My parents didn’t believe in me and didn’t let me study fashion design…

So yes — I have a degree in psychology 🤝

And yes — today I still work as a designer and artist 😆

But thanks to that, now I can also talk about mindset.

As someone with a psychology background and many years of drawing experience, I can say this with confidence:
the main reason most beginners burn out and quit drawing is mindset.

Your intelligence is fine ❤️
Your sense of style is fine ❤️
Your talent is fine ❤️
And yes — your hands are growing from the right place ❤️

The problem for most people is how they think.

People break not because of lack of ability,
but because of their own expectations.

We all want to learn faster.
That’s why it’s so hard to accept the harsh reality…
And the reality is simple:
it doesn’t negotiate


How it was for me
Oh… now you’re about to find out what a fool I really was 😅

■ I couldn’t accept the fact that first I would be learning,
and that my sketches would look weak and “childish.”

■ I was ashamed of my drawings.
I even hid them from people close to me.
And of course, subconsciously,
I was trying to skip the beginner stage as fast as possible.

■ I didn’t realize that drawing is a 1,000+ hour skill.
And that getting there faster always costs something —
money, focus, and practice.

■ I wanted to learn in 50 hours, for free, from YouTube,
with a TV show playing in the background 😆

Look.
In learning how to draw, there are four stages:
1 You draw badly and without style
2 You draw well, but without style
3 You draw badly, but with style
4 You draw well and with style

Everyone goes through these stages.
Everyone.
And for a long time, I didn’t understand that I was not an exception 😅
(I didn’t even know these stages existed.)

Now look at my before and after 👇

What do we see on Day one?
A complex, dynamic pose — with a twist.

And this is exactly the reason behind my failures.
I wanted to draw like an adult right away:
couture, movement, complex silhouettes.

But you can’t draw complex poses
if you don’t know how to draw a simple standing figure.

And you can’t draw a standing figure
if you don’t know how to draw arms, legs, heads, hairstyles…

It’s like trying to learn how to run
without first learning how to stand.
Reality doesn’t work that way. 😭

Yes, it sounds obvious.
But — I did this.
You do this.
And 99% of people who fail to learn drawing do this too —
and will keep doing it.



More mindset mistakes…
I used to think:
“To learn how to draw, you just need to draw a lot.”

Once, I did a challenge called “30 fashion sketches.”
I spent an entire week of my vacation on it.
And suddenly I realized something shocking:
my first sketches were better than the last ones 🙈

After thinking about what went wrong, I understood this:
You shouldn’t confuse things.
To draw better, you need to try to draw better,
not just draw a lot while watching a TV series in the background.



I also tried to save money.
And only later did I realize this:
every good lesson,
every dollar invested in a good tool,
actually shortened my path.

For example,
one thin mechanical pencil for $3
can easily save you 100+ hours of learning time.



Instead of a conclusion
If you don’t want to finish your learning journey feeling depressed,
just answer these questions honestly in advance:
1️⃣ Am I ready to spend 30 hours on practice exercises
to learn how to draw my own designs
and stop making my sketches look childish?

2️⃣ Am I ready to spend another 100 hours on focused drawing
to make my sketches neat and commercially valuable?

3️⃣ Am I ready to invest $500–$1,000 per year
in lessons, materials, and tools
to reduce 1,000 hours of learning
to the time described in points 1 and 2?

In my opinion, this is the bare minimum you need to agree on with yourself.
Otherwise, it’s better not to start.
(Not financial advice — do what feels right for you.)


Tomorrow I’ll share 3 techniques
that will increase learning efficiency,
shorten the timeline,
support motivation,
and help you save money on education

If you’re looking for a system of lessons that genuinely teaches fashion sketching, feel free to join my course👇