I wrote ~5000 words on what 40 hours of studying drawing can do. I know my drawing is not great, but it has improved considerably, and I believe it is a story worth sharing.
@nina_kali_nina this was very interesting to read, and congratulations on your hard work and persistence paying off! I am fascinated because I really, really, really cannot draw, have never been able to (I literally changed my choice of career as a teenager because my total lack of drawing skill precluded my first choice) and I still basically believe there’s some fundamental thing I missed out on.
@drmikepj thank you! I believe you might find yourself unblocked in drawing if you get a talented teacher. If you have energy and time for that, of course. It takes a lot of energy and time, and sometimes could feel pointless, in the era of virtually-free photography and terrible-but-often-good-enough GenAI (yuck)
@nina_kali_nina It’s one of those things where I start from so far behind the average that I would have to work hard just to reach the starting point for most tutorials.
@nina_kali_nina singing is analogous - I can sing and lots of people tell me they can’t. 99% of them just need to practice and get over their social embarrassment, but there’s 1% who just can’t do it despite coaching, unfortunately.
@drmikepj yep, I believe this is how things are... It is not impossible to learning singing, but it is much more difficult for some people.
@nina_kali_nina anyway, glad it brings you pleasure, and it brought me vicarious pleasure to see how your work improved.