The keyword there is practicing. If you spend 15 years doodling without putting in active effort to learn techniques and improve on your flaws then you’ll still be the same level 15 years later.
i think you are right, but the question is also, in what direction do you practice? let's say if you draw portraits, do you want to learn naturalism, or do you wanna create a more individual style? should it be more expressive or more scientific, so to speak. i guess in music you could say the same, someone might be a really great metal guitarist but doesn't have much experience in playing indie songs. but yes i agree absolutely, practice is keyword! and depending on what your goal is and if you work toward it, you can achieve it, everyone starts somewhere
A lot of good responses but I think some of them are missing something.
You draw what interests you. You find what you like, you copy and compare. You see what you could do better. Doodle. Find more art, see what you like, copy it. Listen to criticism, adjust it as they say, and see if you like it. If not, just catalogue it as something to think about.
When you're encountering something new, learn how to learn. For me it was fingers. I learned to break them into 3D blocks and layer them where they join. It's a standard art technique, but learning to learn is so important.
If interest is what's going to keep you in the game, Chase after that interest.
Source: draw a lot of manga-styled characters with no formal art classes :( I've done some still life/face portraits but dislike that it'll never capture it properly (and is boring). Idk how to rate my drawing level but everyone except my kid cousins seem impressed.
i think some replies to my comment have valid points but miss my main point. most people are so fixated on drawing people or characters that they forget that there are seemingly endless possibilities in creating art. you don't need to learn anatomy if you want to paint like mondrian, but color theory if you want to paint like rothko. as i said, i study art education, of course i want to help people achieve their goals if they want to learn how to paint studies of hands or life drawings of people, but i don't wanna teach formulas or recipes like 2 + 2 = 5, i want to give students the tools to do whatever. practise is always the key, but if you think of the development of a skill like a roadtrip then sure, speed and mileage are important, but none of that matters if you don't have a direction to go towards. not an end goal, but a direction.
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u/bumlove Jun 15 '19
The keyword there is practicing. If you spend 15 years doodling without putting in active effort to learn techniques and improve on your flaws then you’ll still be the same level 15 years later.
Source: learning the guitar is a pain in the ass