Originally Posted by Unregistered

The reason - well, one of the reasons - why this place is so slow, is that people who aren't registered aren't allowed to post. Some of us would like to ask questions and join in some of the discussions. I know, I know, this is a place for professional portrait painters only, and members don't have time to help others - perhaps that's another reason why the place is slow.

One reason some of us haven't registered is that we have full-time jobs, even though we are very interested in becoming portrait painters. I, for one, do weekly life drawing sessions and plein-air paint during the warmer months, yet find it difficult to find the time to hire and paint from models. As a result, I haven't attempted to register.

Even though I've just started a portrait class with live models, I'm not sure if I will register, because of the elitist attitude here and the taste it's left in my mouth. Oh, by elitist I don't mean quality of work. I find a lot of contemporary portraiture to be quite substandard, looking like poor attempts to imitate photography - subjective call, I know.

Unfortunately, nothing in this poll will influence or change the rules here.