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[JakeB]

Loadsa awesome stuff in here recently man. Was flicking through the last page, and saw you'd mentioned overworking and stuff. It's definitely a weird balance. Trying to do as much as possible without going insane, keeping it fun, and not just melting into the chair (Wooooo exercise lol). Anyway, figure it's something everyone goes through, and glad to see you're still going. :D

As for an actual crit. One thing you might benefit from is bigger brushes (I may have said this to you before lol). Small brushes have uses for sure, but bigger brushes force you to focus on the forms first and foremost, and that can really help. Trying to simplify forms into planes, and paint the planes with as few strokes as possible can be a useful exercise I think, and even if you don't do it all the time, it's something to think about/check while you paint. :)

As always, gurney's covered it, probably loads of times, but this is the first one I found :)

http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2008...lanes.html

There's so few brushstrokes in those rocks, yet they still read perfectly. Gregory Manchess is another great example. Loads of simplification in his work :).

Anyway, just a thought, stuff's looking good man, every time I come in here you've stepped it up another notch. So good to see :). Keep it coming!!!