Yesterday I mentioned learning to draw. Some of the readers/exchangers mention drawing as something they can't do. They sometimes indicate that they wish they could draw. When I hear that, my teacher-persona wakes up and wonders if I could present things on the blog that would inspire people to learn how to draw. There are a gazillion tutorials online. Some of them are cool - others are cringy to me.
I hesitate to get much deeper into the topic because it is so subjective. What I find cringy might look wonderful to someone else. And some of the stuff I like will most likely look idiotic to others.
Right before Xmas, my son asked me to draw some *tickets* to a Phish festival - to be presented as a gift. Nobody uses actual tickets anymore. Wow! I thought I could just pull up some images and make some cute (or clever) tickets. All of the images were so weird that I couldn't find a single thing that was fun to draw. Just very weird stuff. He was fine with what I provided. I would have liked to do something better - but - that Phish/Grateful Dead style is beyond me.
I'm not sure what my point is. Maybe it's that you need to find the things that you like to draw before you learn to draw. Of course - if you are in classes and forced to draw everything, whether you like it or not, you'll at least learn what you like to draw.
Tomorrow we'll talk about working from photos.
P.S. It also occurred to me that if someone said they would pay me $500 to draw some cool faux Phish tickets, I would definitely be able to do it - and probably enjoy the experience - or maybe it would take $1,000.
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