Do You Draw or Paint?

Drawing is one of my interests and I liked it since I was little. However, I haven't drawn anything for quite a long time. It seems that I don't have any time for it. Perhaps one day when I am retired, I will have more time to draw:)

if you really love painting or drawing then there's nothing wrong in going back to school and practice it. but if its not really your passion and just a hobby, then i think its better to practice on your own. ^__^ i used to draw too before when i wasn't working yet. i loved drawing my favorite anime characters and then coloring them. i don't know much about colors and stuffs so i only used crayons, oil pastels and color pens. i draw a lot then because i had so many free times as a student and it came to a point when i was selling coloring books to my friends. ^__^ but when i started working, i started to neglect that hobby of mine. i tried a lot of times to draw again but i wasn't really into it anymore. but i'm still thinking of getting back to it someday. ^__^

i would suggest, my dear friend, you go to class. since you have the passion for the arts then you might as well enroll yourself in an art class. Your passion and interest would not be enough to perfect your craft, everyone needs professional guidance. for a start , try learning from the net and make a blog out of it! you might earn from it ,too!

I think maybe you are giving me a good excuse to share my new Art Blog with everyone! http://drann.typepad.com/dranns_art/ Yes! Both drawing and painting! I suggest you buy a few good books, but what is difficult for beginners to know is what is a good book. Well for one, anything by Christopher Hart! The How to Draw Manga books are good, too, but as simple as they look at first glance, they do seem to assume you know a bit. That is where Hart comes in. He is a really good artist, but he starts out with the bare essentials. A good art school can teach you much, but the really good ones are Gosh-Awful expensive and you have to put in a full work of study for 4 years to get anywhere. Too many of the casual courses, at least in our area, are light-weight and touch-feely and do more harm than good. I say get a few great books and practice, practice, practice! PS: Remind me from time to time to give you tips! I used to teach this stuff, lol.

Hello wondericequeen, If you are good at it, maybe you should just stay at home and start practicing it. That way, you can make it better and have a lot of times to be more creative with your drawings. Do you still in a tight budget? You should save the money for other purpose and don't have to spend a single cent if you just practice it at home *smiles*

Definitely get back into your hobby if it is something you love and miss. And do both - go to school and spend a little time every day to sketch. If a traditional school is not for you, there are community centers that have programs for adults that usually include the arts. I have also seen meetups (www.meetup.com) where people get together to further themselves in drawing or other genres of art they are interested in. There is usually an instructor and they do other activities too, such as going to museums. It is good to be around other artists for feedback and help.

Drawing and Painting are my favourite hobbies. I have a very busy life, I work in an office and I have to do with my young child, but when I have a little of time I always start drawing. I usually draw in the evening or at night. I'm attending an atelier to learn better. I suggest you to go to school, you should learn the basis of drawing. If you want, you can see a drawing of mine on an American site, you should check my profile and check the last discussion I started. Bye Bye

I love paintings... and i love appreciating the simple drawing of others... but i never had this aptitude to creat one for myself... i am so not good in drawing that in art classes... i always ask other to do them for me... (thanks a lot to female charm)... drawing has always been my waterloo... and i admire and envy people who are good at it... If you have the ways and means... why not develop your talent...

Yes, I used to do imitation drawing when I was a kid. I think you should go to school to draw as you can get to meet those who share the same interest with you.

That depends on what you want to do with it. If you want to keep it as a hobby to relax, then don't go to school for it. If you want to do something commercial with it, then go to school for it. Depends too on if it's a passion or a passing interest. If it's a passion, it seems like you wouldn't have lost the hobby. If it's just an interest, day after day of having to produce art it could become a chore and you night end up not liking it. So take it up again and see what you think

The only painting i can do is the paint by numbers. LOL! and we won't even talk about drawing. it's scary. again LOL! i would give anything to be able to really paint or draw. I love it, but i just don't have the talent for it. Art is beautiful, so i just look at it and don't try to do it myself. thanks for posting and God bless

Painting was also my hobby when i was a kid. I love to draw something using color pencils, but my pencils are gone. What a pity! I bought other color pencils tring to find this hobby back but these pencils can't bring the sweet memory back :-(

I think that you should defiently pick your old hobby back up I mean if you loved it once I m sure that yo ustill love it...I would personally go to school for painting because if you do that then you can put that on a job resume that you have actually went to school and gotten professional training in that field...that way people will be more likely to hire you because you do have training...but if you only practice at home and someone else went to school for it they are more likely to want to choose the other person.

if you really want to yes you should go to school for it but if you don't no because it would just be a waste of money