Gnarled Tree

I found Feng Zhu on youtube and the first video I watched I absolutely loved. He said that a good way of quickly learning about a drawing programme is to do a picture without using layers, colour sampling or the undo button. From sketch to final product with no cheating. So I thought I'd give it a go and it was so much fun. Unfortunately I'm not very good at doing detail, I don't really know how to go from rough paint to finished product but I'll keep having a go with this picture.

A member of my church wanted me to draw them a picture of a gnarled olive tree so I thought that would be a good concept to try this out on. I recommend doing it because it's loads of fun.