{"id":38791,"date":"2021-05-06T05:55:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T05:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=38791"},"modified":"2021-07-29T18:15:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T18:15:41","slug":"let-why-you-draw-determine-how-you-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/38791\/let-why-you-draw-determine-how-you-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Why You Draw Determine How You Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38797 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WorldEgg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WorldEgg.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WorldEgg-425x334.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WorldEgg-700x550.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>If I&#8217;m trying to make a drawing that looks good or one that is good to look at then the hour I spent making this is well spent but if drawing requires that much time I won&#8217;t draw often.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>If I&#8217;m drawing to record ideas, this is a much more efficient way to draw and so I&#8217;ll draw more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38827 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Imagine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Imagine.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Imagine-425x295.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Imagine-700x486.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;Make things as simple as possible &#8211; but not simpler.&#8221; \u2013 Albert Einstein<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">In their wonderful book <i>Art &amp; Fear<\/i> Ted Orland and David Bayles share a story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">A daughter asks her father, \u201cWhat did you do today?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cI taught my students how to draw,\u2019 he responded matter of factly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">She gasped in amazement, \u201cWhen did they forget?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">I find that when I ask people if they can draw the number of affirmative responses is directly related to age. The younger you are the more you know you can draw. So what happens when we grow up? We are taught a terribly limiting understanding of the many things drawings can be and do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">With a unidimensional vision of what drawing is, we are trapped by someone else\u2019s limited vision of perfection that is further complicated by comparison to others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">We can all draw. Note that I didn\u2019t say we can or should all draw like Michaelangelo. It takes more time to develop the skills necessary to draw in some ways than others. And you probably draw a little differently than your friends who also think they can\u2019t draw. But if you can read this (possibly even if you can\u2019t), then chances are you already know more than one way to draw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Drawing is many different things to many different people \u2013\u00a0and it can do many things for you. For Thomas Edison drawing was a way to visualize what didn\u2019t exist &#8211; yet. He handed his team a very simple sketch to help them invent the phonograph. (As a draftsman he was no Leonardo but his limited drawing skills helped him be an even better inventor.) Words weren\u2019t enough and he needed a way to visualize what they had never seen before but soon would in part because he helped his team visualize it with a drawing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">So once we understand that even doodles are just one of many kinds of drawings, we might start to reframe what makes a drawing good based on the purpose we intend it to serve. If all you\u2019re looking for is a way to find and capture ideas, then the time it takes to render them realistically is wasted. (And who wants to waste time?) Moreover, for some purposes, the extra detail added may be distracting or, worse, confusing. (If I ask you where the bathroom is, and you start spouting extended passages of flowery verse, one or both of us might get wet.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">The kind of drawing I want to encourage you to practice as part of your creative toolkit is not about making good-looking drawings; it\u2019s about making useful drawings. Drawing can be useful in many, many ways.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. Imagine The Possibilities<\/p>\n<p>2. Capture The Idea In What\u2019s Picture Imperfect<\/p>\n<p>3. Identify Possible Variations<\/p>\n<p>4. Structure Stories With Storyboards<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/38950\/4-reasons-photographers-should-draw-more-often\/\"><strong>Read 4 Reasons Photographers Should Draw More Often.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/workshops\/\"><b>Learn more in my photography and creativity workshops.<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I&#8217;m trying to make a drawing that looks good or one that is good to look at then the hour I spent making this is well spent but if drawing requires that much time I won&#8217;t draw often. 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