Fear of Critiques and Attempting Photorealism – Draftsmen S1E01
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i was "damaged" by critique as a child, when i was told i didn't have the """talent""" to do art, and shouldn't bother because i wouldn't get good at it. i fully believed that until the first time i heard that drawing was a skill when i was 27. i decided to try to learn to draw then, but i was trying all on my own via youtube and such and i had no opposing "voice" telling me what i was doing was right or good or improving. all i really had was this little devil shaped like my first grade art teacher telling me i shouldn't bother because i wouldn't ever be good.
but my local art school has community classes, and i'm finally in a place where i can afford that kind of thing, and now i have another totally different teacher telling me more positive things. he's become the defacto angel on my shoulder. having this opposing voice to my self doubt has been immeasurably helpful to me, and now i welcome critique, i welcome someone looking over my work and pointing out where i could've done something better. i look at my own work not with a disparaging eye, but able to point out spots where i did something really well and spots i need to work on more. and then i just... go work on them more, feeling positive about the whole thing.
i'm 35 now, so it's been eight years of pushing this boulder up the hill and hitting a slick spot and sliding back, but now it feels like the boulder got so much smaller, and other people have joined in to help me get it to the top. i still have bad days, but there are so much less of them than there were before.
idk where i'm going with this really, i just kinda wanted it out there...
LESSON NOTES
Stan and Marshall discuss fearing critique but growing from it, finding a good balance with feedback, and what they think about photorealism. Marshall is teaching a workshop and Stan loves his shoes.
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The premiere episode of the Draftsmen podcast is here! Marshall and I talk about the fear of critiques and why to practice photorealism
These podcasts are a candy for my ears and a big motivational and inspirational help for when I want to but can't draw. Thank you both for this amazing content !!!