>>5760057I already have other hobbies. I've always wanted to be able to draw as well, though. I don't really even care about getting good at it, I just want to be able to create things and have fun with it. The minimal level of understanding and skill needed to do that somehow eludes me, though, and none of my practice or research has helped at all.
>>5760074I've taught myself plenty of new skills, and I'm 100% confident in my ability to master anything that isn't drawing-related. The only limiting factor with everything else is how much time and effort I'm willing to devote to it.
>>5760137I believed that up until I made a serious effort at learning how to draw. I now have much more empathy for people who just inexplicably cannot grasp something that seems completely obvious and intuitive to me. Sometimes something just won't click, no matter how many angles you try approaching it from.
Also, while I hope I'm wrong, it's starting to seem like the core of drawing is pure intuition rather than anything that can really be learned. It doesn't seem like people are using any sort of logical process or mental checklists to figure out how to represent objects using lines, instead it appears as though they just have a feel for it somehow. Additionally, it seems like most people other than me were able to draw to some extent as children without any sort of instruction or training. It's hard not to stop and wonder what I'm missing when I find myself unsuccessfully trying to reverse-engineer children's drawings.
