scrap's book

[darktiste]

You would be much better of having a specific goal in mind rather than copying to extract something at random why make it accidental improvement when you can work smart.I know as artist we tend to think seeing is knowing but without though it just going printer mode and shutting off any real gain you could be making if you were deliberatly working toward goal.I know that setting goal is a big problem for most because it put them in front of something they might not have sucess in achieving but that shouldn't stop you .Failure is the only way to gain insight in what is being done right and wrong.If you draw something it important that you try to also apply it to your own personal work so that you in a sense solidify that knowledge and that your brain record that this is important information to remember but it a good start to draw from memory i think it just even better to find a way to practice what you learn into something you did yourself.

Avoid long stretch of only studying to see if you actually have learned something or if you were simply observing without retain what you saw.

Here one of my oldest post on forum but it still as relevant as ever i believe.

How to learn to draw and the importance of practical dialogue over mindless pratice
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-4107.html