Anonymous asked: Mod, do you have any tips for learning to draw left handed? I have an unidentified problem on my right arm that makes a muscle swell and hurt a lot, I've been terrified of it escalating and making me unable to draw for a few years now since drawing is my passion and stuff
well first of all I would do everything you can to identify the problem with your right arm- I know that can be tough, trust me, I had no idea for the longest time what was wrong with me- but until you know what’s causing it there’s no way to be sure you won’t create the same problem in your left arm, and then what do you got? no arms that’s what!
as for learning to draw left handed there is no secret, it’s just practice, practice and more practice. You will draw horribly badly! It will be frustrating and wobbly and even if you are better at the end of the day you have to start from scratch in the morning! It is also brilliant for giving you amazing headaches, but, if you persevere, it can start to become easier.
Try to make a simple program to follow (e.g. 5 minutes of circles and basic shapes, 1 minute writing numbers, 2 minutes writing the alphabet), as a warm up for every drawing session and evolve on to drawing ‘actual’ stuff when you have more control; you will be surprised at the progress you can make in a month- and keep resting inbetween! I am a terrible person to take that advice from I know but it’s very very important!