Anybody have any advice for doing art as a hobby?

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I want to learn the fundamentals of art during my free time at home so I can make something meaningful for myself. I used to do pixel art 2 years back but procrastinated after doing it for awhile and I want to go back into it with proper art skills.

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im not artistic, so i struggle with enjoying art as hobby. but i looooove doing number painting!!! i dont have to worry abt the end product cos i cant really mess it up, but the process of filling in the colours, its a brainless process, which means i can zone out and just do the painting worry free. very therapeutic for me hahaha if anyone has any other recommendations of similar hobbies, pls share!!

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Just start heh ! At one point in time I was learning to draw I followed reddit threads about art with people posting their work and that got me inspired to try :thinking: These communities sometimes have 30 day challenges or tips and tricks too !

I found a post here for getting started on digital painting: Reddit - Dive into anything

Or you can try r/pixelart if you wanna go back to doing pixel art.

But yeah usually people say you need motivation to take action but I think its taking action that gives you motivation! So just start on a project and slowly work on it at your own pace :smirk:

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I can said that I am the opposite side of the situation, I love drawing so much that I need to learn to take a break from it, like I do like to use the few energy I have for drawing for something else that I don’t like do.

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@ZA_Flyer can also share your pixel art or any other art pieces here with us! I think motivation also comes from validation from the community haha.

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How about diamond painting?

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there’s a lot of really helpful youtube videos online for resources to get started! honestly a lot of art guidebooks online too if you want to learn a bit more theory.

since you want to do art as a hobby, the best tip i have is to practise, practise, practise! it’s much more rewarding when you can see the progression of your artwork that way.

if you want to be more consistent, it helps to join an art group or an art challenge! theres things like inktober which has 30 prompts to follow over the course of a month, which you can use as a challenge to push you to make art more often! as for art groups, i know of urban sketchers sg which goes to diff locations every sat to sketch as a hobbyist group :smiley:

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