If we only consider drawing to mean realistically or accurately depicting a subject, we miss out on a whole variety of different styles of drawing methods. No one style is better when it comes to art—the important thing is physically putting pen or pencil to paper and making marks. Whether those marks are messy or ‘inaccurate’ doesn’t matter because the goal is to get creative, not reproduce reality. Letting go of the idea that drawing has to look a certain way is an important first step in the creative process. It will be easier said than done as the mind is going to make a fuss if it doesn’t look perfect. But as nothing ever is perfect, having such high expectations sets you up for disappointment before you’ve made a single mark.
Gary Panter talked about the downside of trying to draw realistically: “You might want to draw more realistically or in perspective or so it looks slick — that’s is possible and there are tricks and procedures for drawing with more realism if you desire it. But drawing very realistically with great finesse can sometimes produce dead uninteresting drawings — relative, that is, to a drawing with heart and charm and effort but no great finesse.”
Heart and charm and effort—far more interesting (and a kinder approach) than slick and uninteresting.
Drawing Mindfulness 