Taylor's Sketchbook of Patterns and Progress.

[Einver]

Hey! Just searched through your sketchbook and so far it looks so amazing! You have improved a lot and I just LOVED your environments. What is the best tip about environment and texture simplification you have ever had? I'm asking this to many artists because I find that very challenging. I really like the way you apply your textures... Keep it up.

Thanks! It's been a hell of a journey, haha. Still pushing to get to new levels.

Environments and texture simplification? Hmm...

To me, environments are especially easy to apply fundamentals to. I think of them in terms of basic shapes that I paint on top of. "popping the planes" is another way to put it. 

When I'm popping those planes, I try to make my brushwork describe the forms. Sometimes It's with custom brushes, but a lot of it is intuitive.

I've done quite a few photo studies of environments, I think that really helped to give me a workable foundation. 

The biggest thing for me is to consider the larges masses first, though. Then I just fill in the information (texture) that those big shapes contain.

I'll document my process more succinctly next time I paint an enviro! haha. Hopefully I can answer the question better then.
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Lastly...here's a study from today! Referenced William M. Paxton. 

Learned a lot I can take back to my WIP.