With that in mind, I streamed a learn to draw class on Bluprint (I talked about how they hooked me in last week). I figured if I was paying for this, I might as well use it to learn something I always wanted to do. I bought about $60 worth of art supplies and started the class. Lesson one was sketch a leaf. It's a brown/red leaf that is pinned with a nail to a light surface and with enough light to cast a shadow.
The instructor walked us through blocking out the leaf before we actually sketch the leaf. Just to give us a framework to draw within.
I failed already. My framework looks nothing like the teacher's example.
Luckily, I bought a large pad of paper so I can restart, but it's so discouraging. I know, I can't expect to sit down and be as good as an artist who's been sketching for years, but still you'd think I could at least do a better job with the framework than this mess. Sigh. Back to the drawing board. Literally.
