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9:32 AM, Sunday August 16th 2020

Well, I only can talk about my perspective but when I creat those random lines I don't really care about how they look,flow and everything. Usually when I sit down to draw something from imagination I already have a picture of it in my head and you can guess it, my art work won't look like what I wanted. But when I just do those random drawings its different, it is like what I see out of the lines I've already created and often the end result feels better. Maybe, it won't work for you and it sounds like a bunch of nonsense (maybe it is ;) ) but give it a try. What I can see is that you are worried about the end result and because of that you can't really enjoy the process.

1:11 PM, Sunday August 16th 2020

That kind of contradicts how Drawabox's Lesson 0 encourages you to power through the frustration, though... https://drawabox.com/lesson/0/2

7:39 AM, Monday August 17th 2020

Sounds similar to what is described in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJYGFwGhHnA

I think it can be useful to do something like this as a warm up before you draw for fun, especially if you are finding that you aren't enjoying drawing because you don't like your results. It can help you to relax more and have more acceptance for what you produce since you have no expectations going in for what you are about to draw.

If you want something to actually draw rather than just general mark making, I would recommend sketching more organic things like rocks and trees, where it is more forgiving if you make mistakes. Look for interesting rock formations or anything from nature where there is less precision involved.

9:36 PM, Tuesday August 18th 2020

That may be worth a try. Thanks.

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