What many art teachers don’t want to tell students

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  • @thestraightroad305
    @thestraightroad305 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    “Hard work beats talent when talent won’t work hard” I used to tell my young students when I was teaching. I taught art in a very busy elementary and middle school for almost twenty years, designing projects in almost every genre and really giving myself to general art education. When I retired, I found my own personal skills had deteriorated because I had been so involved with my students. I was tired, in fact. I was apprehensive about becoming a student again myself. It has taken awhile to have the courage to make mistakes over and over-the very attitude I tried to encourage in my students.
    Your video has motivated me to keep going when I get frustrated that my drawing and painting don’t flow as they used to. I long for that creative joy again and see that maybe here is my path forward. 30 sketches per hour! Thank you very much and I have subscribed.

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      thanks for giving so much of your life to teaching and encouraging art, that is such an awesome thing to have done! and i hope this channel can help you with your own artistic endeavours :)

    • @thestraightroad305
      @thestraightroad305 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lovelifedrawing Thank you, I will try to get over my being afraid of “losing it” and start practicing!

    • @Gibbons3457
      @Gibbons3457 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Talent is a pursed interest, so anything you put time and effort into you can become talented in; anything you stop putting time and effort into will eventually stop being a talent.

  • @thefairyafrodite617
    @thefairyafrodite617 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    I needed this reminder to take one step back so you can take two steps forward. It's disheartening to feel like you are getting worse at something when you are learning and applying a new skill or technique, but it is necessary for your overall growth as an artist. Thank you Kenzo!

  • @drendelous
    @drendelous ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Guys and girls, who needs Kenzo to pop up in their feed more often? For example 10 minute clip when he says Go drawing! Keep it up! just to refresh all art insecurities

  • @paulah317
    @paulah317 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    The struggle is real. I've finally seen the value of value studies and it's taken me 10 years to get disciplined to do them. I'm mostly into watercolor but over the last 2 years have been drawing daily and you are correct.....repetition and many sketches improves my skills exponentially.

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      if you love watercolour, value studies are the key!

  • @RachelRamey
    @RachelRamey ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Nobody ever told me I COULD do this. (I'm terrible at drawing.) I would have loved for someone to have said something like this to me years ago, because it opens up POSSIBILITIES. Just having to get better at eyeballing it seems hopeless/impossible. Being able to "drill" it with measurements until the hands remember what the brain did the "hard way" feels ACHIEVABLE.

    • @NatashaEstrada
      @NatashaEstrada ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I had this kind of epiphany with my flute playing a few years ago. I thought it was all talent with some practice. I was never really told it was 95% practice and 5% being given the right things to practice.

    • @RachelRamey
      @RachelRamey ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NatashaEstrada I knew a lot of practice was involved, but I always kind of thought you just had to "see" what to practice or not.

    • @TracyKinnear-h2b
      @TracyKinnear-h2b ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try reading and doing the exercises from the artists way it's about left and right brain in drawing and never give up you'll get there good luck

  • @leseanpayne2805
    @leseanpayne2805 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    A surprising boost of confidence from hearing you talk about your early 30s. Doing commission work from home with my parents at 30 and it's only just starting to pay bills-- it's working, but I feel so late and so many of my online teachers are prolific 21-25 year olds working industry animaton jobs and teaching on the side.
    I know it's my own thinking that's the problem here. It's a long journey that doesnt know age, and people aren't living their best lives just for me to jealously compare myself. But imagining trying to submit for jobs or internships at 30 and barely competing at the level of a bunch of fresh out of college 23 year olds... That age gap feels a lot more real and I needed to hear someone talk about growth through their thirties, just a little bit.

    • @ll2058
      @ll2058 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm in my mid 30s just starting to seriously pursue improving my art skills and back to living with my parents after my animation career froze this year. There will always be young fresh hot talent out there, but you will also be a better artist than other people too. Everyone is on their own journey. Comparison just upsets you and makes you doubt even trying. The only person you need to compare yourself with is your old self. I'm sure you can admire how much you've grown!

