Learning new skills. Hi, I would like to share my experience with learning new skills. First of all I love creating 'things', by things I mean do everything from the scratch. About 2years ago I have

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Learning new skills. Hi, I would like to share my experience with learning new skills. First of all I love creating 'things', by things I mean do everything from the scratch. About 2years ago I have moved to new house and started living on my own. I love food and back then I had two options , go to restaurant and pay fortune or do it by yourself (DIY). Of course I chose second option and back then I have learned a lot!!. I cook different cuisines, from Chinese (mostly stir-fry), Spanish (paella, hmm ;-)), Greek, French (onion soup ;-)) and others. Lately I started experimenting with vegetarian/vegan 'stuff', with mixed results. Meanwhile I feel interest in Woodworking and did a couple of projects. Those two things, cooking and woodworking is my passion, but I always wanted to learn drawing and with that I have a big problem. They say that drawing is not only for people who have a talent, and it is a skill which anyone can learn! hmm I am daubing in that, as I struggle a lot. It is really demotivating when you have something in you mind, but you can't transfer to a piece of paper! Anyone have similar experience with drawing? Any suggestion where to start? Is it that really down to practice? or it is something else? That is for now. Feel free to correct my mistakes, I know the will be a lot!! cheers, Martin

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Learning New Skills

Hi, I would like to share my experience with learning new skills.
First of all, I love to create 'things', by things I mean doing everything from the scratch. About 2 years ago, I moved into a new house and started living on my own. I love food and back then I had only two options: go to a restaurant and pay fortune for the meal or do it myself (DIY). Of course, I chose second option and I have learned alot. I like to cook different cuisines, from Chinese (mostly stir-fry), to Spanish (paella, hmm), Greek, French (onion soup) and others. Lately I started experimenting with vegetarian/vegan 'stuff', with mixed results.
Meanwhile I've become interested in woodworking and have done a couple of projects. Those two things, cooking and woodworking are my passion, but I always wanted to learn to draw, which is causing me a big problem. They say that drawing is not only for people with talent, and it is a skill, which anyone can learn! hmm. I am doubting that, as I am struggling with it. It is really demotivating when you have something in your mind, but you can't transfer it to a piece of paper!
Has anyone had a similar experience with drawing? Any suggestion where to start? Is it that really down to practice? or it is something else?
That is for now. Feel free to correct my mistakes, I know that there will be a lot.
cheers, Martin

Learning new skills.

Hi, I would like to share my experience with learning new skills.
First of all I love creating 'things', by things I mean doing everything from scratch. About 2 years ago I moved to new house and started living on my own. I love food and back then I had two options, go to restaurant and pay a fortune or do it by myself (DIY). Of course I chose the second option and back then I learned a lot!!. I cook different cuisines, from Chinese (mostly stir-fry), Spanish (paella, hmm ;-)), Greek, French (onion soup ;-)) and others. Lately I have started experimenting with vegetarian/vegan 'stuff', with mixed results.
Meanwhile I have an interest in woodworking and did a couple of projects. Those two things, cooking and woodworking are my passion, but I always wanted to learn drawing and with that I have a big problem. They say that drawing is not only for people who have talent, it is a skill which anyone can learn! hmm I doubt that, as I struggle a lot. It is really demotivating when you have something in your mind, but you can't transfer to a piece of paper!
Anyone have similar experiences with drawing? Any suggestions where to start? Is it really down to practice? or is it something else?
That is all for now. Feel free to correct my mistakes, I know there will be a lot!!
Cheers,

Martin

Hello Martin,

Nice text, take care with the present perfect, we generally use this when we don't know when the action occurred. As soon as you use a time phrase to place the action in time ( last year, ten years ago, last night) you should use the past simple.

As for drawing I can't be much help. My art teacher suggested I take up music after 1 year! I think the most important thing is to enjoy it, look at things closely to see how they go together and try to get the proportions right.

Best wishes

Bob

As for your question, my purpose of drawing is just desire to draw well. I don't want to derive income from that. I'm treating drawing as a hobby, where I can relax and spend free time in enjoyable way. What do you want to draw? hmm everything ;-) but seriously I don't know :-/ ... as my skills are low I don't know which way to choose... painting or pencil drawing or else. Can you recommend any books or DVD for beginners? Anyway, thx for that Felipe B. !!

Everyone can learn how to draw - but of course, if you have a talent or natural skill, will be great to. Drawing is a kind of skill that you must put some effort on it in order to draw well. First of all: what is your purpose with drawing? What do you want to draw? You have to think about it to get access to a shortcut or decrease the time that you will spend on it. I'm telling you that because drawing can open many doors, but, the point here is: which one I want to open? To give you an idea, lately, I took up painting lessons because I want to paint of course, and mostly, sell my paintings to everyone else. I also, had technical drawing in a course about mechanic a couple of years ago - it took almost 2 years to finish it. But, nowadays, I lost the practice of technical drawing and I have to remember of it if I want to do some work about it. But my goal for today, about drawing, is to improve more and more, but, focused on painting. Since my childhood, I draw. I'm not the master of this field, but some of my drawings are great I guess. As you, I like to "create things", for example: I like to read about "how to write/create a book", how to create things made up of wood, metal and so on. I hope that these tips can help you. In any case, tell me.

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