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thundara  ·  3591 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 2015 Goals Morale Menagerie - Fortnightly Check-in (30th Jan)

Crockpot: Still failing

Science: Collaboration fell into my lap. I don't deserve it, but it's pretty serendipitous

Drawing: It turns out that learning from books is the dumbest way to approach this one. I need to figure out this problem first before I can find time to just sit down and focus on it every. single. day.





_refugee_  ·  3590 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What books are you using? I have some artist friends who swear by "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain," but I think the way things work varies for everyone.

thundara  ·  3590 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It would be that one. I'm in the early left-brain-right-brain section with little patience for the metaphor of separate functionality.

Dendrophobe  ·  3588 days ago  ·  link  ·  

> I'm in the early left-brain-right-brain section with little patience for the metaphor of separate functionality.

Haha, the whole left-brain-logical/right-brain-creative thing annoys the hell out of me too. I used to draw though, and I remember that book being fairly useful to my learning. I remember its main lesson being "draw what you see, not what you think you see", and I still think it's fantastic advice. It's too easy to put lines on paper without challenging the assumption that those lines are the same as the lines you're looking at.