May 4, 2021 - It's rare, but every now and again I'll jump right in to painting the sketch and not finish the drawing. I mean, it's something I almost never do. Almost without exception I fully render a traditional drawing and finish it before I even think of painting it, digitally or otherwise. But! For this one? Just dove in. The results? A more painterly approach, sure. As a study I think it was successful and as an excuse to practice painting a sketch, fulfilled it's purpose. If you'd like to see how it developed, I recorded it sometime back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaMKZcpyEtA While I liked this one and I was pleased with the rendering, I was never completely happy with it. Hard to say just why but after five hours of tinkering (as you can see in the video) I…