bennett.nora•2d agoMost Upvoted

My grandma's doodle advice finally clicked after 20 years

My grandma used to tell me to draw the negative space first, not the thing itself. I thought she was just being a weird old artist like all her friends. Last week I was trying to sketch a lamp on my desk and kept getting the shape all wonky. Out of nowhere I remembered her saying don't draw the lamp draw the air around it. I tried it with my pencil just outlining the empty spots and suddenly the lamp actually looked like a lamp. She passed away about 6 years ago so I can't tell her she was right. Has anyone else had some old weird advice suddenly make sense way later on?

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the_emma2d ago

Bet your grandma is up there saying "told you so" right now.

umar591d ago

My grandmother once told me my haircut in 8th grade looked like a startled hedgehog, and she was totally right. I spent three years pretending I didn't care, but she'd bring it up every Thanksgiving like clockwork. Now I'm 34 and I still catch myself in the mirror sometimes thinking "yep, she would have hated this too." It's funny how the people who knew us best just silently win in the end, even from a distance. Honestly, I think the universe owes you a small "I told you so" tax after they're gone.