Advice for new artists - and anyone who's struggling.

Dan, thank you! I really enjoy your reels. Your voice is so soothing with a definite ASMR satisfaction. I am 61 and I do love to draw and create. I have had an artist block now for ten years. I remember the 1st week of my block, and thinking OMG, I've gone too long. Then a year, then 5 years....etc. I am so inspired by you. I dusted off all my old sketch books and I feel ready. I too, like another viewer of yours, felt like I was making progress by buying more art supplies. 🙁
I'm going to get back in the game! I feel so inspired! You're the best! Thx

All I want to do is simply illustrate my journals. Nothing fancy, just want to feel happiness at being able to draw something recognisable. I think the difference between you, and all the other teachers here, is they want to demonstrate how good they are, which is fine, but you want to encourage and help people feel good while they're doing it. Different goal.

I hope you can answer me but its okay if not. Im an art student in senior year of animation. Animation is the hardest step of drawing or anything art related i think. Ive always been a perfectionist so i have to be in this department i thought. I still want it. I cant imagine myself doing anything else. I was so certain that i kept trying to get into my dream school 3 years and now im 23 years old and im taking a break. My grades are down, my teachers dislike me i have no friends and i cant draw anymore... Why? Well. No therapist was able to solve it. Not my mom, not my sister, bo other person can understamd or comprehend its reason but me. But it doesnt make sense even to me... i realised i never really "learned how to draw" before... i just studied hard to enter the uni. But after i was in my dream uni, i built so much pressure, i destroyed myself. I created myself obsessive cumpolsive disorder which i never had before, i started to be afraid of planning things even important appointments because i believe i am unable to plan anything right. I cant draw like i used to before, let that, i forgot everything i learned before. It isnt artblock, it turned into my hell. Back then i was a young heart wanting to be a great art student who draws everyday everywhere, but today, i cant even function. I guess adulthood hit me harder then most. (Ofcourse art isnt the only problem i have in my life) i have no udea how to go back to being my old self again or how to draw without having panick attacks. I fear i dont even enjoy it anymore... i see other people buying sketchbooks and drawing causally. All i can think about when i see that is "how are they able to do it casually without worrying if that can break their personality" ehat if they draw bad? What if they remember that sketchbook for the rest of their lives? What if they dont wsnt to draw ever again on a sketchbook and than that sketchbook just looks funny now. What if they start to draw in a certain way and than they wanna change its style in the mid way... The worst thing is, i know these things make no sense to anyone but me. But im saying that, i cant function normally anymore. I care too much about organisation of my "personality and authenticity" that i am not authentic or real or able to function anymore... i am stuck worse than i ever did in my life before and not even i understand what the solution is.
Like forexample, seeing you have little notes on your pages and different subjects of drawings in one page gives me minor heart attacks. How can i be an artist if im afraid of drawings

This is one of your best videos ever! Thanks!

I grew up reading comics and comic strips and loved them so much and wanted to create my own and be part of the world I loved so much

Thank you, Danny. I'm looking at various tutorials online, but you are it for me when I need inspiration to draw. I'm doing it. I also like to write, and I'm enjoying your essays.

Thank you so much! That was very helpful!

Some say you gotta be born to be a great sketch artist 😢😢

No solo voy a aprender a dibujar sino también practico mi inglés... Hablas muy claro! Me encanta❤❤😊

Late comment but a pre art word vomit (sorry gross) exercise helps. Free write all your inner critical voices. See if you can identify them. Your middle school art teacher? She can eat pencil shavings, whatever. I had a "perfectionist" mother which meant she had horrendous inner critics that she projected like a mud flinging machine. Get all that out and process your feelings. It's going to hurt but it's better than it sitting on you like a rock

Great advice!

can i start drawing straight on digital?

But I am not a young artist anymore. I stopped trying because I couldn’t go to art school after high school. I raised my kids and now I have time again. I feel behind the curve. I am wise enough not to give up though.

