Effective learning

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Effective Learning?

I definitely agree that having fun during learning does boost effectiveness.  

My own experience is that having fun boosts motivation which has been key in me continuing my learning path.

I started off on here with the thought that my main area of weakness was environments so I tried to focus on that but I found it difficult to press through the drudgery of studying.  I then changed tactics and focussed on what I enjoyed most - characters.  I found that because I enjoyed the subject - I was able to push through the drudgery.  The bonus being that the things I am learning - perspective, lighting etc ... should improve my environments as well when I eventually do get around to learning them.

This thread has also made me think about what things help me enjoy doing art?  Here's just a quick brain-dump:

• Creating something that looks good to me.
  
• Learning something that makes my art better.
  
• Drawing characters.
  
• Having an end goal to my art (creating a comic).
  
• Listening to music while I'm drawing.
  
• Belonging to a cool art community (such as this one :)).
  
• Helping others with their art.
  
• Being helped by others with my art.
  

There's probably more but I'll leave it at that for now :).