A nice cactus! First time I feel like I've done a proper colour study. I've done things like this before, but generally with colour picking. No picking this time, aside from the canvas itself occasionally. I didn't push the colours too much I think, but definitely a bit more outside of the ref range with the shadows. I need to build confidence, since I always start and think "where do I even go with this?". I would love critiques, the more negative the better! Positive reinforcement is nice, but I'd love help with improvement, I feel in a rut sometimes. What do I analyze, what do I do differently next time? Guess I'll just keep going and it will eventually work out.

These are things I intuitively knew from immersion, but it's nice to have it broken down just a little bit further.

Landscapes with Noah Bradley. Thumbnails, value, landscapes, all something I have sorely lacked practice in. I'm so slow with my art these days, it feels like I have no time to draw anything but study subjects.

I scribbling along while watching, it's warmups I realized I miss doing. Relaxing.

Gave it my first go with red and cyan, since I've painted a lot like this before, but I've never been the best with colour or environments. I tend to give up long before they're really cleaned up or fully finished, but I am happy enough with this! I like the ominous feel.

About 7 hours, maybe 6 if I cut AFK moments from it. I recorded my whole process this time, nothing special. I still struggle a lot with small details but I am starting to really like the double sided brush. Near the end I ended up switching to the non textured solid double brush and it immediately made detailing so much easier. I don't know what it is with the first double bristle brush, but it loses a lot of coherence at small sizes, like the texture overrides it, still had a bit of trouble even at 3000+ pixels. I could definitely use a lot of face work too, might need to go over that course again. Hmm, surprisingly having more difficulty with faces than hands.

Phew... Might have been about 10 hours I think? I've done a bit of digital painting over the years but never down to the fundamentals where I can do it without someone guiding me. Hopefully through this course I'll gain a bit of confidence and hopefully some speed as well. Being slow is my biggest crutch. Also need to figure out how to effectively do those small details. I wracked my brain trying to find that gritty brush you were using because I really liked it. Ended up just locking a grass texture on everything. I just want to be good with value and colour finally... TToTT, what good is drawing a figure if you can't make it look nice, y'know? Proud of myself for doing it though! I always feel like I'm running out of time, so doing this feels good, just gotta... speed up.

Hi Marco. I'm new to digital art and I'm thinking of buying some of your courses, namely your Digital Painting 1-3 series. My question is: is the course relevant to Corel Paint software, as that's the software program I'm using? Thanks for your time:)