Is being trained academically the best way to learn how to draw?

>>3112011
That's because you don't see the bad ones. It's nothing special just a lot of drawing and observation. It's keys to drawing multiplied by a thousand.

It takes weeks to finish a drawing and then, no one wants to buy it

>>3112011
the best way to learn how to draw is to learn how to learn. watch pros draw as much as possible, conciously think about the choices they make. understand values, edges, perspective. study your basic fundamentals until you can draw/render basic forms/ideas like loomis heads from memory. then keep practicing it. doesnt really matter where you go to learn, as it really comes down to the effort you put in. thats why, no matter what school, theres always some alumni that are great and some that arent

>>3112011
Yeah it turns out that the guys who study how to create art for a living know how to make pretty good art.

>>3112347
>>3112369
I meant their methods. There are better and worse ones and it seems that those traditional academic are resulting in the best quality of art.

>>3112264
>>3112264
>doing the painting first then attempting to find a buyer
that's pretty fucking retarded unless you're already well off and famous
ain't no way to make a living like that, gotta find people who pay you for what they want NOT find buyers for what you want to paint

>>3112623
can you explain some of the methods youre talking about

>>3112703

Not that guy but sight-size is one of the academic methods.

>>3112703
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>>3112651
Compooter art!