Yes, taking the drawings too seriously. I find myself making excuses why I'm not drawing and what it boils down to is I'm avoiding the disappointment of a failed drawing. To help get past this I have inexpensive simple supplies, easily accessible which helps eliminate the intimidation and laziness factors, and draw a lot! Mess one up? Don't dwell on it. Quickly move on to the next one. It may be great. Thanks for your tips. I like the idea of picking one subject and drawing it for a week.
Hey Diane, this is super well said. I think most of us out here can agree on what you said and pointed out haha. I know I've felt all of those things, even to do this day too. Still working on it sometimes, nobody's perfect. Thanks for sharing these. Super helpful. Hope the art is going well! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Wow I really needed this, this just came at the perfect time for me. Over the past year or so I’ve taken drawing and art a lot more seriously, in the first few months of the year I was drawing everyday, overtime though I started to lose focus and became really busy and found it extremely hard to get back into a schedule. I thought once summer came I would have more time to just work on my art but I really just ended up procrastinating more. We definitely put up a lot of unnecessary mental borders and I hate feeling guilty for not working on my art then I start to feel like I’m falling behind my peers or squandering my opportunities at pursing art in the future, but it’s ultimately all in my head, once I sit down and start drawing again that fear goes away and I feel satisfied with myself, more than anything I should remember that I draw and create for myself, anything else is secondary
Very well said. I'm glad you found this helpful for you. You pretty much explained the mindset of so many artists most likely. Such a great sense of self-awareness and accountability. Perfectly said.
I know exactly what you're talking about =))))) and I'm grateful that you talked about it. when you said "why it's so hard for us to draw everyday **as artists** ", I was like "owww god O forgot I am an ARTIST and I'm here to create ". =)))) Thanks for reminding me.
There's basically no way you can draw every day and not get better. I have cerebral palsy, so I always thought I'd never be able to draw at all. Since I started at 39, I've missed maybe 5 days. Now I'm doing identifiable portraits relatively quickly(though speed doesn't matter so much)
Thank you for sharing this, this is awesome! So glad to hear this. And congratulations on your achievements. That just goes to show that anyone can do this if they put some effort into it. I hope it's going well. Take care :)
As you said,i know exactly what you are talki g about, I have 3 pieces of art that I ha e taken way to seriously, and I have backed off on them for now. So yup,..know that feeling all to well. Great video, and this has inspired me to set aside 5 minutes a day for my art. 👍👍👍👍👍🤙🤙🤙
I have a sketch book everywhere I sit- front porch, car, bedroom, backyard, living room..... so when I sit and think about sketching its right next to me
Definitely seeing someone else talking about it makes it more comfortable. And also it helps being alerted about it and trying to fix it. Thanks for the tips
To be honest Drawing is the best thing to do It can lead you to success and give you a meaning of your life Drawing will always be with you no matter what. But what about animating lol
My biggest struggle was until yesterday, fear and a lack of confidence like I told you previously. Something personal concerning it happened last night so now I'm just struggling with the want to draw
Sometimes I draw, and I feel the need to, rather than come up with the initial sketch myself, trace the sketch. Ik tracing isn't bad, but if I don't branch out, I feel like I'm hindering growth. I don't want the silhouette to look bad, so I trace it... I didn't used to either, but now I found the feature on procreate, so I feel the need to use it. I fear other ppl looking at it and it not being perfect, even tho I don't have any plans to show anyone my library. It's purely for me. Any help anyone can provide would be fantastic
Well this seems all in your mind bro. You kind of answered your own question I think. You trace it because the feature is there on Procreate and you're afraid of others judging you - even though your art is only for you. The only way to overcome this is to not care about what others think. Don't value others opinions on your art more than your own. And then, don't use a feature just because it's there. Stop tracing it and just draw it out. Even if it's not perfect - who cares. No drawing is supposed to be perfect. It's a drawing. It's about having fun and creating a piece of art with your own mind and hands :) You can do it man. Moving forward. Try tracing on only 50% of your drawings. So basically, every other drawing. Start slowly getting yourself away from tracing. Have fun bro!
