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Originally Posted by Mischa Milosevic
Paul, somehow I get the feeling that I've known you long before you joining this forum. Maybe, I relate to your struggles and approaches. I quite enjoyed reeding your evaluations of self and procedures.
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Mischa, you have just completely made my day.
I started the site mainly as a record for myself, and I do ramble on a bit too much sometimes, but when someone says something like that - well, thats all the reason I need to keep adding to it. The next time someone raises their eyebrows about one of my more personal posts, I can tell them it's all Mischa's fault for encouraging me.
I've just been to your site too, and I have to say your work has floored me. Absolutely stunning. There's too much there for me to go into here, but I love the drawing of Oma, I think it has great depth and feeling. Also your drawing of 'Opa' goes right through me. Its not often I get a reaction that strong to a piece of work.
I'm guessing here, but does 'Oma' mean grandmother and 'Opa' grandfather? Are they relations of yours? If so, perhaps that's where that feeling comes from. Either way, beautiful work. For me there's nothing better than when strong technique comes together with real depth of feeling.
I was very interested to see your cast drawings too. Inspired by
this thread on profound drawing by William Whitaker, I have just bought (today in fact!) my first cast - a torso of adonis, to begin practicing on. I can't afford to go and study in Florence, but I can afford a cast or two. I pick up the cast on Monday, I can't wait to get started.
Where are you from originally Mischa? I couldn't see it mentioned on your site. I think we have more in common than you might think - I'm a country boy too, and a biker to boot.