/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6566557
Thumbnailing (even when doing studies) will help you with this sort of thing. Before I even begin to think about the form and structure I like to do thumbnails of the direction I am heading. It helps to check the composition, values, colours etc before you even start. Gives you a road map of sorts.

It's even easier digitally because you can play around with these values so easily and try out a ton of different ideas. I often will do digital thumbnails before starting a traditional piece.

I personally think painting helps immensely for drawing in general as it really forces you to understand light and colour and how the two interact.