01-26-2014, 04:15 AM
Im not trying to say people should try to draw in their heads as a replacement for real drawing, but that our conceptions of reality have a much larger impact on our ability to draw realistically than our ability to move a pen/brush/pencil around on a page. For me personally when people tell me my lines have improved, they're really misunderstanding what I've improved upon. My ability to make smooth controlled lines varies greatly depending upon how strong my conception of the subject matter is. When I practice specific subjects and commit their forms and proportions to memory I can then draw them with one single confident stroke rather than several uncertain strokes. Id say that my eye hand coordination (and Im guessing the majority of the rest of you, whether you realize or not) is at its near maximum potential and fluctuates depending on my emotional state.