Learning through doing.

So you've decided to give drawing a go.

I can be extremely challenging initially, possibly daunting. I feel this can put people off trying, perservering and thinking.

Some of the things that we need to know before any drawing happens is that you will not necessarily be good immediately, you will probably need time to adjust to the techniques and the ways of seeing and you will probably encounter some obstacles.

Some of the obstacles I have noticed is that some times we get frustrated by failure. Failure is an important motivator. It motivates you to think about what it is that you are doing. Failure is good, it makes you ask questions about how to improve and if you are anything like me you'll spend a long time researching, reading and asking others about how they do things.

Failing is an important part of the process of learning to draw. It is through our trials and our errors that we find new methods, improve our ability and grow as an artist.

Right, so here is a task for today:
I want you to choose a medium, pen, pencil, charcoal, compressed charcoal or felt tips. Choose a A4+ paper and just start to doodle. Explore the medium, find out what it can and cannot do ie. pen cannot smudge as well as chalk. Through doing, we learn about the nature and properties of the materials we use for art making.