about.mdx

From the desk of

Jana

Creator, @canvasofjana

There are other drawing courses,
but they're not like this

I help total beginners draw realistic portraits in 7 days. No talent. No fancy supplies. Just perception.

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So how did I get here?

25

years old when I started

7

weeks to draw portraits

14

portraits completed

$15

total supply cost

45 days ago, I couldn't draw a stick figure. I was 25, working full-time, drowning in tutorial overwhelm. Then I discovered ONE book — Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards — and committed to 6-hour Saturday sessions.

The first two weeks were brutal. I was drawing what I thought faces looked like. Eyes like almonds. Noses like triangles. I compared myself to YouTube artists and almost quit.

Then I hit the "perceiving edges/contour" chapter. Something clicked. I stopped trying to draw "a hand" and started tracing actual edges I could see. Suddenly, hands looked 3D. Faces had depth. Everything changed.

By week 7, I had completed 14 portraits with nothing but a $15 toolkit and Saturday mornings. Strangers thought I'd been drawing for years.

"I teach because I remember Day 1 exactly. Not because I'm the best artist — because I remember what it feels like to be the worst."

Why this is different

1

One book. Not 47 tutorials.

Everything in the workbook comes from Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. One source. One method. No confusion.

2

Saturday batching, not daily guilt.

You don't need to draw every day. I built this entire skill practicing ONLY on Saturdays. 6 hours of deep immersion beats 30 days of scattered 20-minute sessions.

3

Perception, not talent.

Drawing isn't a gift. It's a way of seeing. The workbook teaches you to see edges, spaces, and relationships — the actual skill behind realistic portraits.