02-01-2014, 12:15 PM
Some nice studies going on Doolio, keep at it! As for setting a schedule and such, it would really depend on what your goals are, but there are some things, as you know, that are universally necessary (ie, anatomy, texture, color, value, etc). I think it would be important not to overwhelm yourself since each of these topics is extremely large and made of very many different little pieces, so make sure you subdivide these into all the little parts (ie, studying a forearm one day, and the knee another day). Make sure to remind yourself that you are definitely improving, as long as you maintain a critical eye on your own work (which you seem to be doing well) and continue to do imaginative work that takes from your studies.
Something that also may be a good exercise is after you paint something, and feel like your brain can't spit out any more, look for reference (in terms of pose, facial structure, lighting, color scheme, etc) that looks as close as possible to your sketch and list the things that look different, and then make the changes. I felt a world of difference in my studies when I started doing that instead of doing the imagination work and then moving on after I was done with it. Hope I'm helpful in some way, and never stop!
Something that also may be a good exercise is after you paint something, and feel like your brain can't spit out any more, look for reference (in terms of pose, facial structure, lighting, color scheme, etc) that looks as close as possible to your sketch and list the things that look different, and then make the changes. I felt a world of difference in my studies when I started doing that instead of doing the imagination work and then moving on after I was done with it. Hope I'm helpful in some way, and never stop!
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