Today I decided to officially start learning to draw, which is different from the past three days of fishing and two days of drying the net. For this reason, I also deliberately tore out the page of the self-study today, just to prevent myself from letting myself go.

I have the idea that if I don’t study now, I can read books and study later.

The first chapter of the book is titled: Choosing the Right Drawing Tools

Hmm... I actually started learning from Chapter 2. I didn't know until I read the title of Chapter 2 that there was another chapter before it. Doesn't it seem like I was perfunctory? Hmm... The content of Chapter 1 will be supplemented tomorrow.

The second chapter of the book is titled: Tool Use and Painting Postures

I read some tips on sharpening pencils, but I don’t have any insights. Just sharpen pencils more often.

Then I used different pen holding postures to arrange the lines. Today I practiced the first pen holding posture, which is: supporting the pen with my little finger.

The book describes the pen holding posture like this: the tip of the little finger is supported on the paper, and the wrist can be rotated flexibly to draw longer lines. Long lines are suitable for laying out backgrounds or large areas of color. (I don’t know the color yet.

What it is, even if I have some guesses in my mind)

This is not the same as drawing a straight line, because it involves the rotation of the wrist. I vaguely remember my cousin saying that when drawing a straight line, the wrist cannot rotate, and the entire arm can only rotate back and forth along the elbow.

When I first started drawing straight lines, I never held the pen tightly, so the straight lines I drew were not so straight.

I use my little finger to support the pen, which may be affected. The first feeling is that my fingers are very stiff, but the finger joints cannot press down; just like a dancer just starting to press his legs, the little finger becomes like a lunge. Well... I am used to it.

It was fine after that.

After holding the pen, I officially started to learn how to line up the lines, that is, the long lines displayed by holding the pen in this posture.

The lines are easy to arrange, but difficult to arrange. I first drew a few lines horizontally, then drew a few lines diagonally, and finally drew a few lines vertically.

It may be hard to imagine the situation on the white paper when you look at the text like this, and I don’t know how to describe it well. I know that there is still a lot of free space on the paper, but I feel like I can’t draw it horizontally or vertically.

By the way, if I had to describe it in one word, it would be: chaos!

So I turned the white paper over and pasted it on the drawing board again, thinking about writing it one stroke at a time and making it more orderly.

Since I had practiced straight lines for a few days before, I actually didn’t feel any awkwardness when practicing this long line. The line arrangement was a bit messy, but the lines were slightly curved as in the picture. (Maybe it was also a drawing.

After experiencing the sequelae of straight lines, I always think there is something wrong with my eyes, so I see arcs.)

After paying attention to the arrangement of lines, I started to fill the entire white paper horizontally, then diagonally, and finally vertically to fill the entire white paper.

While my hands were drawing, my mind began to have random thoughts again.

Looking at the lines I drew, I wondered what others would think if I posted the white paper on which I practiced my lines on the display board for others to see.

I thought of three possibilities. The first type of person thinks that the lines on this paper are just drawing blindly, and feels a little bored and walks away; the second type of person knows that this is practicing lines, but just knows it;

The third type of people not only know that they are drawing lines, but also know where the drawing is crooked, and even know what technique they are using.

Well, after I laid three layers, I started to repeat the previous horizontal, diagonal, and vertical steps. The feel of the hand was something I learned through constant practice. Slowly, I found that all I needed to do was use my wrist or force it.

Wherever you go a little bit, you will be much stronger than before.

I didn't stop until the paper on the drawing board was drawn with pencil, with only traces and no black lead visible. It felt like drawing on paper with a pen that ran out of ink.

Moreover, the paper covered with lines has been deformed. I don’t know how to describe this feeling, as if the fibers of the paper have been absorbed by lead... (Lead: What can I give?)

I can’t describe it at the moment, so I’ll summarize it as “it can only be understood but not expressed in words”.

The above is the painting content I learned today and my feelings. Well... after practicing like this, I obviously feel that the distance between my little finger and ring finger has become wider.

I was about to say that this might be good for me to learn guitar in the future, but then I thought about it - it's nothing π_π (it would be better if I used to hold pens with my left hand)

Now let’s take stock of what I did today and what I think is meaningful.

①Draw (This one is obvious, right?)

② Write a copybook (this does not count as practicing calligraphy, because it is just copying with copy paper, mainly for meditation.)

③Write two thousand words (not referring to this chapter! I learned something a few days ago, that is, save the manuscript. The save here does not only mean saving a day or two! It means saving a new idea when I think of it.

When writing a book, I first write it for a period of time to see if this idea can eventually lead to a more complete story, and then decide whether to write a book. You must know that I have written a lot of small parts in this notebook.

I have no ideas that I didn’t write down...)

④Cooking your own food (This is quite meaningful. Although after I cooked the noodles, I only took one bite and then stopped eating them. I even complained a lot. I have never eaten something so unpalatable, but I still made it myself.

Made! It looks so delicious, and I have watched a lot of cooking videos... Through this, I also came to a conclusion, that is: what you see on paper is ultimately shallow...)

Stop talking, it means nothing! Let’s continue making my dinner. Let’s cook the dumplings tonight. The dumplings should just be cooked, right?
Chapter completed!