Today I want to talk about a fun way to exercise your hands. I also think that this practice teaches you how to not worry about making perfect drafts of your work. An artist needs to be able to quick draw. I have some variations on this that I will introduce later.

You will need some paper and a pencil. Choose 5 objects, random stuff, it can be a whisk from the kitchen, a sock, or a leaf. Whatever. If you would like to do this with a friend you will swap items at the end of each round.

Round 1, draw an object in just 1 minute. For each round you will have less time to draw. The following rounds will be 30, 20, 10, and 5 seconds long. You can mess with the timing. What’s important is that you need to go fast and you won’t have time for a finished drawing. Besides lots of laughs you will have loosened up your wrist and got yourself in a drawing mindset (hopefully).