I'm not sure if you've done a video on it or not, but as an artist have you ever been over-motivated? like the opposite of having no motivation? I recently started feeling motivated with my art again but my issue is I have way too many ideas. I have ideas for 100's of separate images and I have no idea where to start or which one to draw. It's not that I'm lacking confidence at all I just have so many ideas it goes full circle and unmotivates me because I surely cannot finish so many images that fast! I want to work on all of them and get them done fast but that is not humanly possible .- . have you ever had this? thank you for your videos that really helped me put perspective on things like patience.
I've never made a video on this but I know what you mean for sure. I think the best thing to try to do would be to list out the images you want to draw or create and try to prioritize as best as possible. Easier said than done but must be done :)
Being a lazy slob who spends most of his time procrastinating is a global problem nowadays, when you don’t have particular goals in life, it is difficult to justify why you need to do something difficult, i draw for example because it is making me stronger, as it is a skill tough to develop, for someone there could be another reason, but there must be some for it to make sense!
For me it is doubting my ability to draw, or ability to learn and improve my drawing skills. And the other is I do kind of take it too seriously. I'm afraid of ruining a good sheet of paper. But I'm doing my best to overcome these obstacles and making time to draw at least 15 minutes.
I understand. That's why consistency is so important. You don't have to draw everyday, because that may cause burn out.. but if you can draw a few times a week, like 2 to 4 times, even if only for 5-10 minutes, then it'll be better for nothing :) Just do your best. Don't be hard on yourself
I would love to follow you, but I hope that when drawing like this rabbit, you teach us the technique of drawing his body step by step because I am still a beginner and I cannot go to places of learning because my father is poor😢💔💐💐
Ha, now see? This is what I said in one of your other videos, about when you draw your cat. This rabbit looks human to me. He has a nicely formed, healthy rabbit head and all, but he (or she?) looks like he has a human expression. All my cats look human. Some of them are not bad, once I get the head/body ratio right. But they all look like they have people thoughts. I know I am not thoroughly nuts, because I look at a lot of live cat videos, and while I see they have a big range of feelings and facial sets, they don't look like what I described in my sketches. Maybe I should think about doing animated cats. 🤔
Yes, taking the drawings too seriously. I find myself making excuses why I'm not drawing and what it boils down to is I'm avoiding the disappointment of a failed drawing. To help get past this I have inexpensive simple supplies, easily accessible which helps eliminate the intimidation and laziness factors, and draw a lot! Mess one up? Don't dwell on it. Quickly move on to the next one. It may be great. Thanks for your tips. I like the idea of picking one subject and drawing it for a week.
Hey Diane, this is super well said. I think most of us out here can agree on what you said and pointed out haha. I know I've felt all of those things, even to do this day too. Still working on it sometimes, nobody's perfect. Thanks for sharing these. Super helpful. Hope the art is going well! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Wow I really needed this, this just came at the perfect time for me. Over the past year or so I’ve taken drawing and art a lot more seriously, in the first few months of the year I was drawing everyday, overtime though I started to lose focus and became really busy and found it extremely hard to get back into a schedule. I thought once summer came I would have more time to just work on my art but I really just ended up procrastinating more. We definitely put up a lot of unnecessary mental borders and I hate feeling guilty for not working on my art then I start to feel like I’m falling behind my peers or squandering my opportunities at pursing art in the future, but it’s ultimately all in my head, once I sit down and start drawing again that fear goes away and I feel satisfied with myself, more than anything I should remember that I draw and create for myself, anything else is secondary
Very well said. I'm glad you found this helpful for you. You pretty much explained the mindset of so many artists most likely. Such a great sense of self-awareness and accountability. Perfectly said.
