I tend to dip in and out of painting in PS, this probably hinders my progress a lot. I find myself drawing in sketchbooks more often than not, but I love working in PS as it gives me so much freedom to play with color. My thinking is, the more I play around in PS the better informed i'll be when it comes to working in traditional materials. The aim is to eventually progress to oils, but for now i'm dabbling with a range of acrylics and gouache and then good old pencil and paper. Here's a selection of studies in these materials.