  • @unintelligentbeing4348
    @unintelligentbeing4348 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It truly is one of the advice you dont really wnat to hear at the begginning. The trick i did to get over this is to turn my drawings to have a lot of sub goals. Did i pass the flip check, did I get my proportion right, are my shape decent enough, is my scale right? All of these as nothing more as a side objective rather than the main goal. The main goal being is to have fun with the little doodads that one has decided to draw. I tend to do it after the drawing bit is done though.

  • @blackcitadel9
    @blackcitadel9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Yep. Just do the real thing. It's annoying as a teacher or instructor. You want to help people improve as quickly as possible, but sometimes there are no tips, no tricks, no shortcuts. You just gotta do the thing.

  • @Diane_McDon
    @Diane_McDon ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ‘Reps’ analogy was brilliant, So glad to see you on my feed- with solid advice

  • @typiakart
    @typiakart ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Quick sketches are so good for learning because they allow you to focus on one thing at a time. This makes learning much easier. Great video.

  • @JoelHaney1
    @JoelHaney1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for the reminder, @Kenzo! Having the mindset of "reps," rather than "I have to make a masterpiece" is something I keep having to come back to over and over again!

  • @CastleMc
    @CastleMc ปีที่แล้ว

    Right- this is a good antidote to the endless videos that proclaim: "No rules in art! Just do whatever feels good!"

  • @felicagriswold7276
    @felicagriswold7276 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I would like this twice if I could. This really spoke to me and the way you explained it is so clear. I appreciate you taking the time to teach us. TFS

  • @nr1877
    @nr1877 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    sometimes after one step back i just stop and afraid to take the steps forward. after quit for a long time i'll regret it bcs now it feels like i let myself dragged 20 or 100 step backs. thank you for the reminder!

  • @rachel18809
    @rachel18809 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm a new drawer and also a weaver and What you said at the end about being ok with it not looking great applies to every art. I put off my arts because I don't like it when it looks bad so I stop. I will take your advice and do a heap of bad sketches. Thanks.

  • @sakipuckett6058
    @sakipuckett6058 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you I appreciate this. A hard truth that I avoided a long time but I can see the practicality in your videos and it gives me the courage to actually get back to drawing. I’m going to start working on my reps..no matter how “ugly” it is.

  • @plausibledeniability2941
    @plausibledeniability2941 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shout out to the photographer of that first photo, for getting those widths so evenly distributed across the image, underated skill.

  • @bluefox5331
    @bluefox5331 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I enjoy doing 1-1 sketches.. it feels like a quite easy way to get satisfaction from a job well done- no creative choices like with personal art that starts in your head, just look at photo and try to copy. I guess I'm lucky that at least that kind of practice doesn't feel gruelling to me

  • @heyrabbitart
    @heyrabbitart ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I LOVE this entire video. It's exactly the mindset that I discovered for myself a while back, and I've been trying to instill it in my friends as I teach them how to draw. As always, you are such an incredibly clear communicator for these concepts. Thank you for reinforcing the reps!!!

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  ปีที่แล้ว

      i'm glad it resonated w you! let's do some reps :)

  • @jessicajovel7162
    @jessicajovel7162 ปีที่แล้ว

    9:13 thank you for clarifying that, because I literally thought "oh, he's gonna say to do it either way"

  • @MrsBarnabas
    @MrsBarnabas ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks, Kenzo. This video came up on my home page ' out of nowhere', and as I now do a lot of plein air figure drawing ( -not always- rather too often, not very well!) as well as landscape / urban sketching, I'm always keen to learn more and improve my skills. I also teach art, which can very easily, and often does, stifle the tutor's own unrelated-to-teaching creativity, and we need this sort of help and encouragement.
    So again, thank you. It's really helpful to be reminded / re-learn and to learn new things, too, no matter how long we've been doing 'this art stuff' (in my case, 27 years). 😊

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  ปีที่แล้ว

      i'm glad you liked it and thank you for watching!

    • @MrsBarnabas
      @MrsBarnabas ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lovelifedrawing 😊

  • @lesliel1182
    @lesliel1182 ปีที่แล้ว

    That has been my experience in art school and afterward. I had all the tools, but the one thing I really needed they wouldn't tell me. Though I did stumble upon it and I said to my instructor how I had achieved it, to which he responded "Some people do it that way..." yeah I successful ones! My other painting instructor just sat in the room reading the newspaper all 3 hours. When the model would break, he'd jump up and shoot out of the room until break was finished.

