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Open Studio - Distance from Model
So in my last year of drawing in open studio sessions I have noted the following:
Most students are drawing the whole body, thereby, they set up between 7 and 10 feet from the model - sometimes more.
If you are drawing only the portrait of the subject's head, at 7+ feet, you will have a harder time distinguishing essential details of the face - especially if you are over 40 years of age...
My eyes really struggle with focal lengths and rapid changes necessary for drawing from life. It really helps me if I am within 7 feet of the subject.
Thought I would share that...as it took me nearly a year to figure out that I could indeed move closer to the model and did not have to follow the rest of the group in being setup farther away.
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