跟讀練習: What I did when art wasn't fun - 通過影片學習英語口語
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I think everyone hears this all the time.
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If you want to get good at art,
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you're gonna have to practice.
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A lot.
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So you do.
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But for some reason, drawing is kind of frustrating.
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Maybe you feel like, how are you supposed to have fun if everything you draw doesn't even look good?
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Or maybe you feel stuck because you feel like you've been working so hard,
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but you're not getting any better.
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I know how it feels.
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Trust me, because oh boy, I've been there.
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It took me a while,
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but eventually I managed to learn to enjoy art again.
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And in this video, I'll try to explain how I got there.
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So getting frustrated with your art is understandable,
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especially if you're just getting started.
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But this applies even if you've been at it for a while.
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You've spent so long on this one drawing.
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You've been working so hard.
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But somehow it just doesn't come out like you want it to.
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That's frustrating.
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I think one of the problems when it comes to how people see art is
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that some people really don't understand the scale of it.
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They don't understand how much time you really need to get good at art.
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They think it looks something like this,
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when in fact it looks more like this.
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And I think this misunderstanding makes sense because all people see from artists is the final results.
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The final painting, or maybe just the time lapse for one single painting.
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They're not really seeing all the practice
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and training the artists did to be able to get to that point in the first place.
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That's why watching an artist's time lapse and just copying their process rarely works.
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You can't copy the process without one illustration and expect it to turn out the same way.
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You also have to keep in mind all the practice the artist did before even starting this one illustration.
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I think it kind of makes sense if we compare art to long distance running.
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I don't think anyone in the world expects a couch potato to be able to start running ultra-marathons anytime soon,
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even if he did practice really hard.
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And somehow you get artists getting immediately discouraged that their art isn't looking good right away.
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Like running, art takes consistent practice and dedication in order to build up your skills.
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But running has one big advantage over art in that your progress is clear and measurable.
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You get faster, you can run farther,
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you can easily see that you're getting better.
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You don't really get that in art.
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In fact, I think people are notoriously bad at noticing their own improvements.
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So this is just a hypothesis.
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But I think that's also why so many artists tend to cling to social media.
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I feel like we all know that social media success does not equate good art,
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but at least there are numbers.
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At least we can measure it,
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and at least we can see the number go up.
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Okay, maybe you're like, whatever YouTube video,
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I already know all this stuff.
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I know it takes a long time, but I'm not improving.
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I keep doing all the stuff everyone is telling me to,
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but I'm not getting any better.
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So this is what we call a plateau.
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Often when people first start learning a new skill,
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they quickly start seeing improvements.
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They get encouraged and keep going.
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But then they hit a wall.
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And I'm just gonna say,
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that's just how it works.
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Plateaus are inevitable and the sooner you can accept that, the better.
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People tend to want to believe that improvement is linear and the graph looks like this.
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The more effort and time you put in, the better you get.
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Except, the reality is, it looks more like this.
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Or maybe even get worse.
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You can be doing everything right, it's not your fault.
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And this feeling sucks.
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But if you zoom out of the graph,
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you'll see that it still goes up over a long time period.
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It's just a bit of a bumpy road,
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and you just have to know that.
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So at this point I've told you that focusing on results can be frustrating.
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I've also said that focusing on improvement can be frustrating.
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So what are you supposed to focus on?
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This might be hard to understand,
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but if you can, try to focus on the actual creation process.
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I don't know about you guys,
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but I used to feel anxiety when faced with a blank canvas.
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I used to get so caught up with results and improvement that I felt fear whenever I started a new drawing.
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What if the drawing wasn't good?
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What if I wasn't improving?
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What if I wasn't talented?
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What if all of this was just a waste of time?
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I spent more time worrying about drawing than actually drawing.
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I think it really helped when I started thinking of each drawing more like an adventure,
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an exploration, except since we're starting with a blank canvas,
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the possibilities are basically limitless.
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I may have some rough idea of what I want before I get started,
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but I don't really know how it's going to end up until I try,
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and the process of finding out is what I find fun.
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And of course, while I would prefer for it to be good,
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it's not really the end of the world if it isn't
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because the final drawing is more of a byproduct rather than the goal.
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Other things you can do to help find the fun in
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art is to have a good understanding of what you really enjoy trying.
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Yes, it's important to practice and eat your art vegetables,
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but you have to make sure to make time to draw what you love as well.
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And it's even better if you manage to develop taste for vegetables.
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So is there a particular media you really enjoy?
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Do you like illustration?
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Do you like designing characters that's something you'll have to find out
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because if you genuinely have fun drawing you'll find
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that it becomes much easier to keep up the habit i
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think people tend to overestimate their own ability to do things
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that they don't enjoy just think about how crowded the gym is in january
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and compare it to how it looks in february just one month later another thing
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How do you feel when you see art that's better than yours?
