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12 Aug 2013, 9:28 am
This of those odd examples of ASD contradicting itself, I have Aspergers, ADHD and Dyspraxia. Dyspraxia especially is about poor fine motor control. And yet I'm a good draughtsman, my drawing work is often very detailed and precise, even though my handwriting is atrocious. I've linked to my website below (though this is mainly paintings rather than drawings):
Link to My Website
I don't know if this is just years of obsessive practice (I've been an artist since the tender age of about 6/7) or if it is just a natural ability to draw, but it certainly seems to contradict the fact that I supposedly have poor fine motor skills.
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I have Autism. My communication difficulties mean that I sometimes get words wrong, that what I mean is not what comes out.
12 Aug 2013, 10:01 am
Your work is amazing
I also draw and paint and tough I've got trouble being very accurate, I've developped my own style - a lot of messy lines giving a very expressive and almost realistic result.
12 Aug 2013, 10:06 am
12 Aug 2013, 11:53 am
grahamguitarman wrote:
This of those odd examples of ASD contradicting itself, I have Aspergers, ADHD and Dyspraxia. Dyspraxia especially is about poor fine motor control. And yet I'm a good draughtsman, my drawing work is often very detailed and precise, even though my handwriting is atrocious. I've linked to my website below (though this is mainly paintings rather than drawings):
Link to My Website
I don't know if this is just years of obsessive practice (I've been an artist since the tender age of about 6/7) or if it is just a natural ability to draw, but it certainly seems to contradict the fact that I supposedly have poor fine motor skills.
Link to My Website
I don't know if this is just years of obsessive practice (I've been an artist since the tender age of about 6/7) or if it is just a natural ability to draw, but it certainly seems to contradict the fact that I supposedly have poor fine motor skills.
Wow, excellent work!
Yes, there's a big difference between my writing and drawing as well. In high school, I had a teacher ask me not to write in cursive anymore.
But I continue to be very good at drawing. I'm not sure why that is. Maybe because the movements in drawing can be bigger and come more from the arm than the wrist and fingers. Or maybe because each process uses a different hemisphere of the brain.
12 Aug 2013, 12:02 pm
MathematicalOwl wrote:
I'm good at drawing, but I can never get a line right the first time I draw it. I also have problems with drawing small details (how did I not connect this with not having good fine motor skills?). This means I take longer to draw than most people, but I can do it.
Same here. I never thought about it before, but it makes sense. I have to draw almost every line over again. I usually draw very lightly and then decide which lines worked out the best with a final darker line. I like working with pen and ink so I can make my good lines permanent and then erase all of the squiggly ones.
12 Aug 2013, 3:30 pm
celticknot wrote:
grahamguitarman wrote:
This of those odd examples of ASD contradicting itself, I have Aspergers, ADHD and Dyspraxia. Dyspraxia especially is about poor fine motor control. And yet I'm a good draughtsman, my drawing work is often very detailed and precise, even though my handwriting is atrocious. I've linked to my website below (though this is mainly paintings rather than drawings):
Link to My Website
I don't know if this is just years of obsessive practice (I've been an artist since the tender age of about 6/7) or if it is just a natural ability to draw, but it certainly seems to contradict the fact that I supposedly have poor fine motor skills.
Link to My Website
I don't know if this is just years of obsessive practice (I've been an artist since the tender age of about 6/7) or if it is just a natural ability to draw, but it certainly seems to contradict the fact that I supposedly have poor fine motor skills.
Wow, excellent work!
Yes, there's a big difference between my writing and drawing as well. In high school, I had a teacher ask me not to write in cursive anymore.
But I continue to be very good at drawing. I'm not sure why that is. Maybe because the movements in drawing can be bigger and come more from the arm than the wrist and fingers. Or maybe because each process uses a different hemisphere of the brain.Thanks
I agree that it could be a difference in how you move your hands, now I think about it, when I write I'm just using my fingers, but when I draw I do indeed use my whole hand / arm. and there is also that old left brain vs right brain thing too, I think drawing is left brain and writing is right brain (or something like that)
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I have Autism. My communication difficulties mean that I sometimes get words wrong, that what I mean is not what comes out.
12 Aug 2013, 3:31 pm
jugbandblues wrote:
Your work is amazing
I also draw and paint and tough I've got trouble being very accurate, I've developped my own style - a lot of messy lines giving a very expressive and almost realistic result.
I also draw and paint and tough I've got trouble being very accurate, I've developped my own style - a lot of messy lines giving a very expressive and almost realistic result.
Again Thanks
Being expressive is perhaps the most important part of art anyway
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Autistic dad to an autistic boy and loving it - its always fun in our house
I have Autism. My communication difficulties mean that I sometimes get words wrong, that what I mean is not what comes out.
12 Aug 2013, 5:42 pm
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