

You may want to practice this in the future, but for now, don't worry about it. Avoid this wherever possible.ĭrawing with your whole hand and arm hovering will result in no such dragging or friction, but it's not always worth the exhaustion especially as we're still developing our shoulder muscles. It creates a very heavy anchor that basically forces you to draw from your elbow and freezes your whole upper arm. Resting your elbow against the table as you draw however is not a good idea. It will drag a little, but as long as you're aware of it and catch yourself whenever you slip back to drawing from your wrist, it'll be okay. Gently resting the side of your hand or a finger on the page as you draw is fine. This can result in more friction and dragging, however, which can make it easier for us to fall back to drawing from certain pivots and not engaging our whole arm. Resting some part of your arm on the page is a pretty normal thing people do, as it provides additional support and helps us draw for longer without as much fatigue. You only have one body, and to break it so early would be a tragedy. Take breaks, and allow the work to take as long as it needs to. I cannot stress this enough: be patient with yourself. It is for this reason that this course forces you to draw from your shoulder in most cases. We naturally want to go down the easier road, to draw in the familiar fashion, from the wrist. That's why when we face the choice of how we're going to use our arm to make a mark, when we're faced with two paths to choose from, using our whole arm poses far more resistance. That muscle weakness can also make it harder to be confident with our linework. It gets exhausting, and we get sore quickly. As such, we end up facing more resistance, especially as beginners, when we try to use it. We've spent years writing from our wrists, and so the muscles involved are far better developed than those needed to draw with your entire arm. Or more accurately, it's unfamiliar and unpracticed.

Marks should be continuous and unbroken.Do you mean I can't ever draw with my wrist or elbow?.

But Comfy! I have trouble with reading!.
