The past dozen or so paintings I've worked on have been incredibly challenging and difficult to finish - my observation and painting skills feel like they're rusted and stuck, if that makes any sense at all.Whenever I feel like this I know it's time to get my shit together and start doing regular studies again, no matter how busy I am. After all, the ability to observe is like a muscle, and needs to be trained often to keep itself strong.With this one I wanted to get a refresh on basically everything I paint often, with a focus on armour rendering.I've included some breakdowns of the things I remembered/discovered in the process of studying this on artstation , mostly to hammer it into my own brain, but hopefully it can help out some of you too c:Reference courtesy of Douglas Herring i.pinimg.com/originals/ab/1e/9… Photoshop CC - Wacom Intuos Pro 4 M - 6-7 hours