[IxDA Discuss] Learning how to sketch

[Christian Crumlish]

Another point i'd make is to learn to work with your "natural" style
of drawing. Too often the "I can't draw" emotion comes from
frustration with your inability to map exactly what you're seeing (or
envisioning) onto paper. I wouldn't discount the value of practice and
life drawing, but I also believe that you can cultivate your own style
and find a way of drawing that works without becoming Albrecht Durer.

Oh, and doodle whenever possible, even in your notebook margins,
despite what your schoolteachers may have told you.

This is my perspective coming from someone with an innate knack for
drawing who sketched all throughout my childhood, got frustrated when
I started reaching my limits, and then resumed drawing and painting as
an adult when I was able to embrace my own style.

-xian-