Philip Tyler

Contrary to popular belief, things DO NOT get easier the better you get; it gets harder because you raise your own standards and need to at least, if not do better, for the next piece than the one before. So my advice is embrace being bad at art and enjoy it, do strive to get better, but you are only bad once so make sure you are enjoying the ride along the way and take in that moment and do not feel rushed to "get good" at drawing.

The better you get, the harder it is to find improvements, because when you first are starting out it is very easy to find one thing to fix and improve on. The mistakes get fewer and fewer if you are actively improving over HUNDREDS and THOUSANDS of drawings and the mistakes get A LOT less obvious so they are harder to find.

Another thing to do is remember to LOOK AT YOUR ART, a lot of people forget to do this and especially important to look back over large chunks of time and see how much you have improved. This grants a huge boost to your self esteem and showcases to yourself that, yes, you are indeed getting better!

Wrapping this up, there is one thing that is true with "making things easier over time" is that you are innately going to do things better, more efficiently, and faster which means you have the time for more details and complex artwork since the simpler / more basic stuff gets easier for you, but then you end up doing the really hard and difficult work since you are looking for constant improvements after every piece. Just remember burn out is a thing, so pacing is in order! Very hard to over come burn out fatigue, so make sure you are still creating variety in other activities as you are on your drawing quest!

If you can draw a square, a ball and a cylinder you can basically draw anything that exists you’re more than half way there!… (altro)