The Problem With Practice.
Sketchifer
Salutations, friend -
We buckle down to work on portraiture, learn perspective, figure out how the heck to even draw hands, and then -
🔥 Total burnout 🥲
Technical skill is necessary for creating great art. But there are times you shouldn’t be working on the fundamentals. Sometimes you should to avoid practice. So, what to do instead?
🚰 Fill Your Cup.
Passion is like water in a cup 💧
Drawing your favorite anime character, designing some original concepts, making silly doodles with friends - stuff you actually ENJOY fills your cup 🥳
When you practice and grind, you expend water. If the cup becomes empty for too long, it dries and shatters. We quit without a vessel to hold our passion.
The Key To Success.
In a world of the every-day-grind, we feel like if we’re not learning, we’re falling behind.
But when we play the long game, we understand that passion is an invaluable resource; It’s the fuel that allows us to keep moving forward. It’s what rest is to the athlete: not just important, but required 😴❤️🔥
First Things First.
We all begin with shallow cups. But each time they’re filled, our vessel becomes a little more capacious, and holds a bit more water.
Build a big cup, and fill it to the brim, first. Then, when it’s time to grind, and do difficult things, you have enough to spare 💪
For if you learn all the art knowledge in the world, but quit because of burnout - what have you gained?
Do It For You.
Drawing for fun, and creating what you enjoy, is never a waste of time.
So draw something you love today for us - or more importantly, for you 💜
Think less; Draw More.
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