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>spent entire paycheck on art supplies instead of rent

>> No.3914904

Not to compound stress, but having done things like this myself, you should actually budget savings until you can buy the items one at a time.

I'm shit with money, so I get it, just saying. I guess you can still draw from a cardboard box, but it cant be fun

>> No.3914910

>>3914832
I live with parents but the day I have to live on my own like Op would be impossible as I'm terrible with money. I blame one click purchase apps that save your card details.

>> No.3914917

>>3914832
Do you at least have enough to eat?

>> No.3915129

>>3914832
My rent is 1100 dollars. What kind of fucking supplies are you buying? Last month I bought 2 notebooks and 2 pencils. And they'll last me several months.

>> No.3915132

Worth it.

>> No.3915137

>>3915129
Why not one sketchbook and 20 pencils. And how does it last you months. Do you only fill a page a day?!? Don’t you want to make it?!?!?!

>> No.3915157

>>3915129
Sketchbooks, canvases, pencils, oil paints, acrylics, pastels, fixative, varnish, artbooks, new brushes.

>> No.3915175

>>3915137
One large nice sketchbook stays home and a smaller one comes with me everyday to work and when I go out.

>> No.3915240

>>3915129
>My rent is 1100 dollars
Lmao move out nigga

>> No.3915377
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3915377

>>3915129
Traditional art supplies are expensive.
I bought an entirely new pack of copic markers, sketchbooks, a drawing stand, acrillic paints, a storage box to put all of them in, and a new camera.

>> No.3915423

>>3915175
If you want to make it you should be filling 4 pages a day minimum

>> No.3915445

>>3914832
>art supplies
literally a fucking meme. just buy a wacom. it's all you eve need

>> No.3915454

>>3915240
Californian spotted

Source: I also live in California

>> No.3915461

>>3915377
>I bought an entirely new pack of copic markers
you mean overpriced traditional supplies are expensive
I buy top tier watercolors for 200

>>3915129
>I bought 2 notebooks and 2 pencils. And they'll last me several months.
yeah, you don't draw.

>> No.3915470

>>3915129
>>3915454
You guys eat shit so happily. Just move to Texas.

>> No.3915477

>>3915470
>Just move to Texas
why?

isn't it a wasteland with not nearly any jobs?

>> No.3915479

>>3915470
>Texas
Saving up money to move back to my home country. I never chose to live here.

>> No.3915527

>>3915477
>isn't it a wasteland with not nearly any jobs?

Are you from a different country?

>> No.3915555

>>3915129
buy a tablet that will last several years

>> No.3915558

>>3915470
>tfw rent is barely $900 for a four bedroom house
Texas is based, have fun with your overpriced shoeboxes

>> No.3916009

>>3915558
Have fun living in a place relevant as mexico

>> No.3916062

>>3915558
God I wish I could live there.

>> No.3916123

>>3915423
I your really want to make it you should do 5 min.

>> No.3916128

>>3915423
That seems like a pretty arbitrary amount. Shouldn't the focus be less on the sheer numbers, and more on the quality of improvement between drawings? Why should one or two highly detailed finished pieces be worth less than a 4-5 page quota?

>> No.3916157

>>3916128
Yeah its an arbitrary amount because 4 drawings a day for a year = almost 1500 pages of drawings. The idea is that literally no matter how you approach it you're guaranteed to get better from drawing that much.

There really is no way to quantify the ideal amount of drawing you should do or the time spent doing it. Perhaps you could look at atelier programs and structure your self-studying according to that. What works no matter what is practicing as smart as possible, as focused as possible, as often as possible.

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>>3915129
>>3915377
>>3915461
The fuck are you people doing? You don't need to buy complete sets of shit when you run out of something. You only need like 12 colors, and if your using them all evenly you got more problems than the cost of paint.

>> No.3916179

>>3916157
That's a fair answer, and one I can agree with. Although I do think if there are quantity goals, they should be structured fairly loosely. When you're just starting off, drawing that much could potentially lead to burnout very quickly.

Idk about OP, but I personally tend to aim for something I'm satisfied with when I draw, which can mean several pages full or only one, depending on the day. I wouldn't necessarily recommend that route because it's inefficient as practice, but it works for me (usually).

>> No.3916183

>>3916168
>You only need like 12 colors
You only need four colors

>> No.3916196

>>3916179
How much you should be drawing is how much you can handle without getting tired and losing interest.

But at the same time you need to strive to increase your work capacity, the amount of time you can draw and learn efficiently without getting tired or distracted. I'm trying to do that right now by setting a timer for however long I want to work and trying to stick to it. Time spent of genuine high effort practice is a good barometer how much you should improve.

One of my favorite artists (Dean Cornwell) was noted to have drawn and painted in "seventeen-hour days, seven days a week".

>> No.3916221

>>3916196
God damn, yeah I don't think I could live on only 7 hours of sleep, let alone do only art.

But yeah, unfortunately, I'm one of those losers with multiple hobbies, so focusing purely on art like that is not something I could be reasonably asked to do. I probably won't make it big with that attitude, but the constant drive to improve is still there across everything I do. I'll probably make a decent jack of all trades by the time I'm 50.

>> No.3916267

>>3914832
>paying for art supplies
that's what you get traditional fags, get on with the times

>> No.3916297

>>3916179
>>3916157
>>3916196
Everyone forgets that all these people with insane work ethic were actually working. I'll draw 15 hours a day and do crunch if I'm getting paid for it, I am a person who will bleed himself to death to get a job done.
If I'm not working I won't squeeze myself like that for no reason just to practice.
>you should squeeze yourself no matter what
Ideally yes but ideally you should also get paid for it. Maybe pennies but you should get paid.

>> No.3916349

>>3914832
oh Vincent, my brother, not again

>> No.3916390

>>3915129
>2 notebook
why?

>> No.3917348

>>3916183
You only need your imagination desu