The Velvet Revolvers

[Snipa]

Wow, thanks for the advice I am better than I thought I was, all I need to do is stay on the study a bit longer. I figured out the what I had done wrong with the clouds. I was using one brush for constructing the clouds, and for what I was going for, which is realistic clouds, I found that it began to resemble the clouds you would see in anime, or those tutorials on deviant art. So I was blocking in clouds with a harder brush than necessary. I resolved it by choosing three brushes this time. The lion studies you did were good, someone on deviant art had told me that drawing through the sketches, really helps.