A couple of Material Studies (Brick and Jelly).

Learning a lot and gaining confidence the more I study and paint.

I planned to show my process but my PS file corrupt and had to paint over an earlier screen grab (save incrementally god damn it noob!).

I started of with grey scale values for a change and used a gradient adjustment layer method of painting, which did most the heavy lifting for me. Then continued to paint in details followed by a few adjustment layers.

Later I Painted in a few effects such as bounce light Fresnel and rim light etc. to really try bring the materials to life.