First of all, thank you for creating Drawabox, putting so much care and work into creating free resources for beginners. I have a question regarding the 50% rule (though I feel I already have the answer to it).
When I'm done with the Drawabox lessons, I often want to try and create "little beginner artworks". I have a vision in my mind, and I want to transfer it onto the page in a beautiful and impactful way. I'm not really trying to learn and improve my skills, so it's not exactly "active learning".
However, I'm not drawing with total abandon and no regard for success. I want my drawing to be as beautiful and faithful to my vision as my current skills allow. That makes me quite anxious: I will erase a mark several times before I'm satisfied, I will feel the need to use a reference (not because I want to know how to draw the object in the future, but because I want my drawing to be good). And I certainly don't tear my drawing to pieces when I'm finished.
So does this qualify as play, or not? (99% sure it doesn't) And if it doesn't, should I allocate time to this activity (in addition to learning and playing), or should I stop worrying about making "beautiful drawings" altogether for now?
FarYogurtcloset3711 in the post "Yesterday, we dropped a new video about the concepts around the 50% rule. This is without exception, the most important video of the entire course."
2022-03-17 01:50
First of all, thank you for creating Drawabox, putting so much care and work into creating free resources for beginners. I have a question regarding the 50% rule (though I feel I already have the answer to it).
When I'm done with the Drawabox lessons, I often want to try and create "little beginner artworks". I have a vision in my mind, and I want to transfer it onto the page in a beautiful and impactful way. I'm not really trying to learn and improve my skills, so it's not exactly "active learning".
However, I'm not drawing with total abandon and no regard for success. I want my drawing to be as beautiful and faithful to my vision as my current skills allow. That makes me quite anxious: I will erase a mark several times before I'm satisfied, I will feel the need to use a reference (not because I want to know how to draw the object in the future, but because I want my drawing to be good). And I certainly don't tear my drawing to pieces when I'm finished.
So does this qualify as play, or not? (99% sure it doesn't) And if it doesn't, should I allocate time to this activity (in addition to learning and playing), or should I stop worrying about making "beautiful drawings" altogether for now?
Thank you very much