Conscious Learning | 7 Habits of a Good Artist | Based on Blender Foundation speech by Andrew Price (view full videos on youtube.com)
Habit #4 Conscious learning – not practice, practice, practice
I heard a saying “It is not practice that makes perfect, but perfect practice that makes perfect.”
Andrew uses the example of a time when he was drawing but he was in a rut, not improving – just redrawing the same pictures over and over again. He realized he needed more training. He started to re-learn the old things and he realized he hadn’t adopted everything he had learned.
How I found this applied to me in my cartooning of the bible was that I recognized pretty quickly my limitations and I enrolled in a night school course for cartooning once per week at my local college. I totally enjoyed the experience and enjoyed getting out each week with other people who had like interests.
If you feel like you need more training in the area you are called to, go and get the training. Look outside the box so to speak, to see how you could make it happen.
Consciously always be improving your skills. Try not to plateau.
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