I've started stressing out a lot about art now that I'm trying to learn it 'properly'. I am picking up basic rules that were never bothered with before I guess, but really having to force myself and feeling a lot of self pressure and even anxiety. Cmon brain! Stop blocking me! This is what I'm currently able to do (kind of) but it's becoming yet another stressor.

Also while using a cheap manga book broke through the intimidation with baby steps and provided some learning structure it feels like being forced to play Hot Cross Buns on the recorder. It is not the style I ultimately want to pursue. The idea was to learn generic skills and burn through cheap supplies/train my hands on things I cared less about ruining in the awkward stage.

I think I'm just going to cut to the figure drawing which is a more widely applicable skill and once that's close enough start looking about how to do gesture drawing and studies. One day it would be really cool to make my own compositions and smoothly combine different elements using the references just to nail the details.

Edit: Lol those brushtail possums outside move like elephants. Jeez they're huge