Thank you ^.^ I pretend to draw realism like a person that drew it for years. Not to mention I don't see myself as an artist 'cause in my opinion my drawings are not like I want them. Silly me because I'm a very creative person. And yes, now I'm struggling with the head, I can't do it right. But after this moment it lays a beautiful moment of improvement :) Let's keep going :)

Thanks for showing that Van Gogh drawing at the end, that´s typically the kind of things that gives me hope for improving. I had the "comparing syndrome" and that actually made me stop doing art for over 10 years, because I genuinely thought I needed some special gift to do beautiful art. Now, I came back to it and I know what I have to do to be better: Draw, draw, and draw. :)

love love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks man❤

I tend to color in coloring books. I put on a podcast and color for hours. I have many books full. I spend a lot of time on one page. I find it so relaxing. Every page is dated. I want to paint but am holding back for some unknown reason. I have just begun to purchase small canvases, small amounts of beginner paints and brushes. I don't know. Just feel trapped.

This is the most motivating art video ever.
I'm gonna start my lower bar than ever and start from below.

Just as you've mentioned.
I was expecting things too high.
Patience. Learning is patience and persistence.

Mine just to get over my journal...

I have a great art corner i made. But there it sits. I draw nature with ink, i love what i do. But i procrastinate...and before i know it..its been months, or a year and my art supplies are dusty. I started watching your videos yesterday. I dont feel so intimidated anymore. I needed this video. Im going to clean my dusty treasures, and start a sketch book next week. ❤

I really appreciate your continued positive reinforcement. It really keeps me moving forward and I can apply it more than art.

Thank you for this solid advice, I really needed this. You already motivated me to get into a sketchbook and I'll love it. What can I say, in a fan

Thank you

Another valuable video! TFS 💯🙏🙌

Really good advice!

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''Thank you'' covers nothing of the value you of your talk, always.. I really get back on the track every time i listen to you. Big Respect! a Great coach :)

I´ve been drawing in a sketchbook for the last two weeks and try to do it every day. I always wanted to get into physical art, but to be fair i was always afraid because i told myself i can´t do it. But a few weeks ago that changed and i committed to it. I´ve seen so much progress in even the smallest things but still sometimes think that i´m not at the stage i want to be yet or whatever. This video really helped and encouraged me to just keep goin, thanks a lot! Gonna pick up the sketchbook right now! :D

Thank you so much! As an inspiring artist, your kind words helped me to feel encouraged to pursue drawing again

Thanks!

Oh my gosh … he’s describing my situation … thank you for this video. I needed this advice.

Thank you very very much🙏🏻 for your inspiring, for your experience, for your videos! I knew its possible and... Yes, i'm an artist who can't draw! But i want to! Thank you ❤️

thankyouuuuuuuuu this means so much to me :)

Thank you very much🙏🏻the very motivation and thoughts i needed at the moment as a beginner. To focus on the process and my progress, not to compare myself on others who are already pros. 🙏🏻

I needed this ty, biggest thing for me was to stop comparing myself to amazing artists, its hard not to, i see such wonderful perfect works of art and im like god damn i wanna be that guy, i attempt what they drew and i go god i suck i cant be like that guy, im not as good as him, did the same thing while learning piano, guitar, just kept comparing myself and trying harder material to learn and not giving myself enough time to fully learn each section of the piece or instrument/tools. But plus side is that i have been looking at my older drawings thinking like ive already made a huge difference i should keep going!

Thank you for all positive thoughts you teaching me... you are the best.

Wooooow it was great. Thanks a million.👍⚘️💯

Solid advice

Thankyou.

Thank you thank you thank you ❤

I love to draw <3

this is fantastic. Ive put off drawing for years because i felt it was a natural ability. I want to create my own animated kids show, specifically just for my kids to watch, laugh and enjoy, but always felt held back by the art side of it. (animating already existing art im improving on, but its not my own!)

thanks for this!

Thanks! Really helpful.

This video really helped me today. I just don’t know “what” to draw. Being an event, caricatures artist it is sometimes frustrating that I am the entertainment for the party. I have been trying to get away from this. And I have been turning down events left and right. My girlfriend told me I don’t have to answer to anyone. So now I’m going to take some time for myself and just draw objects around my house and from the backyard. Thanks for the video.

I want to draw because I write and want to express my stories.

Beautiful