Drawing is Important: How to Start a Lifelong Daily Drawing Practice

An inspiring guide to building a sustainable daily drawing habit—embracing consistency over perfection.

Drawing Is Important is more than a drawing book—it's a practical and encouraging guide to transforming your creative life through consistent daily practice. Through insightful essays and creative exercises, this book builds on Tom Froese's popular Skillshare class to make the case for why drawing every day—without pressure for results—can lead to greater creativity, artistic growth, and personal satisfaction.

Whether you're an experienced artist looking to reinvigorate your practice or a beginner eager to build confidence, this beautiful guide offers the motivation, mindset shifts, and practical guidance you need to develop a habit of drawing regularly.

Inside Drawing Is Important, you'll discover:

  • Encouraging insights on why daily drawing leads to creative breakthroughs

  • Practical exercises designed to build your drawing habit

  • Mindset shifts that remove pressure and perfectionism

  • Strategies for maintaining consistency over time

  • Beautiful design that inspires creativity on every page

  • Guidance for artists at every skill level

Front cover of Drawing is Important by Tom Froese

Print length128 pages Publisher Rockport Publishers Publication date April 7 2026 Dimensions 20.32 x 0.81 x 25.4 cm ISBN -13978-0760399460

$24.99 US | $32.00 CAN | £18.99 UK

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