Learning to draw

[NauticalGent]

Looking good Jon! My father in law never took to it, so looks like I'm going to learn to draw

 

[Jon]

I have to say that it is far easier than I thought it would be. Given a few hours of effort and some good instructions, I've managed to turn myself from someone who doesn't have the talent for it, to someone who does. Or in other words, it is a learnable skill. I had art lessons at school and got nowhere. I pick up a book for a few bucks and I've made significant progress.

I think the secret is small steady progress. It gives your brain the time to absorb the teachings and knit a bunch of neurons together. They've done studies where if you play a video game, after sleep the following day, you are a little bit better. i.e. your brain has encoded the information a little better.

 

[Jon]

My first tree. I'm at nearly 18 hours of study now.

 

[Jon]

My first castle...

 

[ChrisH81]

Man I used to love drawing etc. I still doing some model painting now but its not the same.