I'm Learning to Draw Again (And So Should You)

THE ARTISTE IS BACK B1TCHEZ!

I am married to the page and the pencil is my QUEEN - I fill the GALLERY of my SOUL with creations of wonder and beauty...

So I umm... started drawing again.

In this video I talk about how I used to draw a lot, then quit, then quit again, and how I've started to really enjoy it again and am planning on sticking to it! I also talk about what I've realized about what it helps to commit to something and do it in the long term, so I hope that inspires you or something.

The channels I mentioned:

If you're starting out, I would recommend watching Proko's and Love Life Drawing's figure drawing courses! Sinix Design has some really cool anatomy and procreate lessons I've used.

If you liked this video & need more inspiration, I recommend these:

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Contents:
Da History of my Drawing: (0:00)
Artiste is BACK B1tchez: (2:47)
Artiste is REALLY back B1tchez...: (4:04)
What I've Learnt: (5:15)
Conclusion?: (8:06)
Outro: (9:20)

Hope you have a great day :)

[aeza]

This motivated me to stop whining, get up, and actually draw

[mareep]

“Express myself.. creatively...”


*proceeds to show a drawing of spongebob holding a gun*

[PanDrA_]

As a person who quit drawing 1 day ago, this inspired me back into drawing again

[mollygrubber]

I stopped drawing when I was 21, when I was a teen I was surrounded by family members who pointed out everything I was doing wrong with my drawings instead of encouraging me, still to this day they prefer picking out my failures rather than my accomplishments. This year I am 50 and would love nothing more than to be drawing again. These days, however, I struggle to draw a stickman. I will be starting from scratch again after 29 years, scary thought :D Great video, you inspired an old chook like me to get started again, thank you :)

[hypershadow]

As a 22 year old who hasn't drawn since I was a child. I needed this. Genuinely. It helps clear so many doubts I have about myself and my art

[devrodrigo]

This is exactly how i feel about learning music, so wild to hear you say things ive thought

[napalmman]

Just sent this vid to my online friend who’s got a lot of self-esteem issues. Maybe this’ll help him on the path to stop being paranoid about his abilities and comparing them to other artists and just follow his mind.

[Splatterpunk_OldNewYork]

"I wasn't trying to make the drawings perfect, or to improve my drawing technique, I was just in a flow state like when I was a kid doodling..." That is the gem I came here for mate. I have literally spent years researching and reading up on art without producing. Sketchbook, see you in the morning.

[jordanwashburn]

From one “kid who can draw but eventually stopped” to the other, thank you for making this :)

[fayedeantv]

I lost an art scholarship 11 years ago. My parents bullied me into changing majors because they believed I wouldn’t be able to make a living. So I threw everything away and haven’t touched it since. Until this last month. It was so emotional. Like a part of me has been missing for so long. I look forward to seeing more of your videos

[teclinsoro]

it took deleting my deviant art, tumblr, twitter and basically every platform i posted my art on for me to fall back in love with art. as soon as the stress and pressure for everything i drew to be perfect was gone, i felt so free to do whatever the hell i wanted. i’ve been gifted copic markers for my birthday and they’ve also really helped me to encourage myself to draw things

[Ebone_Studios]

As a person who’s been traumatized to the point where I forgot literally how to draw, this encouraged me. Thank you!

[edeves]

I still have that drawing you did of me back in 2009 above my desk, waiting for it to be worth $$$ one day 🙃

[sherlockbatmanholmes]

I feel like everyone in the art community has a time in there life when they stop or mostly stop. I did but now I am trying to become a graphic novel artist

[lottam]

When you are ‘the drawer’ at some point it doesnt become fun anymore because you feel like people expect things from you.

[darianglendenning]

This really hit home for me. I used to write stories all the time as a kid, and honestly they were pretty good. It was an escape for me to use my imagination and I loved doing it so much. As i got older, i started focusing on having good writing, or something meaningful, and whatnot. Writing became kinda stressful and not entertaining and I quit. I've still never been able to get back to it, but I've had moments were I was writing care free, before I eventually ruined it by taking it too seriously. It's intresting to see so many people having a similar experience.

[roebloxy]

I found this quote in a comment section of a Picasso video and it says:
"It took me 3 years to draw like Raphael and an entire life time to draw like a child"
-Picasso

[arreilaa]

I was always known as “good at art” since I was a kid, and at home, I was better than my little sister. I stopped drawing and improving as a kid because I already believed I was great at it, but then one day my little sister showed me a drawing she made and I was jealous. I wondered, when did she get better than me? I felt terrible and I tried drawing like her but it didn’t work. I wasn’t motivated anymore and stopped drawing for fun for like 3 years. In middle school I took some beginner art classes even though i knew the fundamentals (my mom is a artist and taught art when I was in 6th grade). I was only drawing my school assignments and didn’t feel any inspiration to draw for fun. Meanwhile my little sister got an iPad and began improving her digital art. For 8th, 9th and most of 10th grade, I was improving i guess but drawing wasn’t something I wanted to do a lot and it wasn’t fun. It wasn’t until may last year, when I had gotten back into anime, that I felt inspired again! I started out drawing my favorite characters on index cards I had at my desk, and I tried learning what made the art in the anime looks so good. I finally got my own iPad and I’m still drawing my favorite anime characters and my only worry is that colleges won’t like that all of my best work is fan art 😅. I’m in 11th grade and I want a creative career. If you’re still here then thanks for reading my journey with art lol

[lonesome]

Me: feels inspired to do better in my art and in like in general

Me tomorrow: continues to watch YouTube videos all day

[parasahuja]

This is so relatable, from stop doing art, being shy and anxious to being inspired from others while being demotivated that you could never be as good as them. focusing too much on the technical aspects and loosing the artistic essence in the process. And now you're at a point in life where your priority is money and too confused to commit to anything.