Iterative Drawing - The Fastest Way to Improve

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Sycra, a YouTube art teacher, explains a drawing practice built on iterating: repeat short sketches of the same subject many times, varying each pass. His claim is that this improves your drawing faster than long single attempts.

HN uses it as the answer to "how do I learn drawing?", the one video that actually helped someone after many others did not.

“After watching many youtube videos, the one that actually helped me was this”
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@macromaniac2021 · in “Ask HN: How do I learn drawing?”
After watching many youtube videos, the one that actually helped me was this: ▶ this video Tldw: Do an extreme version of agile for getting better. E.g, do 1 minute sketches of a cup 12 times, trying different variations, and understand WHY some variations worked and some didn't. After experimenting, see how other people did it. And do it again. I used to hate drawing, but after trying this approach for months I think I love it. I do not regret the time I spent learning to draw, and after putting in the hours it changed the way I see the world.
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@NegatioN2019 · in “Iterative Drawing – The Fastest Way to Improve (2016)”
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