Artist tip #8 – How to get good at drawing one thing

by jessicadoyle on January 16, 2008 · 9 comments

How to get good at drawing one thing

You take that one thing and draw it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

I guarantee, you will get good, no great at drawing whatever the one thing is that you choose to draw after following the instructions above.

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  • Brian

    I’ve tried to teach that to students in a limited sense. One week of drawing the same still life and comparing the last one to the first. I think some of them would have happily shot me, they got sick of it fast.

  • Brian

    And I’d would love to grab some sushi

  • http://jessicadoyle.ca jessicadoyle

    Oh god I used to be one of those art students. I can understand how they must feel. Now that I’m older and much more wiser I see the value in repetition. Drawing is very akin to learning to write especially when one is learning to write the individual letters of the alphabet.

    Maybe I’ll design and illustrate an ABC book. “A” for apple, “B” for bong,

    haha. Seriously though I might dare myself to do that and actually complete it.

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  • http://www.ambrosiality.com ambrosiality

    lol I think that’s the best advice ever.

    i think most of us just want to get it right the first time! and would get frustrated by the 13th time (who am i kidding, we’ll move onto something else after the 2nd, or call it abstract =)

  • http://jessicadoyle.ca jessicadoyle

    Ambrosiality,

    …or call it abstract

    Oh my god that is so true. Haha.

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  • http://cant-be-killed-by-conventional-weapons.ca Joshua Hamilton

    John K, creator of Ren & Stimpy among other things, has the same advice. I came across this great fan letter reply he sent to a 14 year old kid preaching it.
    http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/01/your-pal-john-k.html

  • JessicaDoyle

    Thanks Joshua! What a fantastic blog and link!

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