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Originally Posted by Marcus Lim
i've come to experience the Tao of "gentility amidst steeliness" when i work with female figures . . .and honestly i find this quality something difficult to capture everytime...it's kinda like "now you capture it, now you don't". This is unlike drawing male nudes, where formula and technique alone seem to be adequate in capturing its life.
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Marcus, this is exactly what I'm trying to say--except from my perspective it is the
male subject (clothed or nude) that has a greater degree of some (probably a different kind of) elusive quality. Not that I am disagreeing with you. I think your viewpoint is valid and elucidating.
Mari, I's like to know more what you mean when you refer to "gender" as not mattering, and being the darling of university art departments. I can't figure out whether you are referring to an opinion or stance on the subject of gender or on a feminist perspective, or whether you are saying that the gender of a really good (classically-porportioned) model is insignificant.