>> Eventually the course came to a close. (Shortly before Christmas 
>> actually.)
> 
> I did wonder, but it seemed you'd only attended about two classes.

Actually 11 classes. Most of which just involved sitting around drawing 
stuff. [Which I could have done myself.] And being told about all the 
stuff I did wrong. [Which is also pretty self-evident.]

>> Did I learn *anything* useful? Yes, probably.
> 
> Probably?

I learned the following facts:

- Drawing is FREAKING HARD! I had assumed that there's a special 
technique to it. But no, there isn't. I had assumed that drawing only 
*seems* hard because I'm doing it the wrong way. But no, actually it 
*really is* hard. And that's all there is to it.

- Getting the proportions of shapes and the angles of lines exactly 
correct is insanely important. (I was really shocked when the teacher 
got out a ruler and started *measuring* my hand-drawn image. But sure, 
the line is definitely 8 mm longer than it should be. Jesus, I need to 
be THAT ACCURATE???)

- I tend to obsess about drawing tiny details rather than looking at the 
whole image to check whether it's actually in proportion.

- You can check proportions by lining various image elements up against 
each other. (E.g., a person's nose is supposed to line up with their 
ears. If it doesn't... they look pretty retarded.)

- Empty space is really important.

That more or less summarises what I learned. I still can't draw very 
well - but I've got a little better at copying drawings...

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