Salutations Big Dave; welcome to SAMA group.
--- bigdave901b <big_dave_901_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Thanks loads man, A main prob I have is
> procrastination, I say I'm
> > gonna go draw then an hour later I'm still doing
> nothing _at__@
You must be a student? Wait till you work 8+ hours a day,
travel an hour each way, have to run the household, attempt
to get some sleep (we won't mention anything about getting
_enough_ sleep) in each day. In that hour or two you
manage to get in the evening, when you've been waiting all
day ZZZzzzzzzz.... *blinks* Wuh? Oh, sorry! Hanging to try
and get a few sketches on paper. Takes about an hour to
setup and warm up with the airbrush etc (you always do a
few practice exercises before working on an artwork) so
this tends to be limited to weekends. :-(
A GREAT (okay maybe bad) way to get motivated, when you are
supposed to be doing something else, preferably important,
duck off then and draw the pic. It is AMAZING how suddenly
motivated you feel when you are supposed to be doing the
washing, cleaning up the house or whatever instead! This
does of course tend to mean the other thing doesn't get
done, but the more important thing you put off, the more
inclined you are to work on your art. Works in reverse
too; supposed to be drawing? You can get a lot of room
cleaned up in the same time! :-D Perverse human nature...
> > try that book, sounds like a great help.
I have that book - even for a novice like myself it has
been quite helpful. Wasn't cheap, but good refernces
seldom are.
> about the 4 year course. I'm in the middle of uni just
> now, which involves 4 year courses. Don't think I'd agree
> about doing it in one year.
Practice time is the essence; whether it be math or
pictures. What I find helpful is to do a short course or a
night class that keeps you motivated, gives your skills a
jump and gives you something to go on with. Helps if the
course is recommended, as obviously content etc will vary.
Having a good teacher helps. This is the way I've been
learning airbrushing and is definitely working for me and
the others in the classes I've attended.
You learn a bit, get excited about the new skill, go away,
use it for a bit, find limitations and questons, back for
the next session to have questions answered and learn the
next stage and more skills, renewing the enthusiasm. Doing
something _regularly_ is the key. The old P word...
> by practicing on your own, it's just useful sometimes to
> have someone
> who can point out ways of practicing to improve faster :p
This agrees with my point of doing short courses or a
weekly night class; learn a bit, practice, get
corrected/helped at the next class while staying motivated.
Another help is take on commisions or art trades. That way
you have a deadline to meet. Notice how projects
miraculously get done the night before? Drawing seem to
follow a similar rule...
Scrapper, Black Dragon, trying not to leave his art trades
till the last minute...
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Received on Mon May 17 2004 - 20:19:02 CDT