Day 53. I just start drawing without anything in mind… I’m really tired, i wanted to draw the eyes but i was struggling a lot so I just decided to do THAT. I laugh so hard lmao
Day 54. I don’t feel really well today. I just tried to draw a bottle really fast and it looks awful but I don’t feel like drawing. Sorry. See you tomorrow
Day 55. I’m not feeling really great tbh. And it’s really late so I’m tired. I won’t lie. I drew this in like 1 minute to just upload, don’t want to lose the consistency.
See ya tomorrow, hopefully will be a better day and maybe have more time to draw at least something not SO boring.
Day 56. I just started drawing with no ideas on my mind. I kind of like how it turn out. The face is weird asf tho hhh
So I know this goes against everything every other artist recommends but I think you were right on from the beginning with tracing.
There was a movie I watched when I was younger called Karate kid, where the teacher made the kid paint his fence and wax his car. Turns out, the motion of waxing and painting were the same motions he used in karate. After weeks of waxing and painting, his muscle memory was so well developed that he could perform the moves without even thinking about it.
When you trace images, you’re training your eye to see and training your hand to draw what you see. I think tracing trains your hands to follow the shape you are looking at. Doing that over and over again embeds the habit of making the right strokes instead of the wrong ones. Otherwise you’re training yourself to continue making the same mistakes.
You’re doing great. Your showing progress over a short period of time. You’ll be a good artist because you’re willing to keep at it. Try tracing. Trace photos. It’ll teach you to draw from life and give you good eye - hand coordination. If you don’t feel like it’s helping then stop, but I think it’ll help.
Eventually, after you get good at drawing what you see with your eyes, you’ll get good at drawing what you see in your mind.
Day 2 for you is still very good! Some take months before they see any progress at all. Just keep at it and progress will come!
Thank you for your words. I’ll try to do some tracing from time to time.
PS. btw I can’t see things in my mind I have aphantasia.
That’s right, I read that but I have a horrible memory lol. Double kudos to you for working to overcome your challenges!
Day 57. Lately I’ve been drawing without any real direction and I have no Idea what I’m going to draw until I see a common shape or something that reminds me to anything.
I don’t really have time lately either that’s why I’m not drawing that much. I hope one of these days I have enough time to draw a little more patiently.
Day 58… It’s kinda late… I had a busy day and idk. I just drew this without any idea of what to draw lmao
Day 60! I had a busy day and just drew 3 minutes. Don’t ask me what is it, I have no idea wtf is this. It looks so cringy tho lmao
Day 62. I sketched this today. It only took me like 10 minutes so it’s not that bad I think.
See you tomorrow
Appears to be some sort of winged creature in a colosseum with an audience in the bleachers?