I have never been able to write painting, and I was invited by the big coffee.

People who know me may wonder. As an art student, why can't I start painting? Isn't this hard won?

I did receive professional training in painting in high school, but I chose visual communication design as my major in college, and I have hardly painted since my second year in high school.

Painting is a process in which practice makes perfect. If you don't draw for too long, your proficiency and modeling ability will be greatly reduced.

I have always wanted to pick up this skill over the years, but whenever I pick up a brush, I always think that I am a professional, and I must have a professional standard when writing. This idea makes me depressed every time I draw. I feel that my painting level is far worse than before, and the more I paint, the less confident I am. Therefore, in these eight years, I have been picking up the brush and putting it down, but I have never insisted on painting.

I don't know if you have any skills that you used to be proud of, but it's hard to regain them after years of use.

Second, how to brush up and stick to painting every day.

During the epidemic, I read two books, Seven Habits of Efficient People and Persistence, a Habit that can be formed, which changed me.

In the early stage of isolation at home, I brushed my circle of friends day and night, followed the drama, visited Taobao, and got up after noon 12 every day. This unscrupulous day ended when my little friend invited me to read it together.

Seven habits of efficient people.

Yes, the beginning of Chapter 4-Habit 2 touched me deeply.

Suppose you are invited to attend the funeral of a close relative, and all your relatives and friends are there. Actually, they came to say goodbye to themselves. "Let's assume that family representatives, friends, colleagues and community partners will come on stage to talk about their lives.

Ask me how I want my relatives and friends to describe my life. Seeing this, I was shocked and felt that I had nothing to recount.

If you still have an unplanned life as before, you should feel the same way decades later. The first reaction is that you have lived your life in vain, and you can't take anything away or leave anything behind.

I started thinking, "What achievements and contributions do I want them to remember? What impact does hope have on the lives of people around you? ...

Many answers come to my mind: the designer who can draw best, the illustrator who can write jokes best, and the founder of the painting bar. ...

There are pictures in every answer. It's time to pick up the brush again. I signed up for an online painting class, starting with the simplest and most basic cartoon character sketch. It is not difficult to draw one or two pictures, but it is difficult to persist.

The following book, persistence, a habit that can be formed, has helped me to keep painting every day from the epidemic period to now, and I have been painting until now 137 days!

In fact, the process of habit formation has three stages:

When we understand and find the corresponding countermeasures, it is not as difficult as we thought!

(1) resistance period (1 ~ 7 days): the amount of action or result can be completely ignored. The failure rate is 42%

There are two specific countermeasures to overcome the resistance period:

Countermeasure 1: Start from the "baby toddler", in short, start from the simplest.

Countermeasure 2: simple record;

Method 1: Think about the record content (which items should be recorded? )

Only the completed target ""and the unfinished target "×" are recorded.

Except ""and "×", record the content and value of the action.

(2) In the unstable period (8 ~ 2 1 day), the failure rate is 40%.

Easily interrupted by unplanned things.

Only by establishing a flexible "dynamic mechanism" for various emergencies can we skillfully deal with difficulties.

Countermeasures in unstable period can be roughly divided into the following three items:

Countermeasure 1: modeling

It is to turn the habit you want to cultivate into a fixed pattern (time, practice, place) and earnestly implement it.

Countermeasure 2: Set exception rules

The "exception rule" is a flexible coping mechanism, and the rules for dealing with irregular events are formulated in advance.

Countermeasure 3: Set continuous switch.

It is an ingenious method designed by some people who are good at cultivating habits in order to continue their actions.

(3) The failure rate of fatigue period (22-30 days) is 18%.

In the "burnout period" of the third stage, the following symptoms usually appear:

Be bored and unable to get excited.

Can't feel the meaning of cultivating habits

A sense of emptiness due to constancy.

Countermeasure 1: Add changes

Countermeasure 2: Add the next habit.

In the process of drawing, I practiced the following five methods in the book:

1, baby toddler: start with the simplest cartoon character line draft;

2. Record: simply record the day and content of painting every day;

3. Set the continuous switch and send pictures in the circle of friends every day. Starting from June, I will record the drawing process as a video and send it to the video number, so that people I know and don't know can supervise me, and I can also get a lot of praise, which will make me more motivated to stick to it.

4. Set the exception rule:

A. If there are too many things or you are in a bad state, you can simply draw some pencil drafts to give yourself a rest or breathing space;

B: Draw more if you have time, in case it is true.

Use it when you can't squeeze time to draw, which is also a method shared by Xiao Sha.

5. Change: At the time of painting to burnout, first make some changes in painting style or painting type. Secondly, add new habits, such as sports and reading.

Let me share with you my works at different stages.

Third, it was selected by the big coffee and realized.

1, join some quality communities;

2. Actively participate in activities and strive for opportunities to show yourself. For example, this group sharing activity is a good opportunity.

I participated in the "Lighter Plan" activity of a platform for professional women's learning and growth. In the self-introduction session, I was the first to stand up and introduce myself and share my paintings in the group. My tutor saw it that day and invited me to illustrate his new painting and calligraphy.

3. Keep training your skills. Only when you are fully prepared at any time, when the opportunity comes, you will not miss it.

If you have a hobby that I gave up for many years, but you can't start and stick to it, I recommend you to read Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and Persistence, a Habit that can be formed. I hope it helps you.

Finally, end with my favorite sentence recently. Action is the solution to all problems.