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Do you feel inspired?
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Or do you feel frustrated and disappointed in yourself that you can't draw like that?
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I definitely used to feel unhappy whenever I saw better artists out there.
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It even got to the point where I stopped looking at other artists altogether.
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I just felt so bad about myself.
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And instead of being able to celebrate my fellow artists successes,
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I was only bitter that they could do what I could not.
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It was definitely not a good point in my life and I'm grateful that I was able to move past that.
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It definitely took a while to get myself out of that mindset.
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And the first thing was to remind myself exactly how long other people had been practicing for.
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And I don't mean how old they are or how many years they've been drawing.
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In my opinion, that's just not really a very useful metric.
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Drawing for a year can mean that they drew for an hour every weekend
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or that they were literally grinding for 10 hours a day.
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There's a really huge range in what one year means.
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So I didn't realize that initially.
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I picked up drawing relatively late,
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so initially it was really frustrating to me that people 10 years younger than me were so much better than I was,
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and they still are.
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But despite being so much younger than me,
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those people have probably practiced far more than I have.
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I spent most of my life not drawing.
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It makes sense that they're better than me.
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So expecting myself to be as good as them with
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so much less work put in means that I kind of expected myself to be some kind of super genius,
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which, well, no, I'm obviously not.
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So it doesn't make sense for me to expect myself to be good as them
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because I just haven't practiced as much as they have.
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So instead of worrying about whether I had that talent,
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I just decided to draw instead of worrying about what I can't change anyway.
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I started to be a little bit more patient
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and kinder to myself and that made drawing so much less stressful for me.
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Okay so this was a little rambly but if you managed to make it all the way to the end, thanks.
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And if you are understandably frustrated about art,
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I hope it helped you a a little bit.
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If you enjoyed the video,
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I'd appreciate it if you did the YouTube stuff,
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and if there's anything else you'd like to see from me,
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please let me know.
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So good luck out there artists,
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and remember to have fun!
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背景介紹
在這段影片中，講者分享了他們在藝術創作過程中遇到的挑戰和挫折。尤其是對於初學者來說，藝術創作可能會讓人感到沮喪。講者表達了通過個人經驗，如何在面對困難時重新找回對藝術的熱情。這段對話不僅適用於藝術領域，也為學習語言的朋友們提供了一種有效的學習方法，特別是在看YouTube學英語時，能夠透過他人的經歷獲得啟示。
日常交流的五個常用短語
- 我怎麼才能變得更好？ - 詢問如何提高自己的技能。
- 我努力了很久，但為什麼沒有進展？ - 表達沮喪和對自己進步的疑惑。
- 我能從哪裡開始？ - 尋找學習或改進的起點。
- 我在練習，但結果不如預期。 - 分享對練習成果的失望。
- 藝術和運動一樣需要堅持。 - 用比喻說明堅持練習的重要性。
逐步跟讀指南
對於那些希望提高口語能力的英語學習者，特別是在觀看影片時，shadow speech（影子語音）是一種非常有效的學習方法。以下是針對這段影片的逐步跟讀指南，幫助您更好地掌握髮音和語調。
- 選擇影片片段： 首先，選擇講者講話的片段，時間最好在1-2分鐘內，確保內容簡潔易懂。
- 聆聽理解： 多次觀看該段影片，嘗試理解講者所表達的情感和觀點。在此過程中，您可以注意到講者的語速、語調和重音。
- 開始跟讀： 在聽的過程中，暫停影片並嘗試複述講者所說的內容。儘量模仿其語音和語調，這樣有助於提高您的口語流利度。
- 記錄與對比： 錄下您的跟讀，並與原聲音訊進行比較。這樣可以識別出發音上的差異，並及時調整。
- 反覆練習： 重複以上步驟，直到您對自己的發音和表達感到滿意。每天堅持練習，您會逐漸感覺到自己的進步。
通過這種方式，您不僅可以提高自己的雅思口語練習能力，還能在看YouTube學英語中享受到樂趣。儘量保持耐心，給自己時間去適應和成長，您會發現，shadow speak（影子說話）是一種有效的方法來提升英語口語水平。
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 現在完成進行時 have/has been + -ing — 以前開始、現在仍在繼續的動作 | you've been working · they've been drawing |
| “used to” used to + 動詞 — 過去的習慣或狀態，現在已不再如此 | used to feel · used to get |
| 條件句 if + 從句，will/would + 動詞 — 條件及其結果 | if you genuinely have fun drawing you'll find · if there's anything else you'd like |
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | I've been · you've been · You've spent |
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。