I know exactly what you're talking about =)))))
and I'm grateful that you talked about it.
when you said "why it's so hard for us to draw everyday **as artists** ", I was like "owww god O forgot I am an ARTIST and I'm here to create ". =))))
Thanks for reminding me.
There's basically no way you can draw every day and not get better. I have cerebral palsy, so I always thought I'd never be able to draw at all. Since I started at 39, I've missed maybe 5 days. Now I'm doing identifiable portraits relatively quickly(though speed doesn't matter so much)
Thank you for sharing this, this is awesome! So glad to hear this. And congratulations on your achievements. That just goes to show that anyone can do this if they put some effort into it. I hope it's going well. Take care :)
Thank you for your advice!! 🙌🏻
No problem, hope it was helpful!
Your drawings are lovely and the grey paper really gives the drawing a nice atmosphere.
Thank you! Cheers!
So many good points here. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for some useful advice
Omg so helpful ! Can't wait to implement these into my day! 😁
Thank you for this video. It really is a fight and we have to make time for what matters.
No doubt. I just did the same thing yesterday. Did a sketch at almost 11pm haha
Thank you, Mr. Schaefer for all your help and advice, it really helps. Have a great day and Happy and safe 4th of July!
You are very welcome and same to you :)
As you said,i know exactly what you are talki g about, I have 3 pieces of art that I ha e taken way to seriously, and I have backed off on them for now. So yup,..know that feeling all to well. Great video, and this has inspired me to set aside 5 minutes a day for my art. 👍👍👍👍👍🤙🤙🤙
Glad to hear that. I'm still trying to do it myself everyday too haha :) Have fun with it and good luck
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I have a sketch book everywhere I sit- front porch, car, bedroom, backyard, living room..... so when I sit and think about sketching its right next to me
That’s awesome. Pro level thinking there haha
These are great tips. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Definitely seeing someone else talking about it makes it more comfortable. And also it helps being alerted about it and trying to fix it. Thanks for the tips
Glad to hear that :)
Thank you for this video bro. I'm going to take action I have a great feeling about this.🙂🙂👍👍👍
Sounds good bro. Good luck! :)
Wow... Just what i needed! Thank you!!! I will definitely try all the 5 steps. 👍 All the best to you!
You can do it!
Many thanks for your videos. You are an inspiration for me.
Glad to hear that! Thanks for the kind words. Hope the art goes well :)
Thank you for sharing the way to draw daily.
No problem, hope it was helpful :)
😁
Thank you 😊
:)
To be honest
Drawing is the best thing to do
It can lead you to success and give you a meaning of your life
Drawing will always be with you no matter what.
But what about animating
lol
For sure, I agree :)
I think there's no difference for animating too. It's just moving drawings.
Im telling you right now my drawing sucks but I keep drawing everyday because I have fun drawing anything. 😃
That's what it's all about. Having fun :)
My biggest struggle was until yesterday, fear and a lack of confidence like I told you previously. Something personal concerning it happened last night so now I'm just struggling with the want to draw
Understood
Thank you
You're welcome
Sometimes I draw, and I feel the need to, rather than come up with the initial sketch myself, trace the sketch. Ik tracing isn't bad, but if I don't branch out, I feel like I'm hindering growth. I don't want the silhouette to look bad, so I trace it... I didn't used to either, but now I found the feature on procreate, so I feel the need to use it. I fear other ppl looking at it and it not being perfect, even tho I don't have any plans to show anyone my library. It's purely for me.
Any help anyone can provide would be fantastic
Well this seems all in your mind bro. You kind of answered your own question I think. You trace it because the feature is there on Procreate and you're afraid of others judging you - even though your art is only for you. The only way to overcome this is to not care about what others think. Don't value others opinions on your art more than your own. And then, don't use a feature just because it's there. Stop tracing it and just draw it out. Even if it's not perfect - who cares. No drawing is supposed to be perfect. It's a drawing. It's about having fun and creating a piece of art with your own mind and hands :) You can do it man.
