I've been sketching for maybe 3 months now. Just quick things in a notebook during lunch. Yesterday I tried drawing my neighbor's orange tabby from a photo I took on Sunday. Normally my cats come out looking like weird potato blobs with ears. But this time the proportions worked. The head was round enough, the eyes were the right distance apart. I even got the stripes going the right way. I used a 2B pencil and a smudge stick for the fur texture. Didn't erase a single line. I think watching a 10 minute youtube tutorial on cat anatomy last week actually helped. Has anyone else had a drawing just click out of nowhere like that?
I was sitting at my desk yesterday trying to sketch a simple spoon for a doodle and I kept getting the bowl part looking like a flat oval. Took me like 5 tries and I was getting annoyed. Then I looked at the actual spoon in my hand and realized I was drawing the curve going the wrong way. The handle angle was messing up my brain I guess. Ever notice how something that simple can trip you up? Anybody else have a basic object that just refuses to look right no matter how many times you try?
For years I would only doodle in pencil because I was scared of making permanent marks. Then last Tuesday I grabbed a random Bic pen from the junk drawer and just went for it. Now I feel way more confident because I can't erase anything, so I have to commit. My lines are looser and way more expressive compared to those stiff pencil sketches I used to do. It took me about 3 days to get used to the lack of undo button. Has anyone else ditched a tool they depended on and found it actually made their art better?
Bought a 24 pack of some no-name markers for 15 bucks on Amazon instead of the Copics I wanted. They dried out after 3 days and the colors were way off from what the caps showed. Ended up spending 80 bucks on a real set anyway. Anyone else fall for cheap art supplies and learn the hard way?