>>12564763There is hope for anyone who is willing to put in the time and effort necessary to help their own abilities grow and progress. There is no wall that just prevents people from achieving artistic merit simply because life doesn't want them to (unless you're a quadriplegic or something, you get my point), like any other skill it's a simple matter of training yourself up to greater heights.
You may look around and see great art and think something akin to "I could never do that", when this simply isn't true. By all means you indeed /could/, you just don't know how to. That's what separates an experienced artist from a fresh beginner - the experienced artist looks at a canvas and 'sees' in his mind what he wants before he even begins, the novice simply doesn't know where to start.
This is a skill which, like everything else, comes to the patient in their own due time. Think of it like a drive through a aesthetically pleasing countryside, wherein artistic skill is at the end and you're at the beginning. Everyone else who shares this hobby is on the road as well, only isolated from each other in the sense that no one can be physically blocked from reaching the end by another. There is no rush to finish, because the fun is in the trek to said goal. Person A may prefer to speed through, person B might take triple that time at their own leisure. Person B needn't sacrifice their own enjoyment to beat person A to the finish because there's no reward for doing so.
Art isn't a competition, in fact, unless you're reliant upon it as your profession (or you're a dick) it's one of the most noncompetitive hobbies you can partake in. This is because drawing is much more about the journey than it is the destination.
So don't worry that you don't have much confidence now, because it doesn't matter. It isn't about anyone else, it's about you, and you will progress at your own pace. Only you can prevent yourself from learning and achieving
greatness.So get going.