  • @Foundingmother1
    @Foundingmother1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for your video, the most best information available.

  • @raysandrarexxia941
    @raysandrarexxia941 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always have a hard time starting things because I feel like I need to do it right the first time.

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  ปีที่แล้ว

      yes this is a such a good point. this mindset is what stops most people, and if you can be a learner and fail and keep going, that's what separates successful people

  • @julia3983able
    @julia3983able ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is so encouraging! Yesterday I started to sketch a scene from the day from memory, but it turned out all wrong. I spent a good hour or two trying to figure out what was wrong and fix it, wondering if art should feel like working your brains so hard. I guess you can’t avoid hard work…But I do think that sometimes you should sketch freely w/o thinking too much, which I tend to do, you know just to keep it enjoyable 😅

    • @ManWithoutThePants
      @ManWithoutThePants ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I do lots of studies, but I also sometimes just let it go and paint or draw something from "imagination" and not be considered by the end result. It's enjoyable and keeps things fun for me. Like taking a break, but not completely from painting or drawing, but from practicing. Sometimes I take few days off completely if I don't feel like painting to not getting burned out by the feeling that I have to do this every single day.

  • @lilythecat2268
    @lilythecat2268 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im really not interested in values. But after i saw this, i wanna try photoshop, 8 or 6 gray scale filter... im not fine art so i think it would work. Watercolors lights and shadows have more contrast than actual scene.

  • @alliehartom5978
    @alliehartom5978 ปีที่แล้ว

    This makes so much sense, thank you!

  • @ruthdallas6125
    @ruthdallas6125 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent point and I keep forgetting it. I’m still trying to make every sketch super detailed so I’m not getting that important practice. Thanks.

  • @peepsqueek923
    @peepsqueek923 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really good video and really good encouragement thank you!

  • @unrulymuse764
    @unrulymuse764 ปีที่แล้ว

    Huge value here! Thank you!

  • @programmer1356
    @programmer1356 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely - I don't have to like everything I produce. I do have to learn from what I do. Thank you.

  • @asfasfasfasf124
    @asfasfasfasf124 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    working faster is really good for improving. and more fun as i am learning.
    if i spend hours on something that i don't like it's no fun.
    if i spend a few min on something "boring" that even becomes fun! :)
    i think that's the most important thing for learning. being able to learn in a fun way!
    but i do need to get out more. have not done any outside drawings this year and now i'm too cold and my fingers will just become icecubes if i try to draw outside 😆
    in spring or summer i will do it again!

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes i also need to go outside to draw a lot more than i have been. just as with you, i've waited until winter to come this realisation!

  • @thomasgarnier2880
    @thomasgarnier2880 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is such an encouragement - absolutely brilliant teaching. Thanks!

  • @bobbiegraham7729
    @bobbiegraham7729 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful video. When I teach a class I start by asking how many took an instrument in school. Did they expect to play in the orchestra the next day, week, year? Why not? Talent comes from wanting to do something so much that you're willing to work. Unless you're Mozart, and he was what, one in a billion? Or Da Vinci, Monet, etc. etc.

  • @Pippito
    @Pippito ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this man so much. Thank you, king

  • @porciwall9261
    @porciwall9261 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful video, thank you so much! :]

  • @angelpropen9646
    @angelpropen9646 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello: Thank you this is very encouraging; please let me know why in time set of the video 3:21 you decided to start the Basic Perspective you started with the diagonal of the building then you found the Vanishing Point in the head of the person. Is there an ideal place in an image to start the Perspective?????

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  ปีที่แล้ว

      the lines of convergence from a simple boxy form that is parallel to the ground plane are an easy place to start

  • @SarahAndBoston
    @SarahAndBoston ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, good inspiration. Thank you

  • @trinec9320
    @trinec9320 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was so helpful for me. I feel much more energized to get my reps in. Thank you!

  • @travisabe-thomas4129
    @travisabe-thomas4129 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this timely video...its something that I needed

  • @Erinba
    @Erinba 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was so helpful and informative thank you❤

  • @danthomas6587
    @danthomas6587 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolute right. Draftsmanship seems taboo with many, maybe most teachers and workshop artists.

