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Old 05-23-2008, 12:24 PM   #1
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Not true in my case. The camera hadn't been invented yet when I learned to draw . . . (joke!)

Truth is, the focus of my early art education was to work entirely from the life .
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Old 05-23-2008, 12:50 PM   #2
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On the other foot, I am probably the poster child for learning to paint from photos exclusively and frankly, much to my detriment even to this day. I was already painting portraits professionally before I attended my first life drawing session.

It's a bit like being a one-handed boxer...
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