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Often in life, we receive some lessons directly while some other lessons are taught to us through some indirect methods. If you are one such a person, who believes that keeping eyes and ears – and most importantly the mind – is the way to learn Life, here is for you, some of the lessons that I am learning by learning the art of drawing!
1. We can buy all the costly tomes about art, read innumerable books, purchase plenty of costly material for use, but in the absence of practice everything counts to nothing. So much like Life, where we can have myriad philosophies and theories about Life, but what counts in the end is how we LIVE our life!
2. There are so many colors and each of them branch out as so many different hues and shades. But each of them is still worthy and deserves a place of its own. Because nobody likes a palette filled with only one color of his/her choice, no matter how favorite that color might be for him/her – just the same way about people and their personalities!
3. While getting the tools and materials for your art, you can either choose to buy the pricey ones or opt for the cheap, cost-effective ones. But at the end of the day, it is not the price of the tools you own that matters, but the art you create with them. Just as in Life, where the price of the gadgets and toys that you own has got nothing to do, but the way you lead your Life, with or without them, is what counts!
4. It is not always necessary to follow conventions and rigid principles. Once in a while, it is OK to forget all the rules and simply scribble and scrawl like a little kid!
5. Two persons can view the same object from two different angles, represent it in their own different ways and still be completely correct. There is no need that the other person must be wrong in drawing the front side of the object, just because you saw the profile and drew accordingly.
6. There are so many techniques to painting – Impressionism, Pointillism, Modern, Renaissance, etc., and all of them are special and blissful in their own way. Just because you have decided to follow one method and become an expert exponent in the same does not mean that the other methods are wrong. So like religion!
7. No matter how great a genius you are, you still need to start every painting from the scratch, from the blank canvas. And, the praise for that painting, most of the while depends on how you have performed with THAT particular piece of work and not how you have done so far. So much like how we should start living each day as a fresh piece of Life’s canvas!
8. Impressionism can teach you that, at times, all that you need to look at is presentation of the big picture, ignoring the meticulous, trivial details that may not need to bother you. The stain of the shirt, the temperature of the beverage, the silly misunderstandings with friends, the occasional anger with our parents, the lack of some ‘cool’ toys and gadgets and so many such things matter nothing, when we learn to count our blessings and see the much bigger canvas of Life!
9. There are some small mistakes that we make, which can be corrected easily and leave no trace at all in the final picture. There are some errors that need a bit of effort for correction and might show up a bit at the end. Then there are some mistakes which might force us to bring in a lot of effort and do a lot of corrections and they sometimes even end up changing the entire picture. And, finally some mistakes end up marring the whole work. Caveat, just as in Life!
10. There are some people who might find your work as a masterpiece and appreciate it a great way. Such people give you confidence. There might be others who might find it unimpressive and find so many flaws. Those critics add to your learning. And, for improving your skills you need a balanced supply of both!
11. Not all of us can become a Dali or Raphael or Ravi Varma, but all of us are blessed with our own innate skills. And, each and every one of us has his/her own learning phase and pace. Just because you have become a master artist doesn’t mean that Life has given you any prerogative to belittle the work of a learner. With Time, every person learns!
12. And, finally, no matter what you do, learn to enjoy what you do. Remember, that all the great works of art were produced by people who were passionate and enthusiastic about what they were doing. A grumbling Da Vinci couldn’t have produced Mona Lisa, nor could Monet have produced the ever-lively water lilies in a somber mood!
1. We can buy all the costly tomes about art, read innumerable books, purchase plenty of costly material for use, but in the absence of practice everything counts to nothing. So much like Life, where we can have myriad philosophies and theories about Life, but what counts in the end is how we LIVE our life!
2. There are so many colors and each of them branch out as so many different hues and shades. But each of them is still worthy and deserves a place of its own. Because nobody likes a palette filled with only one color of his/her choice, no matter how favorite that color might be for him/her – just the same way about people and their personalities!
3. While getting the tools and materials for your art, you can either choose to buy the pricey ones or opt for the cheap, cost-effective ones. But at the end of the day, it is not the price of the tools you own that matters, but the art you create with them. Just as in Life, where the price of the gadgets and toys that you own has got nothing to do, but the way you lead your Life, with or without them, is what counts!
4. It is not always necessary to follow conventions and rigid principles. Once in a while, it is OK to forget all the rules and simply scribble and scrawl like a little kid!
5. Two persons can view the same object from two different angles, represent it in their own different ways and still be completely correct. There is no need that the other person must be wrong in drawing the front side of the object, just because you saw the profile and drew accordingly.
6. There are so many techniques to painting – Impressionism, Pointillism, Modern, Renaissance, etc., and all of them are special and blissful in their own way. Just because you have decided to follow one method and become an expert exponent in the same does not mean that the other methods are wrong. So like religion!
7. No matter how great a genius you are, you still need to start every painting from the scratch, from the blank canvas. And, the praise for that painting, most of the while depends on how you have performed with THAT particular piece of work and not how you have done so far. So much like how we should start living each day as a fresh piece of Life’s canvas!
8. Impressionism can teach you that, at times, all that you need to look at is presentation of the big picture, ignoring the meticulous, trivial details that may not need to bother you. The stain of the shirt, the temperature of the beverage, the silly misunderstandings with friends, the occasional anger with our parents, the lack of some ‘cool’ toys and gadgets and so many such things matter nothing, when we learn to count our blessings and see the much bigger canvas of Life!
9. There are some small mistakes that we make, which can be corrected easily and leave no trace at all in the final picture. There are some errors that need a bit of effort for correction and might show up a bit at the end. Then there are some mistakes which might force us to bring in a lot of effort and do a lot of corrections and they sometimes even end up changing the entire picture. And, finally some mistakes end up marring the whole work. Caveat, just as in Life!
10. There are some people who might find your work as a masterpiece and appreciate it a great way. Such people give you confidence. There might be others who might find it unimpressive and find so many flaws. Those critics add to your learning. And, for improving your skills you need a balanced supply of both!
11. Not all of us can become a Dali or Raphael or Ravi Varma, but all of us are blessed with our own innate skills. And, each and every one of us has his/her own learning phase and pace. Just because you have become a master artist doesn’t mean that Life has given you any prerogative to belittle the work of a learner. With Time, every person learns!
12. And, finally, no matter what you do, learn to enjoy what you do. Remember, that all the great works of art were produced by people who were passionate and enthusiastic about what they were doing. A grumbling Da Vinci couldn’t have produced Mona Lisa, nor could Monet have produced the ever-lively water lilies in a somber mood!
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