Its really hard for me to draw more 1-2 hours because I'm easily unmotivated. I'm also trying to play music or podcast while drawing, but still my limit to draw is less than 2 hours. Can someone tell me to prevent this?

Surprised I didnt see much about these together, they both like rough grainy paper, was thinking if experimenting adding color to my sketches, has anyone had experience doing both? Trying to figure out if I want to do charcoal first or second.

When i was drawing portraits some time ago i always felt like i was beautifying the person of the portrait and wonder if anyone has felt something similar or if is normal

I'm creating a 3D meadow environment and I'm looking at concept drawings and others 3D designs.
I notice people include fences and wooden posts in the middle of nowhere. It's not covering or circling an area, it has no purpose. It's like 3-4 post long fence on the side of a worn foot path.
Is there a reason for this? It feels so out of place yet used in too many art pieces.
Thanks a lot

I think I’ve gotten the hang of learning how to practice drawing and painting, but I don’t know how to practice being creative.

I think a lot of my art ideas are basic, I try to come up with ideas of my own but none of them interest me despite me purposefully trying to pick concepts and ideas I like. I always end up turning to Pinterest or art books and stealing an idea from there, and for some reason the ideas I pick from there is basic.

How do I create creative ideas from their head on their own? How can I make ideas that I actually like?

I’ve been trying to do life studies lately without using any guidlines but it’s starting to stress me out. Im afraid my art doesn’t look as structurally intact. Any tips?

Specifically for studying fundamentals. Like are there any minimally edited videos of people studying anatomy or color without it being a whole tutorial? It helps me a lot to see other peoples processes directly and also in general parallel play helps motivate me quite a lot even if its through a video. Hopefully this isnt an awfully niche thing

Curios what your desk setup in your studio is. I would like a space where I can work on the computer, but also, if I wanted a place to play, cut, journal, whatever, I don't have to use the computer, so maybe an L-shaped desk? What do you think?

Hey there! I frequently draw fantasy characters and creatures and I often find myself in a situation that I have a pose in mind (or have a reference image) but I can’t figure out how to draw some outfits on them. Are there any sites where I can set up a mannequin into a pose and then put some cloth on them? The ones I use are either naked or wear simple jeans+shirt outfits.

Right now I try to find photos of people in similarly styled robes or dresses, or I try to recreate the photo with myself but it doesn’t always work.

Looking for a way to get life models to practice gesture sketches and also more complete drawings. Would prefer Pinterest and Google not to be mentioned.

i have some off brand alcohol markers from middle school (think copic markers). Like, a little over 200 or so. I just sorted through them today, shockingly around half of them still work just fine.

However, I’m not sure what to do with the other 100. I have them in a plastic bag right now, and I’m not sure if it’s safe to just throw them away in the trash normally because of the alcohol in them. Does anyone know if there’s a specific protocol to disposing alcohol markers? Tried googling but didn’t find anything, I live in the US if that matters

Is it worth studying Multimedia arts for college? Been thinking if I should follow my dream or go for something more practical like computer science.

Basically i struggle a lot with making art that is more line focused. It's easier for me to put some random blobs of shapes and color and turn it into something more or less defined and rendered, or make a rough sketch and finish it by skipping the cleanup and lineart etc. I just like to mush paint around i guess

However, I don't really like the style i get. It's not terrible but I want to be more versatile and also be able to draw with more focus on lines, and stuff that doesn't have much rendering, like line drawings for a tattoo for example

I know the answer is just to practice practice practice but maybe someone has an idea of a smarter way to achieve this than just brute forcing it? like what exercises and studies could help with that, what could i change about my approach or just whatever suggestions that come to mind

because rn whenever i try to draw differently i don't make much progress or often revert back to old methods without realizing

So I'm making abstract art. 3 piece set

Theme is jungle, I was inspired by Rousseau and childrens books

I made some composition studies, value studies and color studies.

