Requires daily commitment of 45-60 minutes for 5-6 days weekly, strong self-discipline to honor your chosen constraints even when frustrated, willingness to embrace imperfection and experimentation as valuable learning, emotional resilience to accept that many sketches will look awkward during the constraint exploration phase, and openness to developing a personal voice rather than pursuing technical perfection
Flow Theory (Csikszentmihalyi): By setting clear constraints and progressively challenging tasks, you create optimal conditions for entering flow state where skill level matches task difficulty, producing both enjoyment and rapid skill development
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards for understanding gestural vs. analytical drawing modes