Practice Comparing
. . . and I don’t mean practice comparing your art to others art - especially to a professional’s. In my classes I teach that you should only be comparing the art you create today, to your previous creations. This way you see how you’ve grown rather than beating yourself up for not being ‘perfect’. There is no perfect or right way in art.

Compare Relationships
The comparing I’m talking about is the comparing of relationships.
Relationships of:

• Values
• Colors
• Shapes
• Textures
• Movement
• Position
• and Light

Your eye will become more and more sensitive to all the delicious, delicate relationships as you increase your powers of observation - thus increasing your skills in your art.

Yup - this was a trick. Practicing Comparing is still Practicing Seeing.

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Photo Credit: Thank you *clarity*!