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We are conditioned not to make mistakes, to err, to be on the wrong side of \u2018right\u2019. As a creative, this conditioning spells big trouble with a capital T.<\/p>\nWe are conditioned not to make mistakes, to err, to be on the wrong side of \u2018right\u2019. As a creative, this conditioning spells big trouble with a capital T.<\/p>\n
What makes a line bad, or a paint colour the wrong shade? Who judges what we\u2019ve sketched and why do they have that right?<\/p>\n
As humans we have expectations, and letting go of those, let\u2019s be honest, is very hard. As sketchers, and I see this a lot, we want to create something that pleases other people. A little \u2018checkbox\u2019 that probably harks back to parental or teacher approval.<\/p>\n
There is nothing wrong with that in principle but it\u2019s also very very limiting. It\u2019s through the falling down that we learn to get back up. It\u2019s through the chaotic scribbles and ripped up bits of paper we find out what works – not for anyone else – but for us personally.<\/p>\n
The Accident Book<\/strong><\/em> could be your next favourite sketchbook. Dedicate a sketchbook to scribbling, doodling, playing and mind dumping. This is your private journal. For your eyes only. Cherish it, use it and utterly abuse it.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll have another sketchbook, of course, in which you can transpose some of that learning. That will be the one you\u2019ll show people, a neater, tidier, nearly \u2018perfect\u2019 version of a sketch – almost as if the chaotic scribbling never happened.<\/p>\n Your<\/strong><\/em> Accident Book could be a turning point. The more artwork you create in these two books the more they\u2019ll merge, and you\u2019ll look back and be really proud of them both. I promise 😉<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/amsketching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/rubbish-3378624_1920-1024x354.jpg\")
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