Pencil Sketch of a Tree House, Painted in Photoshop
Push yourself by giving yourself a time limit.
The world famous artist, Will Terry, (he’s famous in my world) sketched this little tree house during a really boring meeting. I know I know, all meetings are boring to Will. To me too. But this one was really boring. Lucky he had his sketch book.
He only gave himself a half hour paint it.
He liked the sketch and decided to scan it and paint it using Photoshop, but only gave himself a half hour to color it.
He wanted to push himself and see how far he could get in a short amount of time.
I feel it could look better, and would if he spent more time on it. But rules are rules. Sometimes it is a good exercise to push yourself by giving yourself a time limit.
Work the whole Illustration from general to specific
A lot of artists will work their illustrations from general to specific. When asked how they know when it is done, they might say. “It is done when it is due.” In other words they keep working on it, bringing the whole painting up to a finished point little by little. Working the whole thing from general to specific. So as they spend more time on it the whole piece gets more and more refined. Then when the dead line comes, turn it in, it’s done.
This tree house is still pretty general, but for some things it could almost pass as being finished.
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