/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6795650
>1:00PM - I like to spend this time in the studio/workspace. In the heat of the day, it's good to be inside, and when I'm inside I like to do studies. Focus. While in the morning we were concerned with quantity, here we're shooting for quality time. For the next four hours I suggest doing Master Studies, or long term observational studies, like still lives. Be choosy in whose work you copy. Rembrandt, Caravaggio, and Ingres are a few of my favorites. For the longterm drawings/paintings, I'm thinking in the ballpark of 8-12 hours at most, but more likely just 3-4 such that you might complete a picture every day or every other day. The studies can be any size, but I do recommend working larger if you can afford it.
>5:00PM - We break, eat food, engage in leisure. Don't challenge yourself in this time, again, low impact activities. We are trying to direct all of our brainpower toward art and art alone, and to do that we need rest.
>8:00PM - Here we're getting really specific. Repetitive and technical practice are my preference in the evening. Practicing calligraphy, doing cube/sphere/cylinder/pyramid drills, perspective drawing, whatever you want really. Even gessoing/preparing canvases is a good way to spend this time. You've already had a productive day at this point, try to find areas of practice you could work on even on the phone with someone, or sort-of half watching a movie, for example.
>10:00PM - Most important of all is to get a good night's sleep so we can get up and do it again tomorrow. If you maintain this pace, there's no way not to improve over 12 months time. Will you be a pro? Who knows. But the most important thing is to structure your time and treat it like work. The specific exercises should be tailored to your interests. Keep at it anon. YGMI.

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