A discovery during Female Live Model Study
Missed the long pose live model study on Tuesday, so I went to the studio Thursday. Got caught in traffic again, there was almost a full house of artists waiting for the model. My first time painting this model, even though I was a little late I got a lucky spot, and I liked her pose. A professional model too. After over a year of live model studies, I have come to a major discovery. I used too measure carefully instead of using my eyes to understand dimensionality in my drawings and portraiture works. This time I used my objective feeling and exaggerated some features to get dimension, didn't measure everything exactly. I paid more attention to follow my instant feeling of her body instead of measuring. Only one 3-hour session, I think I have done better using this approach. Next step I should continue to work on my objective understanding of the subject and after that my style. I was so glad that I went to the studio, not so much for the improvement in the painting, but