Even if you're on pension like many of my educatees, you can use solely narrow time and energy for your drawing hobby. And if you're creating art for your living then hours and energy will be almost more limited and expensive to you!
And so you could be asking yourself: what should I concentrate on when drafting? You could work on increasing your potential or you could invest time in eliminating your shortcomings.
Quite a difficult decision. It's eminent to spend some thoughts on the decision into what to invest your time.
On one hand you should focus on your strengths. Let's say for example you're outstanding in drafting seamless and naturalistic shadings. So you should invest a lot of your attempts in additional honing these abilities. Some more time and energy will soon take your skill-level from "great" to "uber-great".
On the other hand you should invest your energy in fixing your shortcomings. Let's assume you need many added exercise in portraying perspective and proportions more exactly. Putting effort you could increase your skill in this area to at least medium levels.
But a second! If you concentrate exclusively on removing your weaknesses, you will commit a lot of hours to change these weaknesses into solely second-rate skills. Ultimately that implies you may end up with all but intermediate abilities, the result is only mediocrity.
You read there are both advantages and disfavors to both alternatives be it building on your existing abilities or be it compensating your shortcomings.
A lot of artists try to tell you: leave your shortcomings and concentrate on your top abilities. That's a great advice but as you'll understand only a fraction of the truth.
So what to do?
First it's crucial you recognize your weaknesses and you have to know how often your shortcomings harm your drawing results. As illustration: Whilst sketching a lot of pencil pictures, below average skills in perspective and proportions will handicap you a lot more than nonexistent skills in the use of colours. Actually these abilities are absolutely worthless as long as you stay with sketching monochrome pencil drawings.
And that's the significant point: only ignore these shortcomings that don't handicap your projects and artwork. But invest a fair part of your time and energy into those shortcomings that handicap you from achieving better drawings. Try fighting these shortcomings - and exclusively these!
So you'll have many energy left to work on improving your strengths even further. And that's what you ought to do, too. If you follow this strategy you'll get the best outcomes possible for your time and energy.
One closing addition: these tips may read a little like those efficiency stuff taught in management courses. And yes it's quite similar. But it's not for squeezing the last drip of creativeness out of you! It's only for doing the right things that help you develop your drawing abilities most.
And of course please don't forget the fun part of art. So if you prefer to essay new techniques since it's amusing then just do it! (and don't ask yourself whether it may help you or not...)
And so you could be asking yourself: what should I concentrate on when drafting? You could work on increasing your potential or you could invest time in eliminating your shortcomings.
Quite a difficult decision. It's eminent to spend some thoughts on the decision into what to invest your time.
On one hand you should focus on your strengths. Let's say for example you're outstanding in drafting seamless and naturalistic shadings. So you should invest a lot of your attempts in additional honing these abilities. Some more time and energy will soon take your skill-level from "great" to "uber-great".
On the other hand you should invest your energy in fixing your shortcomings. Let's assume you need many added exercise in portraying perspective and proportions more exactly. Putting effort you could increase your skill in this area to at least medium levels.
But a second! If you concentrate exclusively on removing your weaknesses, you will commit a lot of hours to change these weaknesses into solely second-rate skills. Ultimately that implies you may end up with all but intermediate abilities, the result is only mediocrity.
You read there are both advantages and disfavors to both alternatives be it building on your existing abilities or be it compensating your shortcomings.
A lot of artists try to tell you: leave your shortcomings and concentrate on your top abilities. That's a great advice but as you'll understand only a fraction of the truth.
So what to do?
First it's crucial you recognize your weaknesses and you have to know how often your shortcomings harm your drawing results. As illustration: Whilst sketching a lot of pencil pictures, below average skills in perspective and proportions will handicap you a lot more than nonexistent skills in the use of colours. Actually these abilities are absolutely worthless as long as you stay with sketching monochrome pencil drawings.
And that's the significant point: only ignore these shortcomings that don't handicap your projects and artwork. But invest a fair part of your time and energy into those shortcomings that handicap you from achieving better drawings. Try fighting these shortcomings - and exclusively these!
So you'll have many energy left to work on improving your strengths even further. And that's what you ought to do, too. If you follow this strategy you'll get the best outcomes possible for your time and energy.
One closing addition: these tips may read a little like those efficiency stuff taught in management courses. And yes it's quite similar. But it's not for squeezing the last drip of creativeness out of you! It's only for doing the right things that help you develop your drawing abilities most.
And of course please don't forget the fun part of art. So if you prefer to essay new techniques since it's amusing then just do it! (and don't ask yourself whether it may help you or not...)
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