One of the ways to improve in your own artwork, and maybe also see some progress, is to keep a sketchbook.
There are Youtube videos out there with amazing sketchbooks to get motivated! And I certainly would love to be able to get such kind of sketchbook done too. However, what I mean is more of a SKETCH book instead of a study book with detailed drawings. Knowing that you don't have to spend hours on a single masterful page might motivate to make a drawing in it daily. And if starting with drawing, these few minutes can easily become more and more anyway.
Since I started with a new sketchbook, I have mainly filled pages at home. But of course you should take your sketchbook with you where ever you go! While I wouldn't recommend to make sketches and drawings during your working hours, it's always possible to pull it out during lunch break, or on commute if you're not driving.
Most art teachers say this, but yes, it really helps to look around and draw what you see! It makes you less hesitant to actually draw in public (which could well be another point to discuss). But more than that, when doing it daily, it helps you to become more sure on your actual drawing processes. You can get better with seeing the shapes and lighting situations, and well, improve in one way or other.
For me it was also helpful to find a topic or theme to make drawings and sketches to! It's quite late in the month, but I have decided to make a month of sketches of whatever might be lurking in a deep dark forest. (next to make sketches of whatever I see) - and for October there's Inctober to look forward to of course! -
And as for the time of the day where you make your sketch - it's entirely up to you, isn't that neat? Whether it looks good or bad shouldn't matter too, after all, a sketch books is to note down ideas, not to make masterworks page by page.
There are Youtube videos out there with amazing sketchbooks to get motivated! And I certainly would love to be able to get such kind of sketchbook done too. However, what I mean is more of a SKETCH book instead of a study book with detailed drawings. Knowing that you don't have to spend hours on a single masterful page might motivate to make a drawing in it daily. And if starting with drawing, these few minutes can easily become more and more anyway.
Since I started with a new sketchbook, I have mainly filled pages at home. But of course you should take your sketchbook with you where ever you go! While I wouldn't recommend to make sketches and drawings during your working hours, it's always possible to pull it out during lunch break, or on commute if you're not driving.
Most art teachers say this, but yes, it really helps to look around and draw what you see! It makes you less hesitant to actually draw in public (which could well be another point to discuss). But more than that, when doing it daily, it helps you to become more sure on your actual drawing processes. You can get better with seeing the shapes and lighting situations, and well, improve in one way or other.
For me it was also helpful to find a topic or theme to make drawings and sketches to! It's quite late in the month, but I have decided to make a month of sketches of whatever might be lurking in a deep dark forest. (next to make sketches of whatever I see) - and for October there's Inctober to look forward to of course! -
And as for the time of the day where you make your sketch - it's entirely up to you, isn't that neat? Whether it looks good or bad shouldn't matter too, after all, a sketch books is to note down ideas, not to make masterworks page by page.
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