Am I practicing wrong or right?

[appleseed00]

way too much i see people creating the same photostudies and gestures. Like ReneAlgier said, spinning the wheel.

I like to refer to this as the banking model of education. you can find out more about it here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banking_education

"Instead of communicating, the teacher issues communiques and makes deposits which the students patiently receive, memorize, and repeat. This is the "banking" concept of education, in which the scope of action allowed to students extends only as far as receiving, filing, and storing the deposits."

So this type of study leads to an endless cycle of untargeted effort and disappointment when you come to do your own original work.

An alternative was proposed by Paulo Freire; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem-posing_education

its a little too broad in scope and depth to sum up nicely in a few sentences, however the general gist of it is that it is about a Results based design problem solving approach.

This perhaps can help artists who are struggling to level up, focus on results orientated strategies for growth rather than rote learning.

I agree with amit, that Dedication and drive will do the hard work and an open mind is key.