Finally finished some of the initial excercices. I'm actually trying to use CSP instead of Photoshop since that's the main tool I plan to use in the long term, so I had to translate some exercises and find the equivalent brushes and tools. It's all very similar, so there were only a few things that didn't apply.
1 - Pen Control.
Notes: Straightforward, nice to loosen up. I did use the rotate to accomodate myself better, which I think is fine, since that's what I do on a daily basis. I tried to find similar brushes to do the pressure exercice, and for the most part I think it worked out, except for the last one, were I didn't find the options to emulate fade sensitivity without size sensitivity.

2 - Image Adjustments
The initial hue adjustments were simple enough, but color, curves and the final image proved to be more of a challenge. I tried my best to get as close as possible, and in the process got familiar with the adjustment tools, which I think was the whole point of the excercise. I didn't match it exactly, but after fiddling for many minutes, I was satisfied enough and really wanted to move on. I've always had a particual challenge with the finer tones of color, so it makes sense this felt harder.

3 - Image combination
I'm happy with the resulting image, even though I think I could have tweaked the resolutions to make the different pieces match better. Otherwise I think the colors and lighting match fairly well.


Wish I could continue, but I'll have to stop for now. I'll resume lessons tomorrow.