OSTA/ULTA: We overestimate short term and underestimate long-term ability

Re:OSTA/ULTA: We overestimate short term and underestimate l... by yamtaddle on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:04PM (#34776315)

I've spent shitloads of time drawing but there's something mechanically wrong with how I do it—my marks don't come close enough to resembling what I'm trying to do. Weird lumps and squiggles everywhere.

I'm sure I could fix that, but the focused practice on just making straight lines or circles or re-learning how to hold a pencil or whatever would be boring as fuck, so I'm never going to.

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Re:OSTA/ULTA: We overestimate short term and underestimate l... by jack_riminton on Monday February 13, 2023 @03:34PM (#34779994)

Actually you've brought up the next challenge of an artist, which marks to make!

Look at the paintings of David Hockney (or even his iPad doodles), there's not a straight line or neat circle in sight. But he's a relentless doodler. As Hockney says himself, art is just seeing. The more you practice, the more you see, the better you are at knowing which marks to make. I'd recommend this doc if you're interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdqch3-D94A

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