Moving forward. Try tracing on only 50% of your drawings. So basically, every other drawing. Start slowly getting yourself away from tracing. Have fun bro!
I do not draw every day but I do paint with oils every day I should draw more often though which would make my paintings easier to to start.
For sure, and that's awesome, oils are great!
Everything thing you said I can relate to . lol
Sounds great :)
Wasting time in things that don't matter 😔 how true ❤
Exactly! :)
bro your how to sketch with pencil videos are really helpful. I am at part3 and I drew something and I want to show that to you sir
Glad to hear :)
Do you have video on pencils and drawing tools for beginners?
Yep here: th-cam.com/video/bYfb2QLT60o/w-d-xo.html
I'm not sure if you've done a video on it or not, but as an artist have you ever been over-motivated? like the opposite of having no motivation? I recently started feeling motivated with my art again but my issue is I have way too many ideas. I have ideas for 100's of separate images and I have no idea where to start or which one to draw. It's not that I'm lacking confidence at all I just have so many ideas it goes full circle and unmotivates me because I surely cannot finish so many images that fast! I want to work on all of them and get them done fast but that is not humanly possible .- .
have you ever had this? thank you for your videos that really helped me put perspective on things like patience.
I've never made a video on this but I know what you mean for sure. I think the best thing to try to do would be to list out the images you want to draw or create and try to prioritize as best as possible. Easier said than done but must be done :)
oh hey brabdon got your not sure if i spelled that right but thanks for the advice apprichate it thanks a lot man
No worries!
man is making a quick masterpeice while preaching
fo sho
Just curious how long the rabbit sketch took you. It’s beautiful.
54 Minutes from blank paper to finished pen & ink sketch. Much appreciated!
Being a lazy slob who spends most of his time procrastinating is a global problem nowadays, when you don’t have particular goals in life, it is difficult to justify why you need to do something difficult, i draw for example because it is making me stronger, as it is a skill tough to develop, for someone there could be another reason, but there must be some for it to make sense!
I'm a new subscriber. But I wanna learn how to draw and I've drawn b4. But I wanna get better at it and I hope I can get better🙏
What kind of things do you want to draw? What do you struggle with?
For me it is doubting my ability to draw, or ability to learn and improve my drawing skills. And the other is I do kind of take it too seriously. I'm afraid of ruining a good sheet of paper. But I'm doing my best to overcome these obstacles and making time to draw at least 15 minutes.
Thanks for sharing!
He read me like a book
You're welcome
I know exactly what you mean
:)
somtimes i dont draw everyday then after three weeks if i am bored i draw then i lose my abillty to sketch and its gets hard
I understand. That's why consistency is so important. You don't have to draw everyday, because that may cause burn out.. but if you can draw a few times a week, like 2 to 4 times, even if only for 5-10 minutes, then it'll be better for nothing :) Just do your best. Don't be hard on yourself
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Like Nike said..
I would love to follow you, but I hope that when drawing like this rabbit, you teach us the technique of drawing his body step by step because I am still a beginner and I cannot go to places of learning because my father is poor😢💔💐💐
I will try my best
Ha, now see? This is what I said in one of your other videos, about when you draw your cat. This rabbit looks human to me. He has a nicely formed, healthy rabbit head and all, but he (or she?) looks like he has a human expression. All my cats look human. Some of them are not bad, once I get the head/body ratio right. But they all look like they have people thoughts. I know I am not thoroughly nuts, because I look at a lot of live cat videos, and while I see they have a big range of feelings and facial sets, they don't look like what I described in my sketches. Maybe I should think about doing animated cats. 🤔
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you look like linus tech tips' drug addicted older brother (no offence)
Oh really? I thought I would've looked homeless too. Sounds good then.
@@SchaeferArt forgot that. But yeah Definitely homeless