Hey everyone, I'm a total newb to art.. literally. Which is why I joined the forums.
I'm nearly 16 years old (only 8 more days!!) and I completely suck at drawing. I wasn't blessed with the art gene that a lot of my friends were. I love to draw, and I would love to be as good as my friends, but every time I attempt something, even the simplest of objects, it is just horrible. Either my proportions are waaay off, e.g. one eye is always HUGE and the other one is tiny among other things. Really, I hope that I can become at least decent, or at the very least better than my 7 year old sister
I do have a question though.. is it possible that some people, no matter how hard they work at it, are just not good at art? That no matter what they try, they just won't ever become skilled? That is what I fear will happen to me, but I will soon find out, I guess.

so anyway, hey world! Hope i'm around for a while!

-Mathieu

Hello Mathieu, and welcome.



I don't believe that. While only a few will make really exceptional art (as in any field of endeavour), I firmly believe that the vast majority of people can learn the skills involved in drawing and painting to quite a high degree.

In the 18th-19thC being able to draw pretty well was a standard accomplishment expected of anyone who was educated. The standard of drawing commonplace among the schooled was typically (much!) higher than those at art-schools now!

Drawing, and painting, are teachable, learnable skills (its just that its an area mostly badly taught - oddly, some of the best art-resources now available are in the form of online forums such as Drawspace).

Dave