#beginning artists

[germbee]

Some tips to not hating your art: A quick guide by an amature artist, me.

1. Draw for yourself. From what I've seen, if you draw specifically for views or follows, you won't be happy unless you draw for you first. Draw what makes you happy, then move onto what makes others happy.

2. Reflect on your old art. Yeah I know this is instant cringe for 90% of artists out there. But you know why it is? Because progress. You're so much farther than you were and you should be proud of that. Think about it. If you can make it this far, how much farther will you go?

3. Don't view others as competition. Doing this will make you hate your friends and hate seeing their work. You won't learn anything and you'll shut yourself out completely. If you view your peers as someone to learn from, you'll make progress a lot faster and feel a lot better about your skill level.

4. View mistakes as learning experiences. Do you ever upload a picture and realize you forgot to add something? Forgot to colour that spot? Proportion issues? Who cares? If it's too late to fix it, remember that. Next time you draw, remember to colour with a different background colour so you notice more stuff. Next time zoom out and flip the canvas over and over so you can find anatomy issues. It doesn't have to be the end of the world. Don't stress it. (and yes!! flipping the canvas helps a lot!!!)

5. Talk about things that make you insecure (preferably to someone who can critique you). This might help you find fields you want to work on.

6. Remember: EVERYONE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS Art is just everyone slowly getting better and practicing. No one is the best and no one is even the best they will be. Keep working on yourself and keep drawing. Even the pros make mistakes and want to get better!!

So please don’t stress out about not being where you want to be. You will get there, and you should appreciate the amount of work you put in to getting to each step along the way.

[nofuckingminecraft]

Really neat art tip for beginning artists: don't overwhelm yourself

I know a lot of artists tell you "practice practice practice. Draw everyday. Get good" and everything like that under the sea but not every artist draws everyday. Not every professional artist drew everyday to get to where they are.

All art is today is aesthetics and muscle memory. Yes, I know you want to draw like Jaiden Animations or TheZodiacLord or WolfyChu or LavenderTowne whoever does all the really cool MBMBaM animatics and you wanna do it FAST but art takes time.

So build up muscle memory gradually. If you overwhelm yourself you'll want to quit art, trust me on this.

[art-guardian]

Hey!

If you see this, stop whatever you’re doing and help me find artists to follow! Here’s a mental checklist:

Are you an artist? Like this, and I’ll follow you!

Do you know an artist? Tell me who they are so I can follow them!

Do you want to help other artists? Reblog this so that they can see it!

Thanks!

[this-is-not-a-slow-burn]

Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, and I really wish somebody had told this to me.

All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But it’s like there is this gap. For the first couple years that you’re making stuff, what you’re making isn’t so good. It’s not that great. It’s trying to be good, it has ambition to be good, but it’s not that good.

But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is good enough that you can tell that what you’re making is kind of a disappointment to you. A lot of people never get past that phase. They quit.

Everybody I know who does interesting, creative work they went through years where they had really good taste and they could tell that what they were making wasn’t as good as they wanted it to be. They knew it fell short. Everybody goes through that.

And if you are just starting out or if you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Do a huge volume of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week or every month you know you’re going to finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you’re going to catch up and close that gap. And the work you’re making will be as good as your ambitions.

I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It takes awhile. It’s gonna take you a while. It’s normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through that.

—Ira Glass interview with Current TV

[artsyyoyo]

Shoutout to all the new and beginning artists here on tumblr!!!

I want to let you all know that you're all awesome and unique! It doesn't matter what you do, may it be fanart, original art, digital, traditional. Maybe you only draw humans, animals, furries, landscapes, backgrounds, objects, abstract or just whatever, do what you want to draw. Don't let other people tell you what to do. I've seen some blogs of beginning artists (I'm one too btw) who don't get that many notes, which is a bit of a shame because mist of you have freaking amazing art!!! So if you're a beginning artists, it doesn't matter what you draw, give this post a like or a reblog and I'll be sure to check out your blog!! I would love to see some more unique and unseen art on my dash!! (^^) Have a lovely day everyone!!! ^_^

[art2catch]

The Artist as Permanent Pilgrim

The artist is always faithful to longing first. The willingness to follow the longing ‘wherever it leads’ demands and enables all kinds of new possibilities of belonging. The artist is fiercely called to truth. Despite all the personal limitation and uncertainty, he has to express what he finds.

-John O’Donohue  -  “Exploring our Hunger to Belong)

[flandersfamily]

How to Draw Almost Everything (Timberdoodle Review)

How to Draw Almost Everything (Timberdoodle Review)

Timberdoodle sent me another book to review this week: How to Draw Almost Everything. I was curious to get a look at it, since so many of my children love art and have been drawing since they were big enough to hold a pencil.

To be honest, this title was not at all what I was expecting. As it is part of their Ninth Grade Curriculum Kit, I thought it would be a little more advanced. The drawings…

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