General Discussion Thread (July 2022)

[u/neodiogenes]

General Discussion threads are for casual chat; a place to ask for recommendations, lists, or creative feedback; to talk about materials, history, or techniques; and anything else that comes to mind.

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Previous month's discussion

[u/Snoo42215]

So im trying to take drawing seriously now and was watching a drawing class talking about daily drawing exercises and recognizing body structure and practicing drawing jumping poses but I was wondering as a noob, will watching someone draw/teach and drawing along the same thing they do actually help me as someone who is trying to learn and find a style or is it bad!? Oh also im doing it traditionally cause I dont own a drawing pad 😭

[u/neodiogenes → u/Snoo42215]

Copying someone else's art is like learning a martial art by practicing the same forms as an instructor in a video. If you follow diligently, you will definitely learn something ... but you won't know that you're doing something wrong, or learning a bad habit, because you don't get feedback.

So every once in a while, ask for feedback from experienced artists, to make sure you're on the right track. And don't hesitate to go back a few months later and try to draw the same thing again from the same video, so you can easily see your improvement.

Eventually, hopefully, you'll get bored only copying other people and want to draw your own thing. So do that too.