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Today’s main sketch is a quick, messy practice exercise I did in order to lay down the basic shapes for a portrait of a reclining male.

I love using physical charcoal, and now I know that the procreate version is just as satisfying (relatively speaking…I still love to get my hands dirty). I can be pretty impatient about my skills, and that’s true whether I’m practicing my writing, my drawing, my outdoor survival skills, or anything else.

I’ve learned — mostly through my novels and larger contracts — that the best way to beat this impatience is to adopt a projects-within-a-project perspective that allows me to view each delineated phase of a goal/piece of content as its own, distinct product that may or may not be connected to my larger aim. As an artist/creator with ADHD, this is an essential mindset to learn!

Description
Today’s main sketch is a quick, messy practice exercise I did in order to lay down the basic shapes for a portrait of a reclining male.

I love using physical charcoal, and now I know that the procreate version is just as satisfying (relatively speaking…I still love to get my hands dirty). I can be pretty impatient about my skills, and that’s true whether I’m practicing my writing, my drawing, my outdoor survival skills, or anything else.

I’ve learned — mostly through my novels and larger contracts — that the best way to beat this impatience is to adopt a projects-within-a-project perspective that allows me to view each delineated phase of a goal/piece of content as its own, distinct product that may or may not be connected to my larger aim. As an artist/creator with ADHD, this is an essential mindset to learn!