02-01-2014, 09:57 AM
I think I should just stop crying and practice ahah:D
But, what you said made me think about my practice as a series of exercises. And I think I have to sit down and think very thoroughly about breaking it down into mini-schedules and go by them. Because I realized I'm all over the place and I'm picking exercises on a singled out basis. Which is good in one aspect, which is not being bored or overwhelmed. I can do Hampton today all day if I'm disgusted by my yesterday's attempts at making thumbnails and vice versa. Or I can do Hampton for an hour and then do portraits and then do value studies and maintain the hours without ending the day on a floor, silently sobbing and eating hair from the carpet:)
But, it's actually bad in general, as I don't think I progress at all, being like some kind of leprechaun on acid, without structure to his practice.
So, I have to build me some foundation and daily/weekly schedule. The next question would be, what should it look like? And with that I think I might need some help. I don't really know what to practice, in what amount, should I completely disregard something according to my goals... I don't know what predictions to make about my progress so I can't really set some midterm goals ("six months from now I plan on being x and y regarding a and b") etc. Also, should I separate exercises on a daily basis or do all in one day in small chunks, or maybe do one thing for five days then switch etc...
So, I might create some kind of HALP ME thread in the near future:)
Today I tried painting, you know, that mysterious stuff with colors and brushes:) Same old thing, even if I pay attention to doing planes and masses, I end up making like billion unnecessary transitional strokes and creating piles of mud without value information in an attempt to enrich the transitions and make more finished piece. Of course, it's due to lack of practice, but I think there's also something I simply don't get in there somewhere, as I see absolute beginners doing more effective stuff with more effective strokes etc. I always end up with those duct tape overlapping pieces of shit all over the piece.
Also, VISUAL LIBRARY. I simply stop after some time and I'm like "I can't put any more info, I simply don't possess it":)
But, what you said made me think about my practice as a series of exercises. And I think I have to sit down and think very thoroughly about breaking it down into mini-schedules and go by them. Because I realized I'm all over the place and I'm picking exercises on a singled out basis. Which is good in one aspect, which is not being bored or overwhelmed. I can do Hampton today all day if I'm disgusted by my yesterday's attempts at making thumbnails and vice versa. Or I can do Hampton for an hour and then do portraits and then do value studies and maintain the hours without ending the day on a floor, silently sobbing and eating hair from the carpet:)
But, it's actually bad in general, as I don't think I progress at all, being like some kind of leprechaun on acid, without structure to his practice.
So, I have to build me some foundation and daily/weekly schedule. The next question would be, what should it look like? And with that I think I might need some help. I don't really know what to practice, in what amount, should I completely disregard something according to my goals... I don't know what predictions to make about my progress so I can't really set some midterm goals ("six months from now I plan on being x and y regarding a and b") etc. Also, should I separate exercises on a daily basis or do all in one day in small chunks, or maybe do one thing for five days then switch etc...
So, I might create some kind of HALP ME thread in the near future:)
Today I tried painting, you know, that mysterious stuff with colors and brushes:) Same old thing, even if I pay attention to doing planes and masses, I end up making like billion unnecessary transitional strokes and creating piles of mud without value information in an attempt to enrich the transitions and make more finished piece. Of course, it's due to lack of practice, but I think there's also something I simply don't get in there somewhere, as I see absolute beginners doing more effective stuff with more effective strokes etc. I always end up with those duct tape overlapping pieces of shit all over the piece.
Also, VISUAL LIBRARY. I simply stop after some time and I'm like "I can't put any more info, I simply don't possess it":)