How do you learn to draw? The same way you learn to do anything else: practice! Applied effort over time. Here’s a peek at my journal, where today I was working out how to draw a director’s chair, with help from The Noun Project (if you don’t know of this fantastic resource yet, check it out at http://bit.ly/2Vj5o2z).
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My first attempts were a bit sad—more like lawn chairs than director’s chairs! 😅 But I assessed what I needed to change, and tried again. When you approach your practice sessions this way, you improve—imagine that! You may not master the thing overnight (let’s face it—you probably won’t), but mastery takes time. We’re aiming for improvement here, not perfection! Bit by bit, you’ll get better, and that’s pretty darn cool. 😊
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Practicing arrows. .
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As part of my graphic facilitation practice, I’m committing to getting my big markers in hand every day. That could mean just practicing lettering or drawing icons at a flip chart, even just for a few minutes. Or it could mean listening practice—recording a podcast on a flip chart or a 4’x8’ sheet. Or it could mean, like today, writing out my to-do list on a flip chart. 🖍
As long as I’m doing *something* that uses *some* of my graphic facilitation skills, it counts! 😊
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That’s how we grow: flexing the muscles we want to build. One step at a time, we move forward toward our goals. 😊
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What muscles are you wanting to develop? What steps are you committing to take to get yourself there?
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Teeny-tiny critter knot doodles. Happy Monday! Happy April Fools Day! Go play!
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After 3 days at a @groveconsultants graphic facilitation workshop with the fabulous @malgosiakostecka, I am inspired and motivated to practice with my #neulandmarkers every day! Lettering, drawing, listening, layout—*something*. Even just a minute at a flip chart is better than nothing! And there’s never a shortage of things to improve on. Arrows and boxes are hard, for example (straight lines and symmetry: NOT my strong suits!) But these faces are so fun to draw! They’re just a U, an L or w for a nose, and dots or upside-down u’s for eyes, c’s for ears, add a neck, mouth, and some squiggles for hair, and voilá! A happy person!
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I can’t wait to take another workshop with Malgosia! If all the Grove trainings are as good as this one, I’ll probably take them all eventually. Off the chain! 👍👍👍👍👍
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