About self education...

[calin4thewin]

Hmm, I think WC somehow ate my previous post

Anyway, please see here the level of involvement, and try to get something similar going on.

Get a small group of buddies so you can make it official (less likely to slack if there's more of you actively drawing, with some specific times in a week set aside for this).

Get some good feedback from WC or any other place with good artists willing to critique, try to get into a workshop every now and then, see videos online of how other artists create their pieces, and that's about it. Studies have shown our brains need around 10.000 hours of work/practice to get really awesome in most fields, so just find a way to get them

[AmritS]

We live in what is now referred to as the "Information Age". Anything you want to learn is at the tips of your fingers through the internet. WetCanvas has taught me a lot so far, and continues to teach me. There is a strong community here and all the work you post will be given good open and honest critique.

I can say I've enrolled in a few courses recently (painting and drawing) and I have learnt just as much from the courses as I have from this site. The teacher runs a class of say, 20 students. Here you have 20 teachers per student. What's more it is free and you get to do what you want in your own time. I have private messaged some ppl and they have gone to great lengths to help me learn to improve.

I began painting a few months ago. Never had done anything before in my life. Wetcanvas has pretty much all you need and you will save a fortune.