I got ADHD so I find it really hard to focus on something for a long time and a lot of the advice that they give you to be productive like say Mark brunette he has a couple videos on how to draw more and the science behind your brain. That only applies to like neurotypical average people. If you have ADHD you get really distracted really easily. So you have to do one thing then you have to take a break probably every 15 minutes or you won't be able to do that one thing for very long. And people with ADHD they can really only focus on something if it's their interest. I can focus on drawing the fun stuff like people but if I have to draw something boring like a still-life or boxes I have to constantly take breaks because I don't find it interesting. It just takes a long time to be able to consistently draw if you have ADHD. There's also some books that say about building habits you have to find like a keystone habit and it has to be so easy that you don't even think about. Like if you want to run a marathon probably your Keystone would be putting on your shoes and then going for a five-minute walk. And then overtime increasing the difficulty. With drawing I guess it would be like open your Sketchbook and sketch for 2 minutes. And then once it becomes a habit you just keep going from there. I'm still trying to find out what works I still get really distracted and overwhelmed by everything
Hey William! I don’t know much about ADHD I’m sure this must be a struggle but it sounds like you have some ideas. I like what you say about the ability to focus on your interests. This is why having fun or enjoying drawing is at the very top of my list. If you can’t find a way to make drawing boxes enjoyable I would say consider not drawing them. Will you miss out on some things following this method … yes … but if you force yourself to draw things you don’t like you will eventually stop drawing anyway. It’s what I do and why I decided to not continue the draw a box course even though I found it very helpful. You have to put your enjoyment first. Wishing you all the best as you work this out. Let me know what you finds helps you most.
@Can I Learn To Draw ? yeah I can put up with drawing some boring things but not to the extent of drawbox if it's just a few exercises in drawing horse like a lesson or two then I can do that just to learn the concept. In some other drawing classes I'm doing the boring fundamental stuff first and then to have fun I'm drawing fun stuff on the side. But at least the drawing classes I'm doing right now aren't all 100% boring so I'm not completely bored.
Thanks for the feedback Alexandr! Yes the book is pretty cool. I got Andrew loomis’ 2 book volume for Christmas as well. I’ll probably be looking at that when this one is done.
Amazing progress! Really inspiring! What books/courses have you read/taken and which do you think helped you the most? Maybe do a video on this topic? Cheers!
Hey Yannis! Sorry for the delayed response. Busy life ☺️. Yeah I think this is a great topic. I did a video recently with some of this content. The Secrets To Getting Good At Drawing Fast th-cam.com/video/V2TimGZ2WiQ/w-d-xo.html. Basically a tour through what I had done up to that point including all the drawings. Hope this is helpful. So glad that my video is inspiring as that is the reason I started the channel. Both for you all and my kids. Thanks
I find like Anatomy books are really they're not like a workbook they're usually just like a bunch of pictures and with like the artist notes. They usually don't have a step-by-step on how to draw what you see in the book. Like I have Michael Hampton and he gives a brief explanation but you got to figure out the rest of your own. Is there a way you're supposed to study from anatomy books? just copy what you see on every page and hope that it sticks like what would be the best way to use an anatomy book to practice? Because I have a couple anatomy books like the Michael Hampton and one from a Korean artist named name Taco that Tom Fox recommended. I just want to know how to practice because I don't think I need another Anatomy book I just need to know like how to apply information in these books.
I think this is a good question. And the second time I’m seeing it recently. I think I may do a short video on this as well … we’ll see. But … this is just my opinion … I think there are likely multiple ways of using a art or anatomy book and it probably comes down to what level you are at in your art and what you need at the time. I’m sure some persons just use them as a reference. How do I draw this specific thing again? Some may use an art book just for inspiration and ideas. For me personally I want to get a basic understanding of everything. So I’m using it as a learning tool. For that I actually need to go through the entire book. I draw the images that seem important to getting the understanding down and after some of that I normally try some on my own … which is when the wheels fall off 🙈😆. And I continue on through the book like that. I’m not trying to be perfect. Just trying to get the concepts down. I’m sure I forget a lot … may not use some of the constructions again. But hopefully it informs in some way the shapes and overlap decisions I make in the future. I like to say … you don’t get to determine when learning and improvement takes place, your job is just to sit down and make marks on the paper. Your brain will do what it does when it wants to and how it wants to ☺️.
This wasn't directed at me, but what helped me was learning form and construction first. Even figure drawing requires knowing how to break the body down into simple/basic shapes. Having this skill will help immensely when using Anatomy art books as reference. Imo, construction and a basic understanding of perspective is the foundation on which everything else rests. Hope my unsolicited two cents helped. Feel free to ask more if needed. P.S. The Drawing Database on TH-cam. (Free) Start with the Basics and then take his lessons on Perspective. It's a breakdown of what you need to approach learning more complex subjects.
Very glad to see your progress, you have some pretty neat pages in there! While looking at your sketchbook, I was wondering to which extent you were still using the boxy-like structure for both, the ref and non ref pages. I mean, as a process before adding the ticker/cleaner lines that are more visible in the video (can't appreciate much of the under drawings)
Great question orendon. I am still doing constructions underneath. They are not always the full boxy figures but definitely a hybrid of all the methods. It depends on the figure I may use more or less of something. This may be a good topic to do a video on as well. Thanks!
I am so thankful that you featured my question! Watching the video now :)
No problem. It was a great question.
I got ADHD so I find it really hard to focus on something for a long time and a lot of the advice that they give you to be productive like say Mark brunette he has a couple videos on how to draw more and the science behind your brain. That only applies to like neurotypical average people.
