The Basics

How to Study

How to Divvy Your Time

When starting out, students have a lot of questions and one of the top concerns is how to plan your time to be more successful.  

The general rule of thumb is to spend about 30% of your time learning, 30% of your time practicing what you’ve learned, and 40% of your time creating art for the fun of it, creating whatever it is you want to. It is important, however, that while you draw for fun you still try and implement whatever you are currently learning.

The general rule of thumb is to spend about 30% of your time learning, 30% of your time practicing what you’ve learned, and 40% of your time creating art for the fun of it, creating whatever it is you want to.

One myth I would like to dispel is that mastering a skill requires at least 10,000 hours of focused, deliberate practice. Maybe over the years you’ll accumulate those hours, but if we break it down, this is really impractical. If, for example, you were to work on this full time - 40 hours a week - it would take almost 5 years! But if the average learner only has a couple of hours a day, if they are lucky, so we don’t have that kind of time to waste.

So what IS the right thing to do?

You need to have a plan or goal to work towards. This helps you figure out exactly what you are trying to achieve, allows you to carve out a path that leads directly towards that goal, helps you to stay focused, as well as steadily progressing forward towards that goal. This is where Draw Daily comes in.

I intend for Draw Daily to help guide artists through the necessary steps of learning how to draw. I also intend to bridge gaps where there are no resources - such as a deep dive into how to appropriately study so as to retain more and to make quicker progress.