How to Draw for Yourself

Keep a notebook, a piece of computer paper, or even a spare scrap of paper on you so you can draw whenever you want to., Don't care., Reserve judgment on your own work, at least until after it is done., Remember that there are no right or wrong ways...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Keep a notebook

    You can sketch ideas to finish later as full drawings, or just doodle.
  2. Step 2: a piece of computer paper

    Realize that what you draw, what you create, is for you.

    If you want to draw stick figures, draw stick figures.

    If you want to draw a kitten, draw a kitten.

    If you want to fiddle with shapes and colors, do that.

    Your imagination is unlimited so don't stifle yourself just because what you are putting on a sheet isn't the "in" thing or isn't what people expect. , Turn off your inner critic while you draw, or at least send him or her on a vacation for a while.

    Don't reject something before you even begin it. , If your subject looks exactly as you intend, fine.

    If not, it is simply your interpretation of the subject.
  3. Step 3: or even a spare scrap of paper on you so you can draw whenever you want to.

  4. Step 4: Don't care.

  5. Step 5: Reserve judgment on your own work

  6. Step 6: at least until after it is done.

  7. Step 7: Remember that there are no right or wrong ways to draw.

Detailed Guide

You can sketch ideas to finish later as full drawings, or just doodle.

Realize that what you draw, what you create, is for you.

If you want to draw stick figures, draw stick figures.

If you want to draw a kitten, draw a kitten.

If you want to fiddle with shapes and colors, do that.

Your imagination is unlimited so don't stifle yourself just because what you are putting on a sheet isn't the "in" thing or isn't what people expect. , Turn off your inner critic while you draw, or at least send him or her on a vacation for a while.

Don't reject something before you even begin it. , If your subject looks exactly as you intend, fine.

If not, it is simply your interpretation of the subject.

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