I have been drawing over the weekend, trying to get some much needed practice in. I have found I can copy images fairly well. They are not always perfect but do tend to come out more or less correct. My problem lies in creating original artwork, especially the human form. I feel like maybe I need to do some classes or something but all my local ones dont start until September. I guess thats not too far away but is still frustrating.

I get a bit of confidence from doing a good copy and then attempt an original. It is here where I lack perserverance. I did a couple of drawings yesterday and they were sufficiently pleasing but once I tried an original pose it all fell down and I stopped working. When I look at some of the fantastic work in this wonderful community I get a similar feeling to when I mess up a drawing. Initially its interesting and exciting and I enjoy it however, as I get further into it the complexity and skill that I see and that is necessary to create what I want becomes overpowering and I find it hard to contend with. It is frustrating and upsetting seeing all that is possible and knowing all that I want to achieve and seeing it so far out of reach.

I am working hard to over come these problems and it is getting easier. I am aiming to spend a day, or evening more likely, just drawing as much as possible from my imagination and not worrying about how it looks and what I intended to do before I started. If I am to make any headway toward doing what I want to do then I have to get over myself and actually seeing my plan down in type will (I hope) make the process more of a reality.