How to ACTUALLY Practice Art (Avoid Burnout)

Avoid burnout, learn efficiently and effectively. Have fun doing it. In Art School we can often lose track of what made learning Art fun. In this video we'll go over ways to bring creativity to your learning, while still practicing as much an well as you need to.

Part of burnout in Art is not being able to draw what we want, and not wanting to drill everything over and over. This cycle just creates distance between us and our passion. So lets take control, and start to refocus and train our minds to enjoy practice, and make time for our own art.

[ashleshayc]

i love that you mentioned that it’s okay to bend the rules even when you’re making a study. i feel like that was exactly what held me back for years before I started putting my own expressions on my references just to make it more interesting. great video!!

[flyingfish]

This is SO useful! Thank you for making this. I'm currently working on my portrait drawing as the next part of my art "journey".

[Sylessae]

The realizations you made in this video were really unique! Gives me a lot to think about for my work and teaching. c:

[ragemachinist]

So tl:dw:

- Start developing a system / workflow.
- Don't just do tutorials. Write them down in your own words. Rephrase. Incorporate into your system / workflow. Do them from memory to check if you truly "installed" them.
- Record yourself painting. See if something jumps out at you. Maybe show your process to a more experienced artist.

Yeah, makes sense =) Have a direction.
Helps avoid burnout because you actually see progress. Working without seeing results is burnout territory.

[Krtex]

Very interesting video, I just think I'm too.. Idk, beginner to do most things. I've started out on drawing roughly two months ago and I'm avoiding shading and light, rendering and even some parts of anatomy like a genuine fear lol Just feel like I'm never ready for stuff and it ends up too plain or with alot of messed up things