Think of it as practice then youāll suck /blunt
Practice drawing is infantilizing your potential when you can challenge yourself into trying new shit until you āfeel goodā about your progress. Challenging yourself into drawing better is way better to put it. Also thereās importance in critique and openness to criticism, thatās where youāll learn, but you gotta ask the right people for it (your trusty friend circle for starters maybe? Or an art teacher if you know someone).
This also made me realize you donāt have to draw frequently (I did this for the past 13 years and now I retired from burnout /nav). This is why we draw to express, to document, and to archive. Figure artists, draw what you see. For abstract artists, draw what you feel! Donāt you dare fucking lift the pencil up until youāre satisfied. Mistakes are merely unexpected opportunities and redirections. Yep! Iām giving you a challenge to draw something without using an eraser :D
Also time is irrelevant here, itās a hard reality kicker to me when my senior colleagues around their 40ās just started on art last year and now showing up at exhibitions. And Iām 22 and stuck in art school and retired from professional work just this January QwQ. Regardless, itās important to take breaks but donāt stop. Cuz drawing your precious moments is much more poetic than taking pictures
I get the same advice too:
FUCK THEM!!! Theyāre partially right but we need actual artistic critique who can pinpoint the smallest corrections and observations. But that critic will mostly be you.
Takeaway: Challenging yourself sounds better than practicing yourself. Critique and openness to constructive criticism is one of the relevant ways to improve. Time is irrelevant to skill improvement. Unexpected opportunities and redirections are a good way to challenge yourself and your inner artistry.
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