The one simple way to draw better

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Everything went wrong, technically, with this video. The microphone had been accidentally muted , so I did a voiceover instead - even then Mrs Rayner interrupted over Alexa!

We went to see the snowdrops at the sculpture garden in Tintern last week. I bought a couple of plants and decided to draw them while talking about attention spans.

Thanks to the internet, TV and streaming etc we now have the attention spans of gnats. The chances of you actually watching this video all the way to the very end are pretty slim, and yet, you chose to watch it.

If you flip to another video and then another, you are actively turning your brain to mush.

Try watching all the way through to the end. You may learn something either from the way I draw or paint in watercolour or from the stream of consciousness rambling voice over.

This isn't a how to draw a video. It's a video encouraging you to think about taking some time out, next time you want to draw something.Hide your phone, stop thinking about instagram and try to put all your focus into the drawing. I imagine you will find that really difficult, because all those pings, ringing out for your attention have taught you to swipe and move on.

The simple way to draw better? Draw... Observe... don't tweet or instagram or whatsapp or even think about it. Focus on the one job. Understand the thing you are drawing and draw it... until you have finished. And if you are not happy with it. Draw it again, with the added knowledge you gained the first time round!

Welcome back to reality!

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Shoo Rayner is an award-winning illustrator and author of over 200 books for children.

The Shoo Rayner Drawing Channel won the 2011 YouTube NextUp award.

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