How to Improve Your Art Without Drawing

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[Zeurro]

Wise words! I'm tired of people who say "just draw more, only practice will make you better"

[RunTheDistance]

This is true. I went through unmedicated depression for years. It killed my drive to draw along with other factors. I got on medication and my perspective changed drastically. I had the desire to draw again and I was able to find drawing techniques. It improved my drawing immensely to a level I never thought would happen. Mental health affects everything! However, it is important to keep practicing!

[ArtisticPragya]

In my opinion, having to realise your mistakes in art and also correcting it practical is the best way because just by memorising is not gonna be that helpful until u try it for yourself!

[rozmarinideas]

I keep being told by my school that I'm not a good enough artist. It's gotten to the point that I don't want to draw anything anymore. I don't know what I'm supposed to do.
Edit: I want to thank everyone for their kind words (except the Hitler joke guys). I am continuing to pursue art, and I will be applying for apprenticeships for next year. I'm not giving up, no matter what my school thought of me!

[PapermasteroneYT]

I think the person was referring to Marc Brunet's videos about improving your art without practicing at all, which basically just requires observation with a need and high sense of purpose therefore you get the most out of what you're observing

[monicaelisabet]

This guys is trully understand the fact how lifestyle and mental health sometime really effected the drawing process. 😊

[heckald]

I improve honestly by watching videos on YouTube. I don't draw that often but get significantly better when I watch techniques on YouTube.

[DanBlabbers]

I became a hairstylist and the hand eye coordination, visualizing depth by fading, coloring hair etc etc and after not drawing for several years i noticed I improved a lot. But he’s right about your mental state when drawing is really important

[PersonPlaceThing]

Studying other people's approach to art can absolutely make a difference. Not like drawing would, but it can inform future drawing sessions

[annascity]

I really, REALLY improved without drawing that much, i always felt like i need to draw a lot more and more and never satisfied with myself and that made me get use to intellectual and observation more, those two conbined with my practices of course and I eventually get satisfied with myself.

[heyrandommm]

In my opinion, if you wanna improve your art without drawing in a dyer situation, just watch many art videos that can uplift and inspire and motivate you to draw. The world has much art around us than you think, so observe it!

[sf]

if I don't have the energy to practice sometimes i just study references/other peoples work. that way at least im making new observations and best casw scenario i find inspiration for when i do have energy to practice!

[ivanpergasiFreelance]

So simple and so effective. Thanks for sharing !

[Igdvttjvtsj]

I improve without practicing by observing how things actually look like and how artists did this or that. While I did improve without drawing much, it was very slow throughout the years.

[tinytornadomg]

I always said, look at the world around you and take mental notes. You don't gotta draw to practice. Even by studying the way light hits and shadows work on an object is practice in my eyes.

[trooperscientists]

I agree, tho Id say that just by analyzing other artists or paying attention to things you want to draw can make you improve. It's just the first step. After that you probably still need to put it on part/ practice it to keep it in your system.

[felix-xdmx]

i think there's a lot of things. when my hand was injured, reading up and learning things like composition, color theory, even things like design or photography can help. watching how other people make their art helps you improve as well, as it is observation. you can learn art history or go to museums to appreciate the masters before you and get inspirations etc. you can even observe from movies, how they shot things, the colors they use etc. there are different aspects to improve art than just practicing drawing

[generated.name.by.human.]

I have talked about this with my old artist friend. We have both spent months without drawing a single thing and yet came back drawing better
I think that once you've reach a certain level, observing can make your drawings better than drawing itself

[katarzynabalicka]

So true and takes off so much pressure from me at this point. Thank you for saying that out loud ❤ .

[fwuuton]

I once spent two months just staring at the sketches of my favorite artist. I was not able to draw or doodle at all because I had to focus on uni. I feel like I learned some things just by looking and when I was ready to draw again, I was more confident to take on difficult forms and perspectives, and parts of my art were significantly better than before I started observing.