WIP--Practicing Digital Photorealism...

Some WIP video footage… How I practice. People sometimes ask, “what’s the point of trying to paint a photo?” There are SO MANY points. You discover so much— and it increases your speed. In this particular “practice” mode, I try to leave the canvas at the same size for as long as I can (until I can do no more at that magnification) and also try to find the colors myself (no color picking from photo).. It really does help when I go to create stuff from the mind. I learn a lot from doing this. Every time. Like I said, it's like a musician practicing scales— improves the playing when he/she performs the real stuff.

So, obviously, likewise- when I go to create something photo real from the imagination, this conditioning really helps.

About 2 hours worth of work here, so far.