  • @merikkumaa
    @merikkumaa ปีที่แล้ว

    This was super super helpful! Thank you

  • @papagooseonline
    @papagooseonline ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this video, it was very refreshing to see your words get backed up with progress photos of your landscapes throughout the years. Do you have any resources on landscape painting process? Something that helped you get better? I'm currently practicing values in landscapes, but would love to tackle colour, shapes etc.

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the guys teaching me is Jared Cullum who has a youtube channel - one of the nicest guys ever too which is a bonus

    • @papagooseonline
      @papagooseonline ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lovelifedrawing Thank you for the info!

  • @sandyxavier7093
    @sandyxavier7093 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant.....thank you so much for this hugely encouraging video.

  • @miltonwelch4177
    @miltonwelch4177 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much.

  • @antoniadevetakova6035
    @antoniadevetakova6035 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow!
    So good explanation!
    The was exactly what I needed🤩Тhank you!

  • @ginny6365
    @ginny6365 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have helped me so much in learning to love drawing. Thank you Kenzo.🌺

  • @AmandaInEly
    @AmandaInEly ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent advice. Will follow.

  • @kanachiaki
    @kanachiaki ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was an awesome video and I relate so much, I too have an awful time with proportions and measuring things!! And no worries about me doing ugly sketches coz it's all I seem to be doing lately ahaha Thank you for sharing =)

  • @patytrico
    @patytrico ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the class! Is always good revisit basics to see where are we catching bad habits and get things straight

  • @Demogoorl
    @Demogoorl ปีที่แล้ว

    hi from Brazil, thanks for that :") this video makes me relax my mind now, I'm working on it in real, the social media and all stuff on my mind makes me fell crazy sometimes but, in the last days i am having really fun moments doing every strokes :3... However this video helped a lot with my thoughts thanks

  • @SharonNolfi
    @SharonNolfi ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent advice. Thanks for this.

  • @teresacox6107
    @teresacox6107 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this! Need this! Thank you!🙏

  • @richardteale3217
    @richardteale3217 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic advice , thank you. Regards from England.

  • @christinelange9382
    @christinelange9382 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fabulous session and it has given me the motivation to keep going! Thanks

  • @purpur_go_brr8851
    @purpur_go_brr8851 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you 🥺💖

  • @Michael-NZ
    @Michael-NZ ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes it’s not just talent!

    • @roggos3668
      @roggos3668 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually it’s 99% not talent, as talent is a natural aptitude. It’s mostly studying and practicing, like most things are

    • @Michael-NZ
      @Michael-NZ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@roggos3668 love it, you are inspiring me to get back to drawing.

    • @thecatalog7188
      @thecatalog7188 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@roggos3668 People learn faster than others, that's talent

  • @n9it
    @n9it 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not being afraid of drawing something that looks bad is something i realised recently and am trying to change but it's really hard 😂

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      it might be the hardest skill of all!

  • @hifiunicorn
    @hifiunicorn ปีที่แล้ว

    The painful process of growth. I’ve definitely given up along the way due to lack of commitment to the practice. I hope I find the motivation to return again.

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i hope so too! although, i think it's best to not rely on motivation. motivation is a weird thing that comes and goes, like an unreliable friend. better to depend on your actual values

    • @hifiunicorn
      @hifiunicorn ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@lovelifedrawingthank you 🙏

  • @Rammicus
    @Rammicus ปีที่แล้ว

    I just wanted to say a quick thank you for sharing this information with us. I'm just beginning to learn how to draw, but this video resonated with me on multiple occasions as I was watching it; so once again, thank you for sharing this 😃

  • @vihmake
    @vihmake ปีที่แล้ว

    The problem is that I for example have never quite understood how to measure. Would love to measure but I go insane trying to measure things with my pencil and then trying to calculate how big to make something based what I have already on my paper. Addition: in art class I usually simply pretend measuring😊

  • @luvkayakn
    @luvkayakn ปีที่แล้ว

    “Do 50 drawings and measure proportions” 😊 Yep, that’s definitely a message for myself. I get really close to a good image likeness but the proportions are always a bit wonky.

