FannyCornforth
muse I don't think that I was clear, the eye and the ear are still parallel however you hold your head.
trisher, sorry, I didn't mean A12!
I'm not sure where that came from!
To be honest, I suppose that I could be considered a bit of an 'expert'. I've got a first and an MA in the history of art, am a qualified art teacher and was offered a lecturing post at a university. I'm not blowing my own trumpet, but just wanted to show that I'm not just talking out of my hat! Despite not being very articulate at the moment...
The interestingthing is that you can have all of those qualifications and never have done a life drawing class. I've no art qualifications apart from a teaching certificate gained many years ago. I have done an awful lot of life drawing and know the difference between adult anatomical proportions and children and they are very different.
But actually it's never all about technique and observation, intention, communication, creativity and what can only be described as soul are more important.