avifors
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On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion.
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The mistakes of drawing
2012-01-10 14:54:03 by avifors
Not until last summer have I been able to truly express myself through art. I used to put myself down whenever I drew because I was never going to be better than "that person" next to me, the person who could draw exactly what they saw in front of them and it looked "picture-perfect," the person who could just draw and had it easy, it just came to them.
I decided that I can't continue to compare myself to others around me, otherwise I won't get anywhere, I'll just be too down in the dumps because I'm believe that I'm not good enough. Instead of comparing myself to others, I'm now trying to look at that person sitting next to me, admire their work, and then examine it and see what I can take away from it. Looking at other people's artwork can help me see things more clearly, how the light falls down on objects, how that line curves on that body, etc.
Instead of saying "Shit, I just messed up," and then erase my mistakes, I need to realize that there are no mistakes when drawing, it's all a process. You need to enjoy this process that leads you to an ending. Messing up isn't messing up, it's just a journey. Messing up isn't messing up, it's just a way of figuring things out and trying to perfect those "mistakes."
If I just continue to draw and practice and take these journeys, in the end I"ll be happy with my result as long as I know I gave it my all.
