07-22-2013, 01:54 PM
The best thing you can do is educate yourself. Teach yourself composition, color theory, anatomy. Use reference material on anything and everything, take photos of fabrics, clouds, mountains, everything. Take pictures of your friends or yourself in the needed poses. After a while you will begin to build a visual library and you will find yourself painting faster.
The next step is to use that education and crit yourself based on the fundamentals of composition, color theory etc.... Ask your trusted peers for a crit and remember IT IS NOT PERSONAL, everyone here is on their own art journey. If your composition is good, your color choices harmonize and your anatomy is spot on, chances are you will have a nice piece. Then it is all about your style!
The next step is to use that education and crit yourself based on the fundamentals of composition, color theory etc.... Ask your trusted peers for a crit and remember IT IS NOT PERSONAL, everyone here is on their own art journey. If your composition is good, your color choices harmonize and your anatomy is spot on, chances are you will have a nice piece. Then it is all about your style!
Eric
Elmstreetart.com
Elmstreetart.com