I am looking for some advice. I'm having issues turning my painting ideas into actual work! When I want to do a portrait or something where the reference won't be drastically altered, I can do it no problem. The issue arises when I want to paint more complex/imaginary scenes. Say, for example, a girl running away from a crocodile or something. I can sketch up the idea pretty good, but then when I'm gathering reference, I hit a brick wall. It is very difficult to piece different references together. I may need one for the girl, then the crocodile, a few for the background maybe and let's not forget the lighting! Ahhh! This is where I get stuck. Turning all the reference plus my original idea into a cohesive, believable painting is where I get stumped. Any ideas on how I can overcome this? Do I just need better reference ? Better form manipulation skills?.. I can copy a picture no problem and even use a couple pictures as reference, but when it gets a little more complex I fail. Please help! Sorry for the rambling