Finding time for art amidst the absolute chaos of life is a brutal, daily battle. But for me, drawing is everything. I made a promise to myself to draw every single day, no excuses.

​Some days are focused, two-hour sessions like this ballpoint skull I've attached. Other days, I barely manage a desperate, messy ten-minute sketch before collapsing into bed. The main point isn't the length of time; it's the refusal to stop.

​I've been drawing since I was nine years old, and now I’m ready to share my daily practice and process with a wider audience. My dream is to start a YouTube channel dedicated to art.

​Also, I want to hear your story. How do you fit art into your packed schedule? And what does creating mean to you in your life?

​Thank you for looking at my skull and for any feedback you can give.

I'm 21.

My 14-year-old brother is out here drawing like he's about to get hired by an anime studio...

Meanwhile I'm still fighting for my life with pen sketches. 😭

Be honest... how cooked am I? 😂

Practice after sharpening my pencils. A4.

How can i make my tree look more depths

So I’m kinda confused on where to start. Or how to start. I don’t got any money to spend on lessons nor do I have the time to be popping up into in person or even online classes. And every tutorial often feels like trying to understand a foreign language. Also I’m neurodivergent so that doesn’t help. I have like so many idea I wanna get down and draw but like, I’m not sure how to? That sounds silly anyone can draw, but how does one draw well? Need help please and thank you :P

Just getting back into drawing.. starting with some landscape I love.

At the begining I tend to draw everything in detail but through some "happy mistakes" I think I want to move to more minimal suggestive aproach.. what do you think?

I kinda wanted the color to be as vibrant as the right image but I mean I really don't really know how to make the color pop off the way that my references do maybe I need to look at the grayscale version of my drawing but man I'm really struggling here

The first is a work in progress

Anyways, i'm new to drawing and I just wanted to ask you guys what you think. What looks good? What needs to be improved? Thank you!

I’m doing it all digitally which honestly doesn’t feel great mostly because my iPad screen isn’t textured so it’s very smooth and easy to wobble my lines. (The last two photos will be super imposed lines I did on paper)

However I did do some super imposing with actual paper and honestly it didn’t feel much different I feel more confident with the paper texture but the lines kind of speak for themselves I think.

I really like the way the lessons are laid out plus having the video to listen to it’s all been very handy at work. I’ll finish up lesson 1 today and probably post my continual journey through draw a box.

I might challenge myself and finish each lesson/homework by drawing something and seeing how the changes/improvements stack up over time.

I paid for the Proko Drawing Basics and started it pretty recently and love what I've seen so far, but unfortunately I feel even this is too advanced for my absolute beginner drawing skills. I got to the portion of trying to draw a pair of boots using CSI lines and already felt out of my league.

I do plan on going through this entire course eventually, but wondering if I should start with something even more basic like Draw A Box, another online resource, or even some books? I'm not against anything no matter how slow the progress is. Thanks in advance.

Practicing my perspective. What I can improve?

Sorry for the poor quality boomer screenshot, it’s rough over here with this computer right now. I’m mainly trying to practice getting the head right more than perfect coloring right now

For years my overall ability has been held back by stupid skulls

I tried prokos method of the head and no matter what SOMETHING just won’t click even if I’m following along and think I understand it

I’ve tried sitting here and trying to make my own way but somethings always wrong

Or I always end up somehow with different features going different angles and I can never see problems until I am deep into coloring or so deep it’s hard to go back in general

And this one has been better than usual but I still can see that it’s wrong when I flip it but I can figure out what I’m actually doing so wrong all the time because to my eyes I feel like I’m following my lines

I’ve gotten by so long on just free hand sketching until something looks good enough to color but it severely limits me and takes so long to do

Also it often feels like the sketch looks right and then the coloring makes it look wrong and I can’t tell which to believe

Some more of my head drawing practice with some notes. I hope they help and good luck with your art! 🙂

I know I improved, but im curious how would you say about my progress