Isra's sketchbook

[Piotr Jasielski]

I know the video of Feng you talk about hehe, it's one of the approaches he uses throwing pictures to set the colors, and it's a great approach (I used it in the past too) but as much as possible I'm gonna stay away from it for a while because if I always use it I will never understand colors or learn how to paint those, so I'm saving it for the future or deadlines in which I need to save time and get good results quickly :)

Well, to be honest when I first used feng's technique, I failed miserably (and i really thought it would solve my problems). The truth is it doesn't compensate for one's lack of ability. Just like custom brushes doesn't. Of course You have a good point saying You want to stick to the basics to master fundamentals, but I believe it's very beneficial to experiment with various techniques once in a while. I learned a lot while experimenting - probably more than I gained from painting photo studies (for example I didn't know how light affects color until I used soft light brush).

Anyway, I really like the angle of view in the 8th thumb. I think it makes the statue more significant. I'd, personally, utilize it in the 10th comp, which is very good action-wise, but of course it's all up to You.

Good luck!

And I'm so jealous of this FZD course...