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Should I find a way to raise it up higher so that I'm looking dead on?
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Yes you should, if that will make for a better drawing. If ANYTHING about the set-up isn't good, that "wrong" thing will be what you draw. Nip it in the bud.
I understand the height thing. I'm 6-3, and I think I've mentioned before that a fellow studio mate (about 5-6) said once, looking at my still-life set-up and my painting, "I always feel like I'm getting a bird's-eye view when I look at your paintings."
But yes, certainly -- stick a box under the cast, and cinder blocks under the easel, if that's what it takes to get things where they need to be to get the job done right.