Yes, it happens even when I've taken a break for a few days. It comes back after a few hours and then am on a roll.

I feel like there's a lot to learn as an artist, and having to go back and practice things isn't uncommon or a bad thing.

I'm not an artist, but I know that feel. I'm trying to study for my board exams and I do so everyday. But I always have this nagging feeling in the back of my mind that if I put my books down for even one minute, I'll forget everything I've read.

I feel things can change from day to day. And after a break there's a bit of rust to work out through.

Your art is still worlds better then anything I've ever done.

:p

Welcome to the hell that is my life, except with programming.

As one of the comments said....that's me with fucking schoolwork. Except it only happens with really fucking hard subjects that my teachers just could not explain better. And long math equations that literally, not all the information sticks.

Occasionally applies to information I've learned. Though that risks pushing stuff out of my head cause I swear its almost full, or just burying alot of info under other info.

With me kinda happens the opposite, it usually doesn't feel like when I'm improving. But whenever I take a break from drawing, when I start drawing again feels like I improved a lot.

Sometimes you have to just 'go with the flow' I find, and simply trust that everything you have been practicing up to that point will be more muscle memory. You should have some inkling what's working for you vs what doesn't if if you can't explain why.

Bottom line just draw. Let the pieces sort themselves out later.

I believe that art is not just the expression of itself but the making of it. You commit yourself into learning it with every muscle you have just to learn how to make it right. To find your mistakes and take it into actions that will forever stay in your mind.

To me its like keystrokes, in typing, it is very important to stay in the english language just so that other people can understand another. At least for those speaking in english that is. But every once in a while someone will make a mistake and you will miss it. Not because it doesn't mater but because you believe it is not improtant that ist right. Sometimes the same could be said with drawing. If it doesn't mater where the lines are because some one is already looking for the picture of something, they will try their hardest to read it corectly.

If you want my advice I would have to say know what you are doing to get to that point of correctness, of understanding. It helps if you already know what your fans are looking for, but to go for everyone you have to know what you are comfortable typing. Or in your case, Drawing. It will not help if you break your hand holding a pen for too long. Nor will it help you when you try to change your dialect to talk to someone in a different way. If you want proof of this, try to read this reply again and find all the mistakes that I made dispite autocorrect told me needed fixing.