FunkyBoy

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On 6/7/2021 at 4:05 PM, smb said:

You have to pluck up the courage to get started in the first place!!!

With these methods, people who think they "can't draw" will invariable find out that they can. No matter how bad they think they are at art, if they follow even some of the methods described in the book, they will find that they can achieve passable results that they will be quite pleased with.

And then they can take it from there...

I still don't think that's quite the right way to approach it regardless of if people think they can't draw, as you said the initial hurdle is having the courage to try and the fortitude to keep at it! I don't really understand how ignoring al the very basic rules under the pretence that they "Cant Draw" so instead go around the core fundamentals  will teach anyone anything but, look for short cuts and things to make learning through practice "easier". IT may just be I dont fully grasp this concept, being Autistic, I struggle with some specific ways of thinking.

I mean if it works for people then, good on em.

This... This is the most bizzare thing I've ever heard of when it comes to learning to draw. Don't practice, don't draw the subject you want, just draw everything else? Otherwise your work becomes technical and boring? 

Am I missing something here? Okay, you get good at drawing what's there as apposed to working overly hard on the subject manner but if you don't work on your weaknesses how ever will you develop? This entire thing has boggled my mind!