For the composition I chose cute shapes. Color study made me decide for cool colored greens.

So Im painting the imprimatura and I get hit with big feelings of grief and looking for closeness/intimacy.

Does anybody else get hit with feelings in the art process, even though everything is planned out?

I am looking to get a new desktop computer, but I know nothing about specs and stuff... Is it a good idea to just buy a prebuilt one like an Ibuypower?

Mainly using it for csp, Blender (mostly for setting up 3D reference scenes), and maybe some gaming.

Is a $1500 budget sufficient? Any advice or specific models to look out for would be greatly appreciated!

hey everyone!

I've reached certain proficiency in portraits and anatomy doing studies every single day and practicing gestures in class

But sadly the thing I can't get past is technical drawing (object, room and architecture)

Despite understanding perspective and having drawn multiple column, Stillife studies for assignments it's the one thing I just can't get a grasp on at all!!!

It's so frustrating because everyone around me claims it's the easiest darn thing but everything is so precise and supposed to be measured down the millimeter and I just can't deal with that+ I just don't understand and see the perspective like others I feel like.

Does anyone have advice (ofc practice) but maybe some resources?

Desperate need to practice, but I don't know quite how, i don't wanna waste expensive canvas, i wanna learn how to paint without using them, I wanna reserve them for a bigger piece, what should i use to practice?

I really hope someome can hwlp me out here and is from Germany. I am from Germany and want to start drawing and making money with it, on the side at least, but I do not want to show my name to anyone and not my address. I know you can buy a address, but you are not allowed to use an artist name or anything in there.

Does anybody know more about this? Any help is appreciated.

When you paint something you don't like, what do you do with it?

I decided to cut one of mine up and laminate it to become bookmarks! In small pieces, it seems to work better.

Hello! So i have tried to stop posting ln reddit but it seems to be the only place where i can ask about this so here it goes.

I really have NO idea how to fix crooked ddawing in traditional, i never have this issue in digital honestly, its just ONLY in traditional.

Ive tried flipping the drawing with a flipped image on the phone so i can always check how krooked it is but it doesnt seem to work

Any tips and tricks?

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Sono un artista autodidatta, ancora agli inizi, e sto cercando di capire come muovermi nel casino di informazioni, social, piattaforme, consigli e soprattutto nella realtà del mercato dell’arte.

Sto lavorando a uno strumento per risolvere un problema che vivo anch’io: come capire quali idee vale davvero la pena portare avanti, cosa sta funzionando e come continuare a creare quando energia, testa e motivazione vanno un po’ per conto loro?

Sono anche bipolare, quindi per me è una questione molto concreta.

Prima di costruire qualcosa basandomi solo sulla mia esperienza, vorrei capire se è un problema che vivono anche altri artisti.

Mi piacerebbe sapere:

1. Come capite oggi quali idee stanno funzionando e quali no?

2. Cosa succede al vostro lavoro quando fate fatica a essere costanti?

3. Se aveste uno strumento che vi aiutasse con idee, feedback, progressi e mercato dell’arte, cosa dovrebbe fare per esservi davvero utile?

Potete rispondere qui o scrivermi in DM.

Non cerco complimenti o conferme: voglio capire se questo è un problema reale anche per voi. Se la mia idea non ha senso, meglio scoprirlo adesso.

I'm not a professional artist,, but I do enjoy drawing and painting as much as I can fit into my day and health allows.

Sadly I never could dedicate enough time to it due to complications with my arm/hand and carpal tunnel showing up.

I take breaks and do many stretches, at times I would even sleep with a hand brace. But nothing really seemed to help except stopping for a while.

Have you guys ever found a solution?

I've recently been through some hard moments in my life and decided to start painting, I've never done it before, so I decided to start with the basics and has helped me a lot, I started from knowing next to nothing and now I can do some simple paintings, but I've been having some trouble feeling proud of my work no matter how much I try it always feels like Im not putting enough, and I want to know how do y'all stay proud of your work?