The Worst Art Advice In The Art Community: “JUST DRAW EVERYDAY”

Don’t say “Practice makes perfect”, but rather say “Perfect practice makes perfect”

I honestly agree with the view that Drawing every day is counter productive. I feel really burned out not even days of getting started from it. It also brings unnecessary stress on the mind that "hey, I MUST draw or I won't be a good" Which just doesn't help the case at all

When I hear the saying, "Draw everyday.", I think they mean to draw consistently. For me, this advice helped me a TON. I used to draw absolute shit until I put in the work to learn the fundamentals of anatomy. After that, I started to doodle almost every day until what I learned became muscle memory. During that process, I made so many mistakes while drawing, and I still keep those crappy drawings to this day to remember how far I've come. To me, making those terrible drawings wasn't a bad thing, it was a sign of growth, just like how you make mistakes irl to grow. I don't regret it at all, without making those mistakes, I wouldn't have drawn as well as I do today. Though I don't think that "draw everyday" is not really bad advice, I do think that everyone's journey to getting better at art is different, and not everyone can evolve their art at the same pace, so just go at your own and don't rush yourself. However, I do think it's dumb to label any art rule as dumb or useless just because it doesn't apply to you.

I really needed to hear this. I tried drawing everyday and it was so hard especially with my schedule. I would get unmotivated, quit for weeks on end. It really hits when you're a perfectionist. Recently i took up drawing again but i downloaded a few apps that will give me a challenge everyday, i figured out what type of style i wanted to emulate and make my own, and i have a few videos on color theory that i use for coloring books to improve. I found a new love for drawing but hearing just draw everyday from people was annoying because some of us couldn't just do that. I can see the improvements and like you said breaks are so important. Sometimes you just need to come back with fresh critical eye.

One major thing that I heard is that since stylization is an exaggeration of reality, that if you have a much better understanding of reality then you can rapidly improve in stylization than if you just focused on it alone. Also since everything is just a combination of different shapes, just like how a cube is just 6 squares, a pyramid is four triangles and a square, and so on, if you refine your skill in drawing basic shapes, then you have one of the fundamental building blocks down.

I don't specifically say "just draw everyday". I've said it a few times to "stay consistent with your art"

A tip from my art teacher: Focus on lines, the thickness of certain lines versus the thinness from others, and how these differences can put objects behind each other. Try and use your eye to draw (sounds obvious but stay with me) don’t look at your page, look at your object and try and you will develop your artist eye (no idea what that means so I hope you get it). Don’t work in colour if your trying to improve your art in the beginning. Your ability to observe and draw it is very important. Anyways that’s all I have learned so far and that is just line, we are working on shape now so I could give more info later lmao

On that rare occasion that someone comes to my stream asking for advice as a new artist, my usual go-to response is "Do what you want." and I make sure to clarify from there. "Do what you want," isn't the same as "Do what you think you can." or "Do what you already know and like." Sit with yourself and think about what you WANT to create. Think about and look into what your idea would need, what skills you have access to, and how to gain access to more if needed. You don't need to know everything, just enough to give you a direction to run in. If you hit a wall, just back up a few steps and look at what's blocking you. You can find a way to work through or around it in order to get to the result you want. As long as it's something you want, you can and will eventually figure things out enough to do it, albeit poorly the first time. But that's the fun part. Once you've done it once and proven to yourself that you can, there's not much stopping you from going over it to see what you could have done better with the benefit of hindsight, then applying that for your next try. TL;DR "There's nothin' to it but to do it."

I cannot TELL YOU how much I appreciate you laying out the different orders to practice things depending on what we want to draw. As someone who works best when things are broken down into steps, this is legitimately one of the most helpful art tips I've ever seen. Very very cool, thank you

Telling someone to just draw everyday is like giving someone ingredients without giving them a recipe....and then expecting them to make a master piece

i think drawing everyday is a good tip, but only if you're practising in other fields of art that you're weak in (typically anatomy) every other day and definitely not drawing the same thing over and over again for weeks on end. for example; humans in the same stiff pose

I hate when I try to force myself to draw, it’s supposed to be a hobby, something that I do to enjoy. Not a Routine, habit, a chore. I hate feeling pressured, it’s not ok to force yourself to draw. You won’t improve and feel really bad bcs you hate it. I always take my time and when I have artblock I just leave it, watch other people’s art, look in your sketchbook and just take a break! There’s nothing wrong with taking a break when you’re burnt out. You don’t have to start with the fundamentals, if they make you bored, just draw however you want! No one cares! Look at them later and see what needs to be improved . Focus on drawing things that you care about, not rules and techniques. Some people will disagree and stuff, but you do you! You don’t have to be the fastest, take your time. 1 year, 3 years, or 7 years. Finding the artstyle you like and you can actually use easily takes time. Don’t let Videos like this (NO HATE TO THE VIDEOS, I LOVE WATCHING THEM!!!!!!!) think what you are doing is wrong! ❤

That actually is the best advice. I am 62 and have been a professional commercial artist for over 40 years. Even if your drawing on a particular day sucks it will help your drawing flow easier the next day, or the day after that.

I wont lie, this video hits hard. Im on my last semester in college and im more and more busy; so when i have time for my self; I've felt like I've lost my touch in digital art. It was so bad that cant even do a doodle anymore, so me watching this made my day. Thank you ❤️‍🩹

Dude, ever since I was a kid I loved to draw. I drew every day until I graduated high school, but I hadn't got any better since I was 10. It was mostly goofy and absurd cartoonish stuff, but yeah, I drew every day and my doodles got no better in quality. I thought I reached my limit, didn't have it in me, and gave it up. Now I'm in my 30s, decided to try again out of boredom and a desire to create something instead of just consuming. I started practicing actual technique for the first time in my life from YT videos, and I swear I've improved more in 1 week than I had my entire life up to this point. I had no idea it was even possible to learn a skill once you pass your 20s, but I was wrong, and I'm happier for it

When someone says to a beginner, "Draw everyday." is a very broad term, especially to someone that's new to drawing. Not only is it a bad advice because every artist has their pros and cons. The person helping the other should perceive what the person needs to refine on and learn.

5:58 This. Finally someone that lived what I'm going through rn. I get hyped about my art and the next day it sucks ass. Really hard to commit to this hobby after so many dissapointing experiences. I also get frustrated a lot.

"Practice makes permanent" is what I grew up hearing. If you start by learning on your own or finding an "easier" way ultimately you can form bad habits that become harder and harder to break the longer it goes unnoticed

I've never listened to the advice that you MUST draw everyday. I take "art breaks" that can last a day or week depends, and during that time I find myself being very internally reflective on on what I can try to improve upon the NEXT time I draw. I think of new outfit concepts, new characters and think hard about what I ACTUALLY want to spend my art time drawing. When I come back to it, I am completely refreshed, eager to draw something new and I personally like my works MUCH more. It really depends on the artist

The take a break method is the method that has helped me the most! Whenever I reach burnout with drawing I can start to feel really guilty with the time I spend 'not drawing'. I often go on 4-5 month hiatus's(?how spell?) but when I come back I find that I like drawing a lot more AND MY DRAWINGS IMPROVE A LOT MORE! The reasoning is, when I'm taking my breaks my interest in art doesn't diminish. I'm still consuming and enjoying the art of other people, watching tv shows and reading comments or liking insta posts but the whole time I'm not drawing I'm still absorbing a lot of new info and when I come back I've taken this long vacation and am feeling refreshed inspired and ready to try new things and expanding my own art skills. I find almost every time I come back feeling better. Maybe don't take as long of a break as I do if you want to improve at a faster rate, but breaks are NECESSARY!