  • @estaciondealmas
    @estaciondealmas ปีที่แล้ว

    You are an awesome teacher!!!!! thank you a lot :')

  • @Ben-rz9cf
    @Ben-rz9cf ปีที่แล้ว

    I think better than telling someone to just practice more is to tell them HOW to practice. You'll get nowhere doing the same thing over and over. Focus on one body part a week, do studies on just that narrow focus and try to learn something new about the shapes or anatomy. Then bring it back out to the wider composition. Even disproportionate figures will look good if the proper construction is there.

  • @nancyvfinn5253
    @nancyvfinn5253 ปีที่แล้ว

    It also helped me to break up the body into torso, arms, legs, then put them all together.

  • @JoJoboiWav
    @JoJoboiWav ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you'll NEVER find a discipline in which you can improve without having to put in an extreme amount of repetitions and self critique in order to get good. art ain't as tiring as sports but it ain't any less ruthless

  • @happenedbychance3392
    @happenedbychance3392 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you talk about atmospheric perspective sometime? I really like your teaching style and feel like I get a lot from your explanations

  • @notafan1275
    @notafan1275 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, I really enjoyed it. I would love to join your study group, but sadly I couldn't care less about humans and feel absolutely no desire to draw them. I am learning to draw to one day be able to do justice to my dog, and given the differences in anatomy I don't think human figure drawing will be all that helpful. Or will it?

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i think if you want to draw dogs, best to focus on drawing dogs. you could try peter han or joe weatherly for good teachers of animal drawing

    • @notafan1275
      @notafan1275 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lovelifedrawing That's what I thought. Thank you for the names! (TH-cam doesn't seem to understand what I am looking for...)

  • @AlyssaRavenwood
    @AlyssaRavenwood ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent advice

  • @rayvirgoe7231
    @rayvirgoe7231 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very true. Measuring proportions helps shape your perspective. Your brain needs to become accustomed to the truth, not the fantasy. Thank you🤔😏😊 for this video.

  • @elborbah3045
    @elborbah3045 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello ! Was the picture taken in Montpellier ? Thanks for video

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it was in bordeaux - we had a lovely time despite the heat wave

    • @elborbah3045
      @elborbah3045 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lovelifedrawing Happy that you had a great time in France , the heat wave was unbearable ... Horrible ...

  • @majesea
    @majesea ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this advice!

  • @teresinharoberts6421
    @teresinharoberts6421 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great advice

  • @user_noahtecle
    @user_noahtecle ปีที่แล้ว +2

    listen i dont know if you will see this comment or not but,i have been stuck in figure drawing for maybe more than a year now but when i found your channel everything changed,i love art and everything to do with it and almost quit,but you helped me and gave me hope,if you see this i only want to say five words, may God be with you.

  • @Triciatly
    @Triciatly ปีที่แล้ว

    Gotta get in the reps man 💪

  • @sydene54
    @sydene54 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're right

  • @markus_luik
    @markus_luik ปีที่แล้ว

    I needed this

  • @ladyflimflam
    @ladyflimflam 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s always about the fundamentals and the reps. I would be suspicious of a teacher who doesn’t want to tell a student that.

  • @engleharddinglefester4285
    @engleharddinglefester4285 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly."

  • @karlabritfeld7104
    @karlabritfeld7104 ปีที่แล้ว

    Practice, practice, practice. Nobody is born with talent. I hate the word talent because I know it's all hard work.

  • @ManOfSdeel
    @ManOfSdeel ปีที่แล้ว

    quoth the teacher "lol wtf go practice" but the student pondered the words instead of listening to them ✍

    • @ManOfSdeel
      @ManOfSdeel ปีที่แล้ว

      and then quoth the old art student "lol wtf i should have practiced"

  • @Leo-qn2zm
    @Leo-qn2zm 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    nice!

  • @sarahaewilson
    @sarahaewilson ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger he’s all about reps as well ;)

  • @Unfunny_Username_389
    @Unfunny_Username_389 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes. Good point. In many ways it really is that simple - put the hours in. Graft away at your weakest points. Nobody wants to hear it though.

  • @patrickrainey305
    @patrickrainey305 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro you have so much good info in this vid, but adding some quiet background music and breaking up a video of your face with some examples of what your talking about would rlly take this video to the next level, and make it more watchable.

