Youre completely right exam, you start off with large brushes and the background and work your way forward, saving details for final renderings.

I am just extremely horrible with work flow and it really hurts my efficiency. I am finally getting a proper tablet so hopefully having basic things like pen sensitivity will help me speed up the pace and proper plan as I can't even create line art on this thing without taking 5 hours.

Also what is "PA" forums? I am trying to get into other artistic forums to find work.