Study Schedules

[etenzero]

I know this thread has been sleeping for over a year now, but I have to ask...

I've been looking into the schedules posted here, is there any reason why most studies end after an hour or so?

And does it mean you have to move on to another piece if the time is up? I've been trying to do these 1 hour studies, and it always leaves me feeling like I have to do 3 more hours on it after the times up.

What is it you are trying to get out of the study is a good question to ask yourself. Not all studies need to be completed to 100%. For example say you are doing a drapery study, and there are like 50 folds - it is not necessary to do all 50 of them, because your goal of the study isn't to produce a "completed picture". Your goal is to study folds until you feel like you've got what you came for. Maybe it takes you 20/50 folds drawn, maybe 35/50. Sometimes maybe it does take you 50/50.

The point is that the time doesn't matter nearly as much as having a concise reason for the study. When that reason is fulfilled, move on. Studies aren't meant to be polished, unless your doing a study to learn how to polish a piece. 

We have a natural disposition to want to polish things, but there's a time and place for that - and as counterproductive as it sounds, not everything needs to be "completed". Only your understanding of what you are studying needs to be "complete".