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I'll pass on that belief.

No I Can't!
I make Scott Adams look like Michelangelo.

Yes drawings always been one of my main interests/passions/affinities and a way in which I explore and express some of my interests. I like drawing mostly things linked natural history, nature, botany and folklore. I try to spend at least a bit of time most days to draw or sew or do something creative. I find it relaxes me and is one of the few times I don’t feel stressed and feel more at ease. Mostly observational drawing, either out in nature or lots of artefacts from museums as well.

Personally, free-form drawing is a challenge.

I've been referred to the following:

* Description on Author of 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Edwards

* On Dutch Artist Vermeer - 'Vermeer and the Camera Obscura: Part I:' Scroll down to 'The Lens & Diaphragm' see mention of "Obscurum Cubiculum" http://www.essentialvermeer.com/camera_ ... o_one.html

Anybody see the movie, 'Tim's Vermeer?'

I can draw a card from a deck.

ADDENDUM: EXCERPT from 'Vermeer and the Camera Obscura: Part I:' Eight years later Giovanni Battista della Porta (1535?–1615), an Italian scholar, polymath and playwright, wrote that the camera obscura, which he called a "obscurum cubiculum," made it “possible for anyone ignorant in the art of painting to draw with a pencil or pen, the image of any object whatsoever” (Magiae Naturalis, first edition, 1558).

I've posted some of my drawings in DeviantArt if anyone is interested:

https://www.deviantart.com/uncannydanny27

I have two art folders and a small online following.

Personally, I find it easier to draw nature (animals and flowers) rather than man-made structures. However, I have started to experiment with drawing furniture and clothing. I find squirrels one of the easier animals to draw and I struggle with drawing humans. Whenever I try to draw people, I have a tendency to draw the jaw too small and the person can end up looking a bit too Neanderthal for my liking.

I tend to draw semi-realistically but I do experiment with more cartoon styles. Admittedly, I can be deterred from drawing since I can go through times where I feel like an impostor but I think that many artists go through this at some stage. I'm not the best artist, but I'm improving and that's what matters. There's no shame in looking at tutorials, references and seeking advice. Sometimes I use multiple references and combine different elements from them to experiment to find what works. I know some artists look down on it, but it's best to ignore them.

Anybody see the film (LINK) 'Tim's Vermeer?'

Any perspectives on Vermeer's approach to painting- that was by means of carefully tracing scenes by methods of Camera Obscura; that is projecting lighted images on walls, on canvases?

LINK: Two-minute trailer for 'Tim's Vermeer'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94pCNUu6qFY

ADDENDUM / RELATED: We can apply Vermeer's approach to painting to drawing - any examples of drawings?