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Originally Posted by Michael Georges
Hello Peter, and Welcome! 
Sounds as if you have had an interesting time of it! Jump right in and don't be shy, we don't bite hard even when we do bite.
It would be interesting to see some of the work you are doing today as most of what you describe in your background is fairly impressionistic and/or highly stylized types of painting. Post a portrait or two if you have pics about. |
Thanks for the welcome. In fact I am enjoying painting tighter than in the past and this has meant learning new skills (always a good thing). I will need to get onto my other computer to post some pics tomorrow as due to a major crash this heap of trash no longer recognises my camera nor my external hard drive.
By the way I applaud your determination to improve your drawing skills. It is often evidence of the struggle that produces great art but those who seem content with tracing or whatever deprive themselves (and their clients) of so much. You have spoken of the artist's integrity and this word sums it up very well. Have you tried drawing with no form of measurement whatsoever? Try keeping your drawing hand on the paper feeling angles and lengths of lines and 'process' your way to accuracy. You will end up with lines all over the place but it will be a live and lively account of getting to grips with that particular piece of reality.