Art Concentration issues?

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Hello, I've noticed the many great drawings on this site, and it gave me the idea to make this topic and ask if anyone else has concentration issues with drawing?

I love drawing, even after I've dropped-out from Art college, I still study and read about art daily. My problem though is I can't sit down and concentrate for longer than a few minutes to five minutes on a drawing. So most of my stuff are sketches, one or two with basic colors over the years.

There are rare moments, maybe once every few months, that I'll suddenly have this creative idea and sit through and sketch an entire drawing for about half an hour.

But I think drawing isn't my hyperfocus, maybe that's why I can't sit and draw what I want. I have the skills, but not the concentration to sit through and work with it.

Does anyone else have this issue?

What if you accept mult-tasking as an equally valid approach?

For example, somewhere I read that Sigmond Freud had one writing project or one desk and another on another desk and he wandered between the two desks as the feeling struck him.

I had no idea other people did that!

I do something like that once in a while, to help keep me focused on drawing for a few minutes. Such as I surf the web, then I draw, then I put on the news, and do the whole cycle. Or for long moments I forget to draw from the distraction of the other two. Like now 0.0"

same problem

especially when I don't have the materials I need

That can be irritating, if I don't have the pencils needed either. Or if I can't find any pencil at all.

Maybe that's my obstacle too. I share a room, so I don't have privacy to focus on my drawings. Most of the time I use my knee as a desk and wander from room to room, depending which has no people so I can feel comfortable to draw.

I never thought of this until I typed down my thoughts now...

With my writing, every time I come back to it, it's a fresh view and I might see things that I didn't see before.

There is a balance between using this and not over using this. I have come to the view that both polished work and 'rough' work can be good.

So you're saying just sketches can be a good thing too? I'm sorry if I don't completely follow along.

Yes, I think sketches can be good all by themselves.

Or, it can be a series loosely on a topic or theme. You can also tell a story.

And I've also seen art where the outside is partial and incomplete, and the middle main picture is finished and beautiful.

I think all of the above can be good.

Art that tells a story... that's interesting. I think I learned about this in college, and forgot about it until you mentioned that.

How can I tell a story in art? I would like to try this.