Sketch

“Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation”  

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Many people I’ve met, even ones who can clearly tell why they admire a specific work of art, have confessed openly that they can’t draw the simplest of things! They often glorify the creativity of the masters without realizing that there is some hidden potential within themselves too! Great artists are perhaps not born, they are shaped by their life experiences, by their passion and by their determination to perfect their art.

This writing is a way to organize some of my thoughts on how anyone can learn to draw, how anyone can be taught to draw and how anyone can master the art. While there is much to debate on inborn talents and prodigies we have seen in the world, most artists in the world are made, by their own efforts!

Practice is the the key to mastering available techniques!

Without hard labor and hours of practice, there are no masterpieces possible. Every masterpiece artwork probably has hundreds of hours of background practice and hundreds of hours of thinking or life-experiences backing it!

Creativity is the biggest measure contributing to the success of an artist

Each master artist shows ownership and authorship of their art by crafting it with their own unique expression and experience. Anyone who puts time can master the skills and techniques of making art, but only real passion can bring out creativity. Creativity is an expression with no clearly defines process steps to trace. Creativity is rather an outcome from emotions inspirated by nature, people, self, music, dance and even other art! The moment you discover your own creative identity, all doors are open ajar for making delightful works of art

Learning and teaching can both be effective tools for sharing knowledge of art, as well as self-discovery.

End of the day, if you want to be a great (or good) artist, you need to put in your time, soul and body to work in sync on your goal. Sketch, Doodle, Wireframe, Paint, Scribble…do everything which can just give you enough number of hours with your tools and artist mindset