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Date: 2019-11-07 11:14 am (UTC)I think taking up drawing can be fantastic for finding new ways to deal with the perfectionist voice in one's head that stifles creativity. And that voice is what I hear, when you're saying I Went To A Drawing for Absolute Beginners Class And I Did Terrible. I mean. You're a beginner at this and that's 100% okay, also what the class is for! You literally *cannot* do terribly unless you, I don't know, throw the pencil at the teacher and storm out?
I started drawing on my own two years ago, I still think I suck, but I DO go out to occasional urban sketching type things and nobody is ever anything less than kind and supportive and cheering. Judging widths and lengths is SUPER hard, and I just tell myself, "hey, if it has to be perfect, take a photograph" and continue with my wonky lines and false perspective. It's easier to talk my perfectionist self down than in writing, so I hope something like that could happen for you, too.