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Marina,
Harold Speed's are the only ones I'll recommend when somebody asks for technique books. I've drawn the same conclusion as dear old Harold by studying the paintings at the Met and at Sothebys and Christies auction previews. When I take my students to the Met I focus on the way the great painters manipulated reality, not copied it.
Michael,
I never thought you were contradicting anything I said. I agree that painting from life is the most fun anyone could ever have.
Patty,
Obviously,as you well know, I place a strong emphasis on working from the live model. That's the way I run my classes and workshops. I just think there is so much more to it than that. I just think that people put the onus of creating great art based on merely copying from life.
You can paint from life until you're blue in the face. If you're not properly guided you'll never have the foggiest idea what you're actually looking at.
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