I recently completed my IMC and was looking forward to some solo practice (with appropriate radar service of course!). Unfortunately the artifical horizon has went tech on the groups aircraft the day after the licence arrived back
My plan is to try and fly through some thin layered cloud at first to become pop out after a short while 'on top'. After a while, as my confidence improves, I'd hope to maintain a longer period in IMC. Hopefully at this stage all my flights will contain an element of IMC.
As regards approaches I think that I'll fly Instrument Approaches in VMC at first and then build in IMC approches as my general confidence and ability improves