Continue or restart after a long break?

11:31 PM, Friday July 29th 2022

Hi, I'm just back from a long break because of school, and finally have some time to draw again.

I'm wondering if I should restart the entire thing, because I wasn't drawing while I was at school (I know dumb mistake), but I feel so lazy to repeat the entire thing again.

So I wonder if I should just continue (currently in 250 box challenge, 70th box) or just repeat it.

Best Regards,

Vintages

11 users agree
3:43 AM, Saturday July 30th 2022

You should continue, exept do a 30 min warmuo to get you back on your feet. Don't redo the whole course as it is a time waste

7 users agree
7:10 AM, Saturday July 30th 2022

Unless you were gone for a really long time, it should be enough to just revisit some of the exercises as a refresher and then continue where you left off.

0 users agree
6:37 PM, Monday August 15th 2022

I think you should focus on doing warm ups before you get into the 250 box challenge again. It also depends on how long you took a break for, a month? 2 weeks? 3 months? A big part of the DrawABox approach is motivation, focus on doing your 50% rule for now and before you get into the box challenge again do your warmups for 10-15 mins.

I'm a beginner myself so I don't have the best advice to give, sorry!

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