One of the things I teach in my drawing classes is not to trust your brain. You have to learn to let your eyes and hand communicate to each other. Human brains are wired to identify patterns, rely on prior knowledge and make snap decisions in milliseconds. These are survival lessons taught over thousands of…
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“I Can’t Draw Stick Figures”
“I can’t draw stick figures” – along with the inability to draw a straight line, are the two most common refrains I hear from folks when I tell them I am an artist, as well as from beginning students who finally take the step to learn to paint or draw.