Portrait Drawing Tip 89
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How to draw models from life for free
As a Drawing Academy tutor, I often hear from beginner artists such excuses as "I do not draw portraits because I have no models" or "It is expensive to hire a model". In most cases, such excuses come from artists who are not ready for life portrait drawing. You see, there are more basic things that have to be learned first to be fully prepared for portraiture. For example, if you do not know 34 constructive drawing principles, have not developed "sense of perspective", do not know how to render tonal values along contours or have no idea what bones and muscles lie beneath the skin, you are not ready to hire a model because your and model's time will be wasted and you won't learn much from such an exercise. If you really want to learn by drawing models, you can start with self-portraits. Then, ask your friends if they want a free portrait in return for free posing.
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