Jean:
I did some digging and found a couple of the paintings you posted here, so now I have work to attach to the name I will remember you for sure. Can I just say I loved the painting of Noah, lovely and fresh and the light is beautifully caught. I know it's a bit old now, but I had to resort to the site search to find some of your work. I'd love to see what you're doing now. Is there a more recent posting you can point me to?
Terri:
Thank you very much! It is a lot of work to keep the site up to date, but I enjoy it so its not really work. Sometimes I think I should post less and draw more though.
Ah, and you have a site! Yet again I find myself humbled by the quality of members' work here. The stand out piece for me was the portrait of Angel from 2004. I love the way you have the sitter pose for a photo next to the painting. You have absolutely caught her - I always think a good test of likeness is if the portrait still catches something about the sitter even when the pose is different.
Mischa:
That's a nice story about the guy you met at the bus station. I found the painting you mention, it's very nicely done.
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Originally Posted by Mischa Milosevic
try to set your standards beyond your capabilities and the results will come.
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Very good advice which I intend to follow, thanks. Perhaps I'll post my first attempt at a sight size drawing with my new cast so everyone can have a good laugh.
I knew I shouldn't have mentioned bikes. Now I'm having to stop myself ramble on about them and get myself banned for going off topic before I even get started. Suffice to say that the various bones I've broken over the years know exactly what you mean.
I couldn't find the Loomis book on Amazon (.co.uk), I found one called 'Drawing the head', but I assume that's not the one. I'll have to try some of the bookshops in London. Thanks for the offer to email the files, but let me see if I can find it first - it will be nicer to have the actual book and I can add it to my rapidly growing collection of tutorial books.