You're not bad at drawing, you're just practicing wrong 📉

Summary by Krater

The video outlines four common reasons why artistic progress stalls—timing, source quality, lack of fundamentals, and practice frequency—and provides strategies to overcome each.

From the video

Answers: Why is my art not improving and how can I fix it?

• Just-in-time learning vs just-in-case learning
• Using real references instead of artist copies
• Importance of art fundamentals
• Optimal practice frequency for skill retention

What it concludes

• Just-in-time learning is more effective than just-in-case learning because the brain retains information when there is an immediate problem to solve.
• Studying other artists' drawings without understanding the underlying fundamentals leads to poor habits and limited progress.
• Mastering fundamentals provides the biggest gain because they form the basis for all other art skills.
• Skill retention relies on frequency rather than total hours practiced; frequent short sessions are better than infrequent long sessions.