This post hits the nail on the head. I am one of the 90% that often stops before I even start.
It sounds a little foolish but sketchbooks (which I Adore) paralyze me. The rigidity. The set order of pages. The feeling of being set and unchangeable. It is a mind thing but powerful none the less.
Sometimes it is easier to work on individual paper, piece by piece and toss it in a box.
I’ve spent far to much money on unfinished journals that lay half unused. Going back in to them is just as hard. The “new” ideas don’t fit the old ones.
I kind of feel crazy rereading this but that is how it plays out. Every stinking time.
I can relate soo much! I love sketchbooks and I kind of collect them, but I find them so white and clean that it’s difficult to start with the first mark. I
Found the solution to trick my mind: buying the cheapest sketchbooks (with somewhat thick paper) and the least pretty of them. With then I can go straight through the white page without the fear of “ruining” it 😅
Aw thank you, Adam! I draw often, lately everyday (mainly thanks to #10minuteartist inspiration). But real magic started when I discovered this “brain hack” of cheap sketchbooks 😅 I still feel intimidated by the beautiful/expensive ones.
If the order of the pages is holding you back, there's no need to fill your sketchbook in a specific order. Open a random page, put down your pencil, and let yourself go.
I think people who post sketchbooks of perfect drawings on social media give everyone a complex. The only bad drawings are the ones you don't do because you're afraid to fail.
But if your comfort zone is unbound pages, there's nothing wrong with that.
Remember, there are 100 ways to complete sketchbooks you never finished.
I might have the opposite problem hahah - I hate thinking while drawing. Just go! That's the funnest part for me - when something is revealed rather than conjured.
This post hits the nail on the head. I am one of the 90% that often stops before I even start.
It sounds a little foolish but sketchbooks (which I Adore) paralyze me. The rigidity. The set order of pages. The feeling of being set and unchangeable. It is a mind thing but powerful none the less.
Sometimes it is easier to work on individual paper, piece by piece and toss it in a box.
I’ve spent far to much money on unfinished journals that lay half unused. Going back in to them is just as hard. The “new” ideas don’t fit the old ones.
I kind of feel crazy rereading this but that is how it plays out. Every stinking time.
I can relate soo much! I love sketchbooks and I kind of collect them, but I find them so white and clean that it’s difficult to start with the first mark. I
Found the solution to trick my mind: buying the cheapest sketchbooks (with somewhat thick paper) and the least pretty of them. With then I can go straight through the white page without the fear of “ruining” it 😅
I’m surprised you feel this way, your art is so amazing and I assume you draw everyday, I would imagine it just spilled onto the page!
Aw thank you, Adam! I draw often, lately everyday (mainly thanks to #10minuteartist inspiration). But real magic started when I discovered this “brain hack” of cheap sketchbooks 😅 I still feel intimidated by the beautiful/expensive ones.
If the order of the pages is holding you back, there's no need to fill your sketchbook in a specific order. Open a random page, put down your pencil, and let yourself go.
I think people who post sketchbooks of perfect drawings on social media give everyone a complex. The only bad drawings are the ones you don't do because you're afraid to fail.
But if your comfort zone is unbound pages, there's nothing wrong with that.
Remember, there are 100 ways to complete sketchbooks you never finished.
I might have the opposite problem hahah - I hate thinking while drawing. Just go! That's the funnest part for me - when something is revealed rather than conjured.
OK I did it and was amazed at how I froze on creating little characters but - I did it. Thanks Adam, great exercise for creativity.
:)