Does everyone who draws find it very demanding?

The past 2 weeks have been so hot I have been unable to get out much to have a go at drawing landscapes so I have stuck to still life, not very well thought out subject matter, just a few items as they are around the house.

Is it just me or does everyone who draws find it very demanding? I enjoy what I call scribbly sketches, like William Gillies flowing drawings. In the bottom image here I have tried to be accurate, but accurate drawing is tough. I think maybe I get bored or frustrated trying to be accurate, knowing in my mind that I will never draw accurately enough to satisfy myself, so why try, just do what I enjoy.

When I am drawing I get the feeling my brain is busy telling me, "Your drawing is accurate, carry on" as if to shield me from the real truth at that moment in time. And when I come back in an hour or two, perhaps the next day, all the obvious errors look straight back at me.

One way around the problem of errors is to look at your work in a mirror, turn it upside down or take a snap with digital camera and look at it smaller. As if by magic, errors are revealed. But then, how do you fix them? I just go away and come back later, rubber in hand. I then try to fix these errors but the drawing becomes more and more over worked. I admire these people who are able or practiced enough to draw accurately and at the same time keep it fresh. The funny thing is, although I admire accurate drawing from a technical point of view, I do not get the same pleasure from it as a lively energetic sketch.

Another thing I have problems with is fitting the drawing on the paper. I stare at a landscape and think, let's plan this out, put down a rough outline, but so often I don't. Instead, I just say to myself I will start here and that should allow for the highest point and the width. But no matter how hard I think this through, without putting down a clear outline first, I nearly always run out of paper. So either I start again, or continue and put up with my composition running off the edge.

The thing is I don’t want to be restricted by the edges of the paper. I don't want to rough out the drawing to make sure it fits, I didn't do this when I was a kid, I just started and drew, so why should I start now! So what if it doesn't fit the paper! Unlike looking through a camera lens, when you see things with your own eyes (if you enjoy fairly normal vision without glasses that is), you never have the feeling of a frame restricting your view.

Bonnard knew how to handle the problem of size. He used to pin an oversized piece of canvas on a wall and then paint. He never wanted the format of a prepared canvas to dictate the layout of his painting.

To sum up, it seems to me I have 3 types of drawing activity. 1. Accurate drawing (I don't enjoy much). 2. Light careful sketch (enjoyable but not always). 3. Energetic scribble (I really enjoy the freedom with less worries about inaccuracy). So, if I struggle or am just too lazy to draw accurately, and if I want to enjoy drawing, it has to be a rough 'Energetic scribbly' sketch keeping my line free, almost painterly.

With a landscape I try to let my sketches and their lines project the energy I feel for the subject, the excitement I feel when looking at objects and their juxtaposition. I am most comfortable when my line work in the sketch seems to be searching for the right line or proportion. Only then is it fun to draw.

When lines in a drawing are free and sketchy, it hides errors, and where errors are clear to see you accept them more readily. And because the drawing is vigorous and the line work generous, you don't just look at it, you read it, the drawing taking your eyes on a journey following the lines.