06-04-2014, 07:59 AM
Woah, that Rembrandt study looks really awesome! I like the pinks and ocher green, it really gives a nice vibe! And about the blurry part: Yeah, I get what you mean. I'm still experimenting with texturing myself, what i find to be helping is to block colours with a rough brush in high opacity, then refining it after. It's hard to find balance, and it's all about personal preference I guess. As long as the result looks good, there's no need to worry. The dangerous part is that when you start out blurry it will be difficult to overcome that with going over it with a hard edged brush, it might make your drawing somewhat faded and smudgey. But with the master study I don't see that problem, it looks really great to me. I guess the best thing is just to try out stuff, do some studies of artists you like and see what works best for yourself. Keep it up :D