The "Fundamentals" endless cycle problem
So I've been drawing for the better part of two decades. and compared to how I learned to draw. I'm finding myself feeling frustrated for so many beginning artists who enter these spaces. Because I just keep seeing time and time again, pages full of circles, lines, and shapes. without ever taking the time to make finished drawings.
Essentially it's like playing a tutorial thousands of times and never getting to the actual meat of a game and I'm just like. Am I crazy for thinking this? do y'all know something I don't?
Like as drills for building better line confidence and loosening up before a big drawing session I 100% feel these work well!
But I keep seeing people here run these drills while others keep telling them to work on different fundamentals.
Yes, Form, Perspective, Gesture, Anatomy, Composition, Value, Lighting, are ALL important I will not deny that at all.
But this type of teaching as far as I can tell doesn't seem to actually lead to many finished images.
Two of my favorite quotes that I come back to hundreds of times over is
We all have 10,000 bad drawings in us. The sooner we get them out the better- Walt Stanchfield
And "Dude, suckin’ at something is the first step to being sorta good at something" -Jake the dog.
Your first images won't be great. but you're getting them out and building mileage. and in my personal opinion, that's going to do you so much better than spamming a thousand circles
