I prioritized using bigger brushstrokes the less time I had, and used even bigger brushstrokes for the parts that matter less like the shadows and background which gave me more time to work on the light area. This basically created a transition from realistic to painterly the less time I had and the more I simplified the planes into bigger planes. I also had a value palette to quickly lay my values before blending.

Been getting some nice improvement these last assignments.

Had fun stylizing a bit.

Had fun with this assignment so decided to spend time detailing.

The level 2-a pic was really challenging, had to force myself to avoid overdoing the folds and even then, I still might've over detailed them a bit too much.

This exercise really sells the idea that you can almost do whatever you want with colors and it'll work if the values work.

Did both 2 and 3 values and also did movie scenes as a level 1.5 before doing a level 2 still life.

After the 5 minute paintings, it really felt relaxing to do the ones with min time instead of max time.

Loved the combination of 3d form and gesture in this section, it really helped me get more accurate with skulls compared with the previous section.

Top 5 skulls in the 1st image are from reference and the other 10 were invented.