"I enjoy going back and forth between doing colour and black and white portraits. Both hone different sensibilities. If you're just starting out with painting, I advise working with black and white first, which will help you learn how to organise your values, understand the basics of lighting and get you comfortable with working with paint before adding the complexity of colour."
"Having a specific skill set in mind that you're keen to focus on with your studies will go a long way in speeding up your learning and help you get more out of it. Many artists will just randomly pick something to paint or draw, without any thought on what skill or concept they want to gain a better understanding of."
Morning studies and sketches focused on values and lighting strengthen artistic skills. Alternating between colour and black-and-white exercises trains different sensibilities, with black-and-white recommended for beginners to learn value organization and lighting fundamentals before adding colour complexity. Choosing a specific skill to concentrate on accelerates learning and improves outcomes compared with random practice. Many beginners struggle to know what to study and how, while setting daily goals steadily builds skills and shapes artistic direction. Structured, consistent practice and targeted objectives lead to more efficient improvement in figure drawing.
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