I've been drawing since I was a kid, and now am doing LANDdraw (http://landdraw.blogspot.com/) (suspended for a short time).
First of all, the way you are drawing, is totally different from *sketching*. You're doing very careful (and very nice) detailed drawings. A sketch captures the essence of a thing without the detail. The sketch is all about line - it does capture volume and light and dark, but it does the essence of the thing, sans detail.
I'd try an exercise of sketching something living - Natalie or a pet or something. Set the time for 45 minutes, but force yourself to do 10 drawings in that 45 minutes.
As for "not drawing the thing itself" that is great! You are on your way! A big part of drawing is drawing the "negative space" - the space around the object. If you draw the shadows, you will find that the thing you didn't draw is shown.
So, draw the shadows. And don't let yourself work on a drawing for more than 5 minutes.
Also, give yourself a break :) I draw for a living. On computer and by hand. I often need to sketch things out - I do it at least weekly and sometimes daily, and sometimes for whole days at a time. And even now I have sketches that I am *mortified* were the result of my hand. And a few that rock.
So, yeah. Time :) Practice. Most importantly: let go.
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Date: 2008-02-22 05:28 pm (UTC)First of all, the way you are drawing, is totally different from *sketching*. You're doing very careful (and very nice) detailed drawings. A sketch captures the essence of a thing without the detail. The sketch is all about line - it does capture volume and light and dark, but it does the essence of the thing, sans detail.
I'd try an exercise of sketching something living - Natalie or a pet or something. Set the time for 45 minutes, but force yourself to do 10 drawings in that 45 minutes.
As for "not drawing the thing itself" that is great! You are on your way! A big part of drawing is drawing the "negative space" - the space around the object. If you draw the shadows, you will find that the thing you didn't draw is shown.
So, draw the shadows. And don't let yourself work on a drawing for more than 5 minutes.
Also, give yourself a break :) I draw for a living. On computer and by hand. I often need to sketch things out - I do it at least weekly and sometimes daily, and sometimes for whole days at a time. And even now I have sketches that I am *mortified* were the result of my hand. And a few that rock.
So, yeah. Time :) Practice. Most importantly: let go.
N.