While I was painting it a friend I was chatting with pointed out at one point that I had stopped looking at the actual plant. At some point in the process I had decided that I had enough of the 'real' details and was just going to go around the page until I liked how it looked.
I think this is tied to what you want the end product to look like. I wasn't interested in realism, but more an impression of the plant, so I didn't need to be exact beyond a point. I think this relates back to the 'level of detail' idea from a few posts ago in that each situation is unique.
I'm getting more confident with these paints so maybe I'll start trying to bump up my realism in the next few pieces if I find something I think would look better that way.
In the end artists are not supposed to be cameras or copying machines; we edit, embellish, select, and focus an idea.
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