i am pretty sure you have one lying around, or multiple and hop around them, just - drawing random stuff.
there's nothing wrong with that, but you can use it actually to plan your stuff. doing your art without warm-ups or plans can be a little reckless, especially if you are planning to enter it to a big-time competition.
how to plan:
1. have a basic sketch of your plan.
it's always great to have a basic sketch, even if it looks like shit. we don't want the actual art piece curse, which is when your sketch is so beatiful yet your actual piece looks like a piece of garbage :)
( i have experienced this as well so don't at me. )
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that's one of my basic sketch and if you look closely -
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that fish looks so dead as fuck. and i didn't even care because c'mon man - and also, the hands are rip.
get rekt.
also highlight parts of the piece and list the materials and descriptions, example:
background: heavily inspired by lace and chinese traditional clothing, the landscape of the waterfall will seem to look like lace and ancient swirls surround the fallen warrior.
centerpiece: the warrior - dying. impaled on his abdomen with a fancy dagger. a look of anguish is in his face. has long hair, and a long beard like master xi fu.
other elements: sword, blood, tears.
btw, you can also put your mediums.
mediums: ink, watercolor and oil.
and that was random shit i put together lmao.
2. think of your art piece as a recipe.
and that means you write down the ingredients, the procedure and the outcome.
