#drawing and arting

[trowelseller]

reducing the times i can draw to just one drawing per day is actually being pretty healthy for me and my productivity in other areas but everytime i want to draw more after already having drawn enough for that day i get the image of a really fat cat wanting to eat more cat food but being prevented from doing so by their owner in my head and i really relate to that image

[nebbeli]

captcha

[avyc02]

Zoey and Mira embracing the patterns look~ ✨✨✨

[crythartic]

* Won't you play again, Kris?

[nigelgraz]

I am happy because everyone loves me

[dabigbirb]

Congratulations on the marriage guys!!!! It's about time honestly

[veryluckyclovers]

sending love to those fighting the job market

[feefal]

Vivipary - when seeds sprout while still being attached to its mother fruit

[spicymochi]

he is sitting and pondering

[j-tee]

who let this bird on the train

[strawberristorm]

sleepover

[hiirenvirna]

weird kids best friends

[waveoftheocean]

absolute menace but still such a good boy :')))

[susiemybeloved]

Came to me in a dream

[leebrontide]

I want to tell a story to the artists and would-be artists out there.

When I was 19, I made a large oil painting of the nerd I would eventually marry. I poured all my attention and care into this painting. It's the only art I have from back then that still holds up as a work I'm proud of today.

I entered it into a judged show at the local art center. It got an honorable mention. I went to see the show with my beloved model. One of the judges came up to talk to me, and highlighted that all the judges really liked the painting. It would have placed, except, you see, the feet were incorrect. They were too wide and short, and if I just studied a bit more anatomy-

I called over my future wife, and asked her to take off her shoe. Being already very used to humoring me, she did. The judge looked at her very short, very wide little foot. Exactly as I'd lovingly rendered it. I would never edit her appearance in any way.

The judge looked me in the eye, and to his credit, he really looked like he meant it when he said "Oh I'm so sorry."

Anyways the moral of the story is that all of those anatomy books that teach you proportions are either showing you averages, or a very specific idea of an idealized body. Actual bodies are much more varied than that.

So don't forget to draw from observation, and remember that humans aren't mass produced mannequins. Delight in our variation. Because it's supposed to be there.