• melbaboutown
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    2 months ago

    How is it that I’m obsessed with art right now but can’t buckle down and practice. Am I stuck somewhere or is it just struggling with pressure/focus 🤨

    (I am practicing, cross hatching with a pen. It’s just hard to stick at.)

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      2 months ago

      it just takes hours and hours of study and practice,

      for example, sometimes I do calligraphy for presents, I will study their name, get a nice translation, choose characters, choose the materials and style . All that still takes hours.

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        2 months ago

        It’s a free public domain book so very old, this exercise is meant to be done with a fountain pen (?) with ink that can be scratched off with a pen knife to lighten the value and even out the whole thing. I’m trying to do it with a biro and no knife