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Creative Bloq
Creative Bloq
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Joe Foley

SHOCKING: Upside down and backwards 9 must try art exercises to break your drawing habits - What They Never Told You

Doodles of upside-down faces illustrating an art exercise for breaking drawing habits.

When you're learning to draw or paint, there often comes a time when you plateau and feel you're not making more progress. Sometimes this requires switching things up to break your drawing habits. Forcing yourself to change perspective or change the way you make marks on the page can be a great way to make another leap forward in your art practice.

With that in mind, I've picked out nine art exercises that you might find useful to break drawing habits you've developed so far (and break visual habits too). From from upside down drawing (the reference image not you!) to drawing with a single line and drawing with negative space, these should help you to start having fun again with your drawing, and hopefully take it forward.

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