Sounds like you need to make practice runes , to increase skill level, while farming vendors looking for the mats required to actually make the spell.
just like countless other mages have done for the last 20 years , myself included .
Practice Rune info is at the bottom, you need to craft the runes in the research book, separately, then combine them in the elemental grimore to complete the rune for skill ups, Good Luck .
https://wiki.project1999.com/Skill_Research