I love this advice. I used this exact technique when I wanted to improve my digital drawing skills. I forced myself to use just a single "brush" to create a co

I love this advice. I used this exact technique when I wanted to improve my digital drawing skills. I forced myself to use just a single "brush" to create a complete drawing every day until I had used every brush. (Desktop computer, Wacom tablet, Sketchbook Pro software.) 30-60 minutes per day for months. At first I produced some incredible garbage. But after a while, I learned how to take advantage of scaling the brush size, changing the opacity, manipulating color, until I was actually creating pretty cool stuff with the most unlikely tools. By forcing myself to abuse the tools, I gained skills and insights that probably would have taken me years of "normal" use to acquire. And these skills weren't just a novelty - they could be applied even when I allowed myself to use the right tool (brush) for the right job.