Over time your mind will decide that it's probably better to look at what you actually see, rather than having a quick glimpse and making the rest up. You can cast the net as wide as you like, it'll depend on how much time you have to draw it all. If your brain keeps telling you what a flower looks like, remind yourself that there are orchids, daisies, tulips and lilies. What we'll do in this little exercise is just to draw several different-looking versions of the same thing. Basically, we're preventing it from answering before it's heard the entire question. In order to counteract that pull we can re-calibrate the mind to see shapes instead of whatever it thinks an eye (or cat or tree) looks like. Someone of Hawaiian heritage will likely have a different eye shape than a native Russian, a baby usually has rounder eyes than an adult and so on.īut the mind may have decided on one single idea of ‘eye’ and will keep trying to pull you in that direction, like a jamming steering wheel, away from what you're actually aiming for, or see right in front of you. You may be theoretically aware that there are many different shapes of eyes, for example. Which can be a good thing, unless the image in your head doesn't conform with what you actually see. Sometimes you're drawing something you've seen many, many times before and your mind just goes on autopilot. These exercises will help you stretch all your drawing muscles muscles (aka your observation, spatial recognition, creativity.) for a serious workout/drawing session and teach you the fundamentals you need to excel.
Regular exercise is also crucial in any training regime, whether you're new to it, back for it or never left at all.
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If you haven't been working out for a while, or are a complete beginner, you'll always better start slow, rather than jumping straight in and running a full marathon without any training.