If you have ADHD you get really distracted really easily. So you have to do one thing then you have to take a break probably every 15 minutes or you won't be able to do that one thing for very long.
And people with ADHD they can really only focus on something if it's their interest. I can focus on drawing the fun stuff like people but if I have to draw something boring like a still-life or boxes I have to constantly take breaks because I don't find it interesting. It just takes a long time to be able to consistently draw if you have ADHD.
There's also some books that say about building habits you have to find like a keystone habit and it has to be so easy that you don't even think about.
Like if you want to run a marathon probably your Keystone would be putting on your shoes and then going for a five-minute walk. And then overtime increasing the difficulty.
With drawing I guess it would be like open your Sketchbook and sketch for 2 minutes. And then once it becomes a habit you just keep going from there.
I'm still trying to find out what works I still get really distracted and overwhelmed by everything
Hey William! I don’t know much about ADHD I’m sure this must be a struggle but it sounds like you have some ideas. I like what you say about the ability to focus on your interests. This is why having fun or enjoying drawing is at the very top of my list. If you can’t find a way to make drawing boxes enjoyable I would say consider not drawing them. Will you miss out on some things following this method … yes … but if you force yourself to draw things you don’t like you will eventually stop drawing anyway. It’s what I do and why I decided to not continue the draw a box course even though I found it very helpful. You have to put your enjoyment first. Wishing you all the best as you work this out. Let me know what you finds helps you most.
@Can I Learn To Draw ? yeah I can put up with drawing some boring things but not to the extent of drawbox if it's just a few exercises in drawing horse like a lesson or two then I can do that just to learn the concept. In some other drawing classes I'm doing the boring fundamental stuff first and then to have fun I'm drawing fun stuff on the side. But at least the drawing classes I'm doing right now aren't all 100% boring so I'm not completely bored.
Thanks for advice, book seems to be cool - many images and a lot of things to pay attention to
Thanks for the feedback Alexandr! Yes the book is pretty cool. I got Andrew loomis’ 2 book volume for Christmas as well. I’ll probably be looking at that when this one is done.
Amazing progress! Really inspiring! What books/courses have you read/taken and which do you think helped you the most? Maybe do a video on this topic? Cheers!
Hey Yannis! Sorry for the delayed response. Busy life ☺️. Yeah I think this is a great topic. I did a video recently with some of this content. The Secrets To Getting Good At Drawing Fast
th-cam.com/video/V2TimGZ2WiQ/w-d-xo.html. Basically a tour through what I had done up to that point including all the drawings. Hope this is helpful. So glad that my video is inspiring as that is the reason I started the channel. Both for you all and my kids. Thanks
@@canilearntodraw2579 I will check it out. Thanks!
I find like Anatomy books are really they're not like a workbook they're usually just like a bunch of pictures and with like the artist notes. They usually don't have a step-by-step on how to draw what you see in the book.
Like I have Michael Hampton and he gives a brief explanation but you got to figure out the rest of your own. Is there a way you're supposed to study from anatomy books?
just copy what you see on every page and hope that it sticks like what would be the best way to use an anatomy book to practice?
Because I have a couple anatomy books like the Michael Hampton and one from a Korean artist named name Taco that Tom Fox recommended. I just want to know how to practice because I don't think I need another Anatomy book I just need to know like how to apply information in these books.
I think this is a good question. And the second time I’m seeing it recently. I think I may do a short video on this as well … we’ll see. But … this is just my opinion … I think there are likely multiple ways of using a art or anatomy book and it probably comes down to what level you are at in your art and what you need at the time. I’m sure some persons just use them as a reference. How do I draw this specific thing again? Some may use an art book just for inspiration and ideas. For me personally I want to get a basic understanding of everything. So I’m using it as a learning tool. For that I actually need to go through the entire book. I draw the images that seem important to getting the understanding down and after some of that I normally try some on my own … which is when the wheels fall off 🙈😆. And I continue on through the book like that. I’m not trying to be perfect. Just trying to get the concepts down. I’m sure I forget a lot … may not use some of the constructions again. But hopefully it informs in some way the shapes and overlap decisions I make in the future. I like to say … you don’t get to determine when learning and improvement takes place, your job is just to sit down and make marks on the paper. Your brain will do what it does when it wants to and how it wants to ☺️.
This wasn't directed at me, but what helped me was learning form and construction first. Even figure drawing requires knowing how to break the body down into simple/basic shapes. Having this skill will help immensely when using Anatomy art books as reference. Imo, construction and a basic understanding of perspective is the foundation on which everything else rests. Hope my unsolicited two cents helped. Feel free to ask more if needed.
P.S. The Drawing Database on TH-cam. (Free) Start with the Basics and then take his lessons on Perspective. It's a breakdown of what you need to approach learning more complex subjects.
It would be cute to see some of your kids sketch book!
Yeah I know! My oldest is so shy 🙈. I told her she should start a channel ☺️. She also writes quite a bit. We’ll see .. lol
Very glad to see your progress, you have some pretty neat pages in there! While looking at your sketchbook, I was wondering to which extent you were still using the boxy-like structure for both, the ref and non ref pages. I mean, as a process before adding the ticker/cleaner lines that are more visible in the video (can't appreciate much of the under drawings)
Great question orendon. I am still doing constructions underneath. They are not always the full boxy figures but definitely a hybrid of all the methods. It depends on the figure I may use more or less of something. This may be a good topic to do a video on as well. Thanks!
@@canilearntodraw2579 thanks for the answer! and yes, deifnitely a good topic