Is there a "fast path" through learning drawing?
Okay, let me say first - as a musician, I know very very well that nothing will replace the hours you spend practicing.
Similarly - it's also true that much of "learning to draw" is learning what makes you unique! And learning what you like. And thus, is hard to define for everybody.
That said. I learned a LOT of extraneous information going through music school. Few people really need to know what a german augmented sixth chord is.
And very often, useful information like the modes was presented in a way that would be interesting to a master of the topic, rather than pared down and streamlined into an accessible form that would be useful for a beginner.
SO. what i'm really asking a couple things.
- what are the common problems for beginner artists? these could be pyschololgical/motivational, as well as technical or creative.
- do these problems have solid, actionable answers? I'm thinking of things like "Big shapes first". such a simple idea. immediately improved my drawing.
- Is there information in the common beginner arts curriculum that could be stripped out, so that the progression focussed more on high impact ideas?
- Independent of the problems, are there powerful or fun techniques that yield good results quickly, but are easy to learn? For the folks who might understand, I'm thinking of automating a filter cutoff in a DAW. Huge impact. Very simple.
Appreciate your thoughts!