#learning art

[jackiestudiesart]

pose study. pose from the pose archive. completed 28.11.2024

[childishred]

Mallard duck study

[the-ellia-west]

This took me like an hour

My first fanart: BEHOLD

Yarnaby

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[pannda155]

Feeling like floating ~

I got my clip studio paint account back after YEARS of not touching it and it's so much better than medibang. If you look at my previous posts I literally couldn't draw a smooth line to save my life, the brush was always lagging.

So undecided to draw some gesture poses to get a feeling for digital again properly and ended up using this one to draw Viktor ontop of it.

Then it dawned on me...

HE LOOKS LIKE HES DOING HANDSOME SQUIDWARD FALLING

Lol

I also found this brush that looks like coffee stains??? So fitting

Also!!! So no one comes at me. I want to reiterate this was supposed to be practice gesture drawing, we don't have to be mad there's no cane. Pretend he's dreaming or something and relax 😁

Please don't hurt me 🙏🏻😭

[stellarstudios999]

When you finally manage to recreate the art style that has been in your head for years…

No joke I get so excited I nearly passed out. This has always been how I have wanted to draw characters, but I could never figure out how to recreate the style I had in my head! But I finally did it!

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[chaosgremlin46]

And now III shall be the master.

Friend — Me

[trraubensaft-png]

HE'S DONE HE'S FINALLY DONE COOKING

CLOSE UPS BECAUSE I AM INSANE

[spectral-squid]

Trying to learn pixel art again. Brain has trouble comprehending it, so I'm just taking the advice of "draw something, get feedback, then learn from that feedback" and hoping something happens.

So here's a Digimon V-Pet. I'd love any honest thoughts or feedback.

[taters-for-tots]

big boy drawing on my new chalk wall（＾∇＾）

this took me all week i’m SO glad it’s done 😭😭😭

[patchwork-dreamer]

It her

[jackiestudiesart]

skull study ref material from "Gusztav Velicsek" artistic anatomy. completed 17.04.2025

[start-your-art]

Art is NOT a talent. It's a skill.

Absolutely nobody picks up a pencil or paintbrush for the first time and creates a masterpiece.* Nobody is born automatically "talented."

*If you're trying out a new medium like say acrylic painting and have previously built up skill drawing with pencils there ARE transferable skills and some people can still make amazing artworks their first time but there is still a learning curve! Your mileage will just vary.

But so much of what we see online and in galleries and in textbooks is finished artwork from artists that have spent years or even decades developing their craft and their skills. It's not fair to compare beginner artwork to that but we do. It's easy to feel like some people are talented and some people aren't.

Image ID: A photo of The Starry Night painting by Vincent Van Gogh. The lower 1/3 of the painting depicts a small village. To the left is a large dark mass that stretches from the bottom of the canvas to the top. The sky is built out of thick black, blue and white brushstrokes that form swirling shapes. As well as yellow stars encircled by lighter brushstrokes and a big yellow crescent moon in the top right corner. End ID.

So how do we stay motivated to learn a skill when we don't feel talented?

Practice 1: Don't compare your work to anything else. This is ideal but really hard to do! Especially when the internet makes it so easy to access art from anywhere, anyone, and any time! And it's pretty impossible to go your whole life without interacting with art whether it's film, music, paintings, sculpture, posters, books, etc.

In practice this might mean going offline when you feel bad about your art or your work. It might mean avoiding engaging in art an hour or so before you begin work on something. Or avoiding the internet while you're working.

Practice 2: Compare your newer work to your older work. It can be really helpful to see how far you have come. But it can also still be frustrating if it's not at the level you want it to be. It can also be frustrating to see older work that's "better."

In practice this might mean keeping a folder or portfolio of work you are proud of that's easy to access whenever you need a boost of inspiration. You can also try sharing your work with friends and family if you can rely on them to express joy at seeing your work and lift your spirits when something doesn't turn out exactly as you wanted it to.

Side note: I have run into many cases on Tumblr where people say it's IMPOSSIBLE to get worse at your chosen craft. It's not. Skills aren't linear. If for any reason you have to take a break from your craft you will probably be rusty when you return to it. Sometimes trying something new with your craft won't have the results you want. And even if you practice every day and get really good at your craft, you're still human. Humans have bad days. It happens. But this is why even comparing yourself to your own art isn't perfect. (And if you are losing skills because of mental or physical health problems that can be uniquely frustrating but know that even if you can't create at the supposed "higher level" you were at before, any art you make is still wonderful and worth making and sharing!)

Practice 3: Seek out and enjoy different kinds of art! Seek out beginner art. Seek out different kinds of art!

In practice you can try following so-called amateur artists online with small follower counts and uplift each other in the comments. You can seek out new art forms and styles that don't meet the "perfect" or "highly talented" standards you set for yourself. (Hint: Linda Berry's art is great for this. She intentionally creates art the way a child might and has done small workshops at art schools demonstrating how freeing it can be to let go of notions of perfect anatomy, perfect proportion, etc).

I have one final thought:

Image ID: A sketch on what looks like a yellowed piece of paper. On the left is a building constructed out of simple rectangles. Extending from the right of it is a simple line for the horizon with a couple tiny triangles and half circles representing boats in water. There is a flat railing made of two horizontal lines and many small vertical lines in-between that divides the water and the land. Roughly sketched plants in a gated area beside it. And a simple lamp post extending from the bottom right of the page towards the top. End ID.

If this were hanging in a museum across from The Starry Night would you think it belongs there? Do you think the artist that made this drawing is less talented than the one that made The Starry Night? What if this artist kept drawing landscapes? What if this artist took up painting? What if this artist tried experimenting with colour? What if this artist experimented with brushstrokes? What if I told you that Van Gogh was the artist that made this sketch called View of Royal Road, Ramsgate in 1876, thirteen years before he painted The Starry Night?

You can visit this page to see hundreds of his early works if you don't believe me: https://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/all-works#!#filterName:all-paintings-chronologically,resultType:masonry

Practice 4: Look up old works from your favourite artists if you can. What they created when they started will likely be much different from what they're known for. And it might be something easier for you to aim for if you wish to practice to create like them.

Everyone starts somewhere.

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TLDR:

Art is NOT a talent. It’s a skill.

Nobody is born automatically “talented.”

It’s not fair to yourself to compare your work to finished artwork made by artists that have spent years developing your craft.

So instead:

Try hard not to compare yourself to others. Minimize how much or when you engage with other art if needed.

Remind yourself of work you’ve done that you love and how much you have learned and accomplished. Work to enjoy the process of creating more than the finished product.

Seek out different kinds of art that’s made by beginner artists or that doesn’t look “perfect”. You'll be less hard on yourself for not meeting unrealistic standards.

Take inspiration from your favourite artists but not just the work they’re known for. If you can, seek out their beginner, rougher work. Their work that you admire will seem much more possible when you can understand how they got there.

Everyone starts somewhere.

My hope is that my new blog @start-your-art will be a good resource for anyone looking to start or continue their art journey.

[the-ellia-west]

WRITING/DRAWING MARATHON DAY 2

Drawing

I collected and sorted a whole Pinterest Board of art I like for my ideal art style and played around with tracing, replicating shapes, and improvising my own faces

(They're bad, but it's experimentation! So it's gonna be fine!)

I tested out different nose shapes, eye shapes and sizes, ect.

And for writing.... I have done nothing

I hyperfixated on Drawing, and I have church...

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[pannda155]

I got a new drawing tablet so I could do better illustration since I don't have loads of pens and crap lol I've been learning gesture drawings, a lot of them, i wanted to try and apply and draw some jayvik lol

Please ignore the non existent hands lollll