The trick is that you have to train your subconscious brain to do it, not your conscious brain. I'm nowhere this good but I can freestyle sketch most things with a bit of practice.
So, basically, grab a whole lot of paper and your drawing implement of choice. Say to yourself "I'm going to draw X.", then start scribbling. The trick is each doodle should take you less than 5 seconds to draw, 2 seconds ideally. If you slow down, or spend more than a few seconds on a doodle, time to move on to the next one. Rotate the paper, fit things into the gaps, flip the paper over.
You actively want to short circuit the critical, logical parts of your brain. There will be a point where you draw something that looks vaguely like what you want, and your subconscious will pick up on that. Pretty quickly you'll start drawing "X" reliably.
Okay, I've now practiced drawing an X for the last 30 minutes, and I think I've got it down. (I can do it in less than 4 seconds!) What is the next step? I was thinking "O" but I might not be quite ready for that level yet...
I guess. But the premise of "The trick is that you have to train your subconscious brain to do it, not your conscious brain." This only comes from years of hard work practicing. By practicing a lot, a lot of things that used to be hard and you had to do consciously become things that are easy and thing you can do almost subconsciously.
Maybe drawing something for 5 seconds only can help, but really the important message if you want to learn to draw is to just do it a lot and even better enjoy doing it. Pretty much the same with math.
Yeh - most notable is below the right (left on page) knee - but start to finish it is just great. It 'might' have taken a lot longer than the video lasted, there were probably lines drawn, erased and redrawn but as a demo of what is necessary to draw a great depiction of a pair of trousers it is 'flawless'. And if it encourages others to take up the pencil - even better.
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u/Bidrick 19d ago
When I see someone do it, I’m like oh yeah,,,, but give me a blank canvas and I have nothing!