How you tackling learning?

[Adam Lina]

I tend to focus heavily on one subject for months at a time. I was really focused on anatomy last year and pretty much all my drawings were figures and muscle/bone studies. Now I can draw people fairly well but Im lost when it comes to other things like even putting cloths on them. So now Im trying to branch out. The problem with my single minded approach is that I have to neglect the things I spent so long learning. Now Im trying to create a balance to keep my figure drawing from relapsing badly while I try to get competent in things like composition and design. Ian Mcque said something in a recent interview I thought was helpful. He said something along these lines. You spend a long time learning anatomy but then you have to try not to beat people over the head with your anatomy knowledge. So you leave anatomy out in favor of making appealing figures. But then that anatomy knowledge starts to fade and you have to repeat the cycle over.