/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4866284
speaking as a dumb autist who does 16+ hour days a lot and grinds hard, it's really something you have to work up to and is not very sustainable. burnout will make you lose more time than simply having a sane working schedule and good balance in your life.
if you just wanted to grind fundies, go to an atelier. they will make you gud in 1 year, do some schoolism/cgma/gnomon/nma/whatever courses on top and you will reach an employable level

if you're truly deadset on doing the solo grind.
>1 hour life drawing everyday minimum
start with simple stuff that you can find in your kitchen & work your way up to more complex scenes. have a goal you want to focus on, values, edges, brush economy etc. find an artist you like and try to emulate their technique as you paint. a good starting point would be to learn to render the scene in 3 values. over time add more complexity to you life drawings, maybe add dresses or statues, maybe start going to museums.
afterwards, do at least a 30+ min imaginative drawing based of the shapes/colors/general lighting scheme.
>1 hour plein air/ outdoor sketching every day minimum
view this as distinct from your other life drawing. plein air is much harder and there's a lot of factors out of your control; light changes fast. however it will make you really fucking good and really fucking fast. go to bus stations, go to cafes, go to zoos put yourself in situations that force you to quickly interpret information on the page. afterwards, paint an imaginary character into the scene that fits the lighting. if you sketch people that day, take 1 or 2 of your drawings back to the studio and try to do an anatomy study based on it. if you can coordinate your outdoor drawing with your gym time & cardio you will gain a lot of efficiency, this will also help you avoid burnout

okay so that's 3 to 4 hours, what do we do with the rest of the day?
(in part 2...)