  • @searece
    @searece 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For me, I don't think it's that exercises sound like too much hard work? They just sound so BORING to me, and I don't know how to get past that they seem boring.

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      the skills they give you aren't boring though!

    • @searece
      @searece 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lovelifedrawing That's true! Some day, I'll get myself to do them more.

  • @julianneriise8362
    @julianneriise8362 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a wonderful video! Thank you so much for pointing out these important details.
    AND .... let us also pay attention to pronunciation as well ....... the word "DRAWING" has only one "R" in it. It is correctly pronounced "Draw-ing ..... not "Drawr-ring".
    So many people, even excellent instructors on youtube, make that mistake, but when it is heard spoken that way, the effects are like the saying " nails scraping across the blackboard". Do we not owe it to our beloved art to pay attention to this as well? ❤😊

  • @EyeLean5280
    @EyeLean5280 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fifty? Wow, that's really, really gentle. Chuck Jones used to say, "everybody has about 10,000 drawings in them and the sooner your get yours out of your system, the better it will be for everyone." Let's be REAL here. It takes about ten years to truly master a complex creative skill, like dancing ballet or what have you. For the visual artist, you should be sketching daily plus doing about 20 substantial drawings per week for a decade to get to mastery.
    Does that mean you won't be able to create anything you enjoy in the meantime? Of course not! From the beginning, you'll be having fun and seeing some good outcomes. You'll just get more and more consistent as you approach that threshold of mastery and when you cross it, bad drawings will be a thing of your past.

    • @MrsBarnabas
      @MrsBarnabas ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "For the visual artist, you should be sketching daily plus doing about 20 substantial drawings per week for a decade to get to mastery. "
      Hmm. Hey, here's a scenario: "I have a full time job, and am mother to two children under ten. I don't have the finance for paid help with the household chores, so I do it myself. The children need help with out of school activities, homework, and learning how to take care of themselves. I grab what time I can after the children are in bed to do my art stuff.
      Now another scenario: "I'm an elderly person with disabilities. I live alone, so it sounds like I have loads of time. But it takes me about five times as long to do those basic activities of daily life as it used to do. I can't afford help, and Social Services say I don't qualify for home help, as they see I can do it for myself. It's not just tiring. It saps my energy. It's exhausting. But I need to take care to do some things 'for fun', so I grab my art stuff and get to play for about half an hour on good days."
      Now in either of these scenarios, taken from Real life, by the way, and many others who have so little free time, but who want to learn a new skill that takes them out of their busy world for a few minutes when they can: This guy comes along and says to them, "For the visual artist, you should be sketching daily plus doing about 20 substantial drawings per week for a decade to get to mastery."
      And any one of them will respond with variations of this scenario: "Oh my word. How do I respond to that? What world is this guy living in? Is this supposed to encourage me????? Well, for sure it doesn't!!!!! It leaves me feeling pretty pathetic / furiously angry / totally discouraged, / wanting to take him by the scruff of his shirt and give him a taste of Real Life, and what we achieve for ourselves in those few minutes a day which we grab to practice and play and _enjoy_ the *fun* of this 'out of my normal world' new skill."
      Hmm...I think I'll stick with Kenzo's more realistic targets! Much more doable and a lot less pressure, and even some fun as well as some progress over time. 😊

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  ปีที่แล้ว

      i'm glad it helped :)

  • @benlin1526
    @benlin1526 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so sorry to mention this but, when the 'marker' underlines something, it sound like slurping or someone sniffling their nose. Apologies again, but; maybe change it? Otherwise great vid.

    • @lovelifedrawing
      @lovelifedrawing  ปีที่แล้ว

      ha thank you! I'll let Rita the video editor know your feedback

  • @elixorvideos
    @elixorvideos ปีที่แล้ว

    There are no rules, draw whatever you want. Rules are imposed by people who have come a gone, they are no more insightful than any of us.

  • @Jerry12533
    @Jerry12533 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wait you're left handed they say left handed people are better at art. Is it true ??

  • @steveelkins52
    @steveelkins52 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every course tells you to practice, no point to this video

  • @Omarcomics911
    @Omarcomics911 ปีที่แล้ว

    First