I found this book a bit shallow. What I liked a lot were the before-after self-portraits shown in the book. They are really nice. However, "drawing with the right side of your brain" means simply: Don't think about the concepts you have of objects (tree, glass, house), but really LOOK at something:"What angle is this line compared to that line?" and just draw them.
While this can be a revelation for some and improve drawing skills a bit, it is simply the first step. There is absolutely no way around learning how to draw but putting many hours into it. And drawing can be very exhausting. At first, you won't have the patience to sit through a drawing for more than an hour or so. It gets better though.
The drawing of the OP is okay, but not particularly good, but then he never claimed that it was good but just a way to relax a little bit. I will try this. Drawing as a mental break from coding. But you could probably achieve the same result with music, taking a walk, doing some physical activity, meditation etc.
I tried to squish a warning like "You won't become a good artist after reading only one book, you still need 10000 hours of practice" into the post, but couldn't find an appropriate place for it.
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I found this book a bit shallow. What I liked a lot were the before-after self-portraits shown in the book. They are really nice. However, "drawing with the right side of your brain" means simply: Don't think about the concepts you have of objects (tree, glass, house), but really LOOK at something:"What angle is this line compared to that line?" and just draw them.
While this can be a revelation for some and improve drawing skills a bit, it is simply the first step. There is absolutely no way around learning how to draw but putting many hours into it. And drawing can be very exhausting. At first, you won't have the patience to sit through a drawing for more than an hour or so. It gets better though.
The drawing of the OP is okay, but not particularly good, but then he never claimed that it was good but just a way to relax a little bit. I will try this. Drawing as a mental break from coding. But you could probably achieve the same result with music, taking a walk, doing some physical activity, meditation etc.
I tried to squish a warning like "You won't become a good artist after reading only one book, you still need 10000 hours of practice" into the post, but couldn't find an appropriate place for it.