t worry about whether you are creating masterpieces or not. And if you do not enjoy using them but are keeping them around anyway because you feel like you “should” be using them, then free yourself by admitting that they are not for you and consider giving them away in order to lighten a burden on yourself.
This is very insightful, thank you!
I don’t have a definitive answer, though it certainly helps to broaden the perspective.
I’m the opposite. I used to just paint without worries or doubts, each artwork taking me less than an hour. Just pure, raw inspiration.
But then I learned a lot more about drawing and painting and catch myself doubting every action and each piece takes me hours and while the results might be technically better, nobody finds them interesting anymore.
Since I’m not particularly creative I’ve thought of picturing everyday objects in all its ordinary glory so that I don’t feel the need to represent them accurately.
I don’t know if that makes sense to you or of it even helps, I’m not particularly qualified on the subject.
Ps. If you feel like posting your artwork, there is a neat community [email protected]
