Preparing for Drawing
1yr
Joseph Adams
Hey everyone.
I was curious as to what everyone does to prepare for the times when you're drawing, either as professional artist or as a hobbyist. I know that my day is pretty full of things that are not art-related so getting "in the mood" can either be fairly difficult or can take a long time to get myself mentally ready to draw.
As a relative beginner/intermediate self-taught artist (5 years on and off), I don't have a lot of exercises/drills/etc to work with other than drawing simple shapes. I am currently taking the new Beginner course, so hopefully that will add to my toolbox.
I look forward to hearing everyone's responses.
1yr
When I'm somewhere I can't actually study/work/focus solely on drawing, I love running through the Drawabox exercises: https://drawabox.com/. I think it's a big help. Gives you a lot of warm-up exercises and it really focuses on getting down form, so constructional drawing becomes easier.
Joseph Adams
1yr
Thanks for responding! Definitely have been thinking about working volumetric shapes as a way to take my exercises up a notch. Thank you for the link!
