Learning to draw is an endless journey. I’m always looking to improve my approach and mindset regarding how to learn and produce most efficiently. Tim Mcburnie’s advice on the subject resonated with me, and I love the quality of his art. Watch his video through the following link:
Best Strategy For Learning To Draw? Endless Studies Are Not The Answer… (YouTube)
What I took away
- Your need for the art fundamentals depends on what art you want to make. Many current pros just drew a lot without focusing on fundamentals.
- Follow an applied fundamentals approach: decide what art you want to make and spend most of your time making it while building your foundational knowledge and skills to support that.
- Apply foundational concepts ASAP! Doing endless studies and exercises just helps you get good at exercises. What’s most important is to understand how to integrate/apply the knowledge gained from an exercise or study into your workflow, how you can actually use it to help make art.
- Exercises are largely an academic approach; once you understand the techniques/ideas, you can skip doing exercises and apply them directly to your work.
Did I mention I love the quality of his art? 😉
Please do check out his website and YouTube channel.