cure for bad motor skills?

[Alos]

i am 15, so i got alot of experience writing (still bad spelling tho) so you would think my motor skils would be better, but i have to spend 10 seconds or more just to draw a short, straight line. any way to cure this? fix it?


im left handed by the way.

[SaltzBad]

In my oppinion, although I'm just a learner myself, don't. Take a pencil, and start drawing - 95% is not really motor skills, but its knowledge and observing skills.

At least, thats the way I perceived it. And I've got downright horrible motorics most of the time - it hasn't mattered all too much so far.

As for being left handed, for all I know no biggy either. Just when you use materials prone to being smirched all over the place, be sure to not set your hand on areas where it could make a mess while drawing (but we righties have the same problem, so feh).

[Wednesday]

lots of practice would help, and drawing with your entire arm instead of only using your wrist helps too (mentioned here i think http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12548)

my art teacher thought my class was too rigid in drawing, so he made us draw with a string and black ink for a day :)

[Pencil Soldier]

I wish I had your art teacher. Mine is the exact oppisite.

Yes, hold your pencil like a toothbrush to the paper. It helps alot, even to us 15 year-olds. :p