This is for @melbaboutown. I was reading about how you're worried you can't focus because you keep looking at new things.
Looking at new techniques and materials is awesome, not a fault. NOT A FAULT.
What I was taught at art school is to do projects. Every new student is encouraged to choose a project, every week they are guided in learning and practicing technique and materials for the project. More than one project is encouraged.
So focus on the project but at the same time your interest can drift in all kinds of directions, and the drifting can all go towards achieving the project.
A project is typically something than can take a lot of hours of research, reading, testing, thinking, learning, practice, actually doing. A project is a work of art.