"When you go to art school, you'll find everybody sitting around [practicing] their signature.

You know, there are courses that teach this exact same thing for $80-100. I really appreciate you, man.

Phenomenal approach to learning. You’re absolutely right: analysing the same drawing with multiple variations forces you to see what works and why. But drawing different subjects without analysis means ‘good’ work is usually accidental and harder to repeat.

To anyone who wants to do anything in life:

Also a fav piece of advice I got from an art teacher was this: never stop thinking when you’re drawing or painting. “Stay focused on what youre doing or you’ll revert to what you always do and that doesn’t work. “. I swear it’s the best advice

It's almost frightening how fast you can improve with this method.

Another tip when using this method: do ur exercises in pen. i have a bad habit of spending too long on stuff to try and get it 'perfect' but by doing it in pen it forces u to analyze ur mistakes and move on to the next thing to try again and thus increase drawing mileage

dude, this is perfect, hit me in the best ways.

this was actually really helpful...

16:13 "A thousand (heads) isn't a lot"

This is the essence of deliberate practice. Practice and drill. Practice and drill. Practice and drill. Pause occasionally to look at your work with discernment. Don't worry about getting it 'right'. Look for one or two ways to improve. Embrace failure as your teacher. Fail differently next time. Stay in touch with your feelings. When you feel bored take it to the next level. It takes hard effort and persistence to re-wire your brain.

Drawing from reference is not bad at all. It's actually really helpful. I draw whenever I can with reference, then in class or in any other place without one. Please, know that there's nothing wrong with drawing from reference as long as it helps you improve, try both, someday you won't need one at all.

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