For People Who Need A Reminder

For people who need a reminder

To all you aspiring artists out there:

You will get better. You may be like “gosh, I really can’t draw people, dogs, whatever” right now, but someday you WILL be able to.

Less than a year ago, our dog drawings looked like this. They were fun, whimsical, but GOSH the anatomy and expressions of the dogs weren’t good at all!

Now look at us. This is less than a year later and honestly, this was all just from continuing to draw dogs.

Here’s the key:

🌟 Use references: The things that often deters artists from doing this is that, at first, your drawings look NOTHING like the reference. This is okay! Even if you absolutely hate the finished drawing–you’ve learned valuable skills. Draw five more times from reference and you’ll start to notice that you’re picking up on skills you never had before.

🌟 Celebrate your accomplishments: The hardest part of art is staying motivated even when your art isn’t up to your preferences. So, celebrate what does look good! Noticed a bit of improvement in one area? Literally write on the back of the drawing “I just improved with (whatever it was)!” As silly as it sounds, this makes a difference.

Keep going. You’re doing great and you are improving.

If you’d like, feel free to post two pictures below–one from a few years ago and one recently. Mention how you feel you’ve improved!

(This is totally okay–even encouraged–to reblog, too. There are a lot of artists out there and we could all use some motivation.)