Hey, @conigliobianco, welcome to this community! Glad you’ve been enjoying it. The really interesting thing about your question is how it brings to surface a whole exercise of self perception - at least, to me, it did 😅 I was like “yeah, what are the 5 most important things in my practice?” Took some time ruminating it… As I read the comments, I really like what @Christopher Beaven points out: clarity, distraction-free, breaking down tasks, self-challenge and feedback. These seem to be major aspects of approaching not just art, but mostly any kind of practice or creative production. Thinking more specifically, in terms of drawing concepts and techniques, I began to wonder: “if I had to pick 5 aspects that I just can’t leave out to have as priorities in my work - what would they be?” Of course, answers could vary greatly among different people, as art is such a vast field. But, to my context, here’s what I came up with: 1) The idea / story 2) The gesture 3) The shapes 4) The linework 5) The delivery (all choices involving “how I’m gonna show it”: composition, finishing style, visual presentation…) That’s my take. 🙂 Cheers!

I would simply break down learning how to draw in three stages. Progressing each in order. 1) Observational drawing 2) Perspective drawing 3) Force drawing within those stages, I will break them down even further. I will keep breaking them down until I reach a simple task to master. Then I will go on to the next simple task. This creates a hierarchy. This allows me to focus on small task throughout the day while still keeping the bigger goal. When I break down the task, they are generally already done by the person your learning from. So take advantage of that. The process is never linear, but to have a map like this keeps you on track and motivates you by seeing your progress. EX. Observational Drawing 1) block-ins (then I break it down even further) - Tracing ( you can break this one down even further as well ) - Sight size -Measuring 2) Rendering -2 values -5 values etc. Hopefully you get the idea. I will also add a crucial advice to notice your weaknesses when doing these task. Whatever your weak at must be given your full focus. Those are the ones you must intensely focus in your practice

Hey, great question! The 5 that focus my practice the most are: - Having a clear goal of what I want to accomplish with the practice session. - Removing all distractions during my art sessions. - Breaking complex tasks down into simple steps. - Challenging myself with each session. - Immediate feedback after each session. This is a basic outline from Peak by Anders Ericsson. A great book on peak performers and how they become masters at their craft. I'll checkout the book Practice Perfect. Thanks for the recommendation. Welcome to Proko!