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I once read that Nelson Shanks spends twelve hours a day, virtually every day, in the studio. (I imagine he has a wife to take care of the mundane things that seem to keep me out of the studio so much. There's a whole other thread on that issue!)
I'm sure he doesn't spend all that time actually putting paint on canvas but I think time spent looking at art books, doing sketches and the like, all count as "painting" time, and help to move one's work forward.
Like many artists, I need to mentally shift gears once a painting is finished. I always have three or four paintings in progress at one time, though, so I don't lose much time.
I read somewhere else that "inspiration is for amateurs" and that those who view this as a serious career work whether they feel like it or not. Fortunately, I always feel like painting! Sometimes I don't have the energy I'd like to have for painting, though. I'm trying to do a lot more exercise to overcome that problem.
I also find that when I think I don't have any energy for painting I start to work on something low stress (not a commission) and find that it's midnight before I know it!
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