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Kesh

An Artist, Illustrator and an Educator sharing his Thoughts and Advice on How people can Learn Art in an Easier Way through his Online Art Programs and YouTube Channels. He is the creator of the Popular Art Challenge '100 Days of Sketching' that is being participated by thousands of people from all around the world every year.

How I Learn and Practice Drawing? (My Method)

How does one go about learning and practicing Drawing?

Well, here’s what I do that has gotten me and a plenty of others tangible results. 💪

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My Method:

1) Establish a Vision and Find the Skills 

First, you set a Primary Vision for making art. 

My Vision that drives my learning is this:

• To be able to tell stories using my art through the mediums of Comics, illustrations and animation. 

Once I establish this primary Vision,

I try to get a list of skills that I need to acquire to achieve this Vision. 

Here are the 10 Skills I’ve come up with, that I have tried to learn/master to achieve my primary Vision 👇

1. Lines & Shapes
2. Forms
3. Flow
4. Measuring and Angles.
5. Basic Light & Shadows
6. Character Design Principles
7. Drawing People
8. Colors
9. Imagination & Style
10. Environment & Story

Now, it’s time to learn. 

How? 

2) Deconstruct the Skills 

Once I have my list of skills to practice, 

I pick ONE. Just one. ☝️

And deconstruct it into a smaller set of “Mini Skills”.

For example:

• 3D Forms (Main Skill) has the following set of mini skills 👇

       – Drawing Simple Planes.
       – 1, 2 and 3 Point Perspectives.
       – Drawing Boxes.
       – Drawing Other Forms from Boxes.
       – Drawing forms in angles. 

Once I have this list, it’s time to practice 💪

3) Practice 10 Mins/Day 

I then take ONE Mini Skill. 

Just one, 

And practice that daily, anywhere from 2-6 weeks. 🗓️

I mostly aim for a Repetition Number. 

Like 25,50 or 100 Reps. 🏋️ 

Ex – 100 Boxes, 25 pages of Shapes in Perspective and so on. 

And I do it for 10-20mins a day (I don’t think I need more, if I’m really deliberate with my learning) 

Here’s the key to learning: 

• Ask “how can I do better or make less mistakes each repetition” 

Self-feedback is the key to learning, not mindless drawing. 

And I do this PROCESS for each “mini skill” and move on to the next “Main Skill” ✍️

and that’s how I learn and practice drawing. 

Vision > Deconstruct > Practice 🔁

and the results have been stellar ⭐

Give this a shot and you’ll know 😌

If you want an already Structured, Daily 10-min Draw-Along practice session where you Show up, Press play and draw? 

Try Drawdaily365 🚀 (closes in 5 Days)

Best,
Kesh.

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Kesh

An Artist, Illustrator and an Educator sharing his Thoughts and Advice on How people can Learn Art in an Easier Way through his Online Art Programs and YouTube Channels. He is the creator of the Popular Art Challenge '100 Days of Sketching' that is being participated by thousands of people from all around the world every year.

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