Burnout happens when whatever you’re practicing is no longer sustainable. Like people who try ridiculous and extreme diets to loose weight quickly. It doesn’t work over the long run. They usually gain the weight back. Consistency over long periods of time is more important than what you can accomplish in just a few months. Enjoy the process. Maybe change what or how you’re practicing if the process starts to feel dreadful. Study a different subject or try a different medium. Perhaps a different environment to draw in. I like to go to the park.

Me alegro Que lo hayas encontrado! Te lo recomiendo muchisimo y honestamente creo Que no vas a encontrar un curso tan completo y estructurado como este. Te recomendaria Que no saltaras ninguna leccion y completes Cada tarea asignada mas tu tiempo personal de practica para mejores resultados. Suerte!!

There is SO much to unpack here! Good morning I’m Riin! I’m going to try my hand at critiquing and coaching you a bit here .. Your herons are incredibly advanced subjects to target after. This is not a bad thing! It just means there’s a lot more going on in the subject matter to pay attention to that your eye is yet trained to look for. With that being said your third drawing attempt of these birds is your most solid as you allowed the sketchy lines in to represent direction of the feathering and you inputted contour lines to help yourself understand and translate understanding of the curvature of the neck. Let’s go back to your still life first drawing- are you drawing from observation? Or are you drawing from photo? Anyone will tell you it’s best to learn straight from observation as it’s 3D and a photo has already made a 3D object into a 2D one. However, it’s still possible, though not ideal. Let’s start with your values. Have you done a value scale? Have you done it a few times over to really get familiar with it? Let’s start there. Once you have that down I want you to keep in mind that everything forms a shape- including those values! Look at those shades and shadows real close when you go ti draw—and you’ll see shapes of different shades made and often they mimic that value scale!… unless you have a very strong overhead light source. Your whole still life is made of these shapes from shadows, start training your eye to look for them and contour them out! This will eventually translate over to your herons with you get really handy with it. I hope this helps, I know it’s a lot- I’m new here too but welcome in with the rest of us!

It's wonderful to hear that you're inspired to start your journey as an artist! Welcome! And don't hesitate to ask for help or